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Chess Records is a Blues and Jazz act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Those roots explain a lot about how Chess Records arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Chess Records, reaching back through Howlin' Wolf and forward to The Rolling Stones. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Chess Records grew out of Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry, went on to shape The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream and Fleetwood Mac. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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