The label started selling records from the back of Chess' Cadillac, and launched the careers of legendary musical personalities such as blues singers and harmonica and guitar players Little Walter and Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, soul legend Etta James and guitarist singer-songwriters Chuck Berry and Willie Dixon. He ran the legendary company with his brother, Phil, through the 1950s and '60s. Leonard Chess was the co-founder of the 1950s American record label Chess Records, located in Chicago, Illinois.
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