Life Well Lived: Record producer Phil Chess dies at 95

Phil Chess died this week at the age of 95. He co-founded Chess Records, a Chicago blues label that gave rise to artists like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. Chess can even be thanked for sparking the formation of the Rolling Stones.

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Life Well Lived: Record producer Phil Chess dies at 95

Oct. 23, 201601:05

Oct. 23, 2016, 1:16 PM UTC / Source: TODAY

By TODAY

Phil Chess died this week at the age of 95. He co-founded Chess Records, a Chicago blues label that gave rise to artists like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. Chess can even be thanked for sparking the formation of the Rolling Stones.