Re: CHESS LABEL FAVORITES

I think if we go Chess/Checker it could beat Sun/Phillips. There is also
Aristocrat and Argo. Here are my top favorites from the Chess Record
Company.
4 ¦ Don't Go No Farther ¦ Muddy Waters - 56
7 ¦ Spoonful ¦ Howlin' Wolf - 60
10 ¦ What About Your Daughter? ¦ J.B. Lenoir - 57
13 ¦ My Babe ¦ Little Walter - 55
20 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ Bo Diddley - 55
22 ¦ Roll Over Beethoven ¦ Chuck Berry - 56
38 ¦ Before You Accuse Me ¦ Bo Diddley - 57
44 ¦ I'm Ready ¦ Muddy Waters - 54
57 ¦ School Day ¦ Chuck Berry - 57
83 ¦ Just Make Love To Me ¦ Muddy Waters - 54
89 ¦ Diddley Daddy ¦ Bo Diddley - 55
98 ¦ Hoochie Coochie Man ¦ Muddy Waters - 54
118 ¦ I Don't Know ¦ Willie Mabon - 52
127 ¦ Jockomo ¦ James "Sugarboy" Crawford - 54
132 ¦ Four Letter Word ¦ Dale Hawkins - 56
139 ¦ Sweet Little Sixteen ¦ Chuck Berry - 58
149 ¦ Seventh Son ¦ Willie Mabon - 55
152 ¦ The Same Thing ¦ Muddy Waters - 64
160 ¦ Bring It On Home ¦ Sonny Boy Williamson - 65
191 ¦ Around And Around ¦ Chuck Berry - 58
192 ¦ Rock And Roll Music ¦ Chuck Berry - 57
201 ¦ Rocket 88 ¦ Jackie Brenston - 51
204 ¦ Diddy Wah Diddy ¦ Bo Diddley - 56
205 ¦ Let's Have Some Fun (Honey) ¦ Slim Saunders - 54
228 ¦ Madison Blues ¦ Elmore James - 60
238 ¦ Dust My Broom (Live) ¦ Howlin' Wolf - 66
239 ¦ Sincerely ¦ Moonglows - 54
249 ¦ Wang Dang Doodle ¦ Koko Taylor - 66
255 ¦ Lonely No More ¦ Little Milton - 61
270 ¦ Hung Down Head ¦ Lowell Fulson - 61
278 ¦ We're Gonna Make It ¦ Little Milton - 65
307 ¦ I'm A Man ¦ Bo Diddley - 55
380 ¦ Johnny B. Goode ¦ Chuck Berry - 58
425 ¦ Booted ¦ Rosco Gordon - 51
429 ¦ Who's Been Talking ¦ Howlin' Wolf - 60
439 ¦ Maybellene ¦ Chuck Berry - 55
477 ¦ Too Much Monkey Business ¦ Chuck Berry - 56
Chess/Checker/Argo released lots of great records in the 60s. Sun's last
great release was in 1958.
Roger, I know you record collector types want to keep this to the actual
label rather than all labels that each company used, but I don't agree
with that. When they have Chess compilation albums and CDs there are
plenty of things on there that were released on Checker as singles. By
only going by the actual label you are penalizing bigger and more
prolific companies who used more than one label so they could split up
the duties of the people who ran each portion of the company, and so
they could get more airplay on new singles. They figured that if
everything was on Chess they may lose some promotion because DJ's and
distributors might only want to promote 2 or 3 items on a particular
label. The different labels of Chess and Checker etc.. were done
strictly for business purposes. Everything they issued on any of their
labels was still Chess.
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