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| Big Maybelle | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Larry Davis | Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal) |
| Willie Dixon | Bass |
| Snooks Eaglin | Guitar |
| Paul Gayten | Piano, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Earl Hooker | Guitar, Track Performer |
| Bull Moose Jackson | Vocals |
| Etta James | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Willie Mabon | Piano, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Jimmy McCracklin | Piano, Vocals |
| Hubert Sumlin | Guitar |
| Clifton Chenier | Accordion, Track Performer |
| Fred Neil | Harmonica |
| Lee Allen | Tenor Saxophone |
| Lee Andrews | Vocals, Track Performer, Track Performer |
| Chuck Berry | Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Eddie Bo | Track Performer |
| James Brown | Vocals |
| Roy Buchanan | Guitar |
| James Carr | Tenor Saxophone |
| The Dells | Background Vocals, Track Performer |
| Sugar Pie DeSanto | Vocals, Track Performer |
| The Falcons | Track Performer |
| Eddie Floyd | Vocals |
| The Four Tops | Track Performer |
| Rosco Gordon | Piano, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Jesse Johnson | Bass |
| Kiss | Track Performer |
| Curtis Mayfield | Guitar |
| Robert Parker | Tenor Saxophone |
| Minnie Riperton | Vocals |
| Smokey Robinson | Vocals |
| The Sonics | Track Performer |
| The Tornados | Track Performer |
| Maurice White | Drums |
| Jimmy Coe | Conductor |
| Sam Jones | Bass |
| Paul Serrano | Trumpet |
| Harold Ashby | Tenor Saxophone |
| Dave Burns | Trumpet |
| Eddie Chamblee | Tenor Saxophone |
| The Brothers | Track Performer |
| Ted Weems | Bass (Vocal), Baritone Saxophone, Baritone (Vocal) |
| Johnnie Johnson | Piano |
| Gene Barge | Tenor Saxophone |
| Rod Bernard | Vocals, Track Performer |
| James Burton | Guitar |
| Bobby Charles | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Sugar Boy Crawford | Piano, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Johnny Fuller | Track Performer |
| Dale Hawkins | Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer |
| The Marathons | Track Performer |
| Jimmy Nelson | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Oliver Sain | Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone |
| Walter Scott | Guitar |
| The Vibrations | Track Performer |
| Jody Williams | Guitar, Track Performer |
| Rusty York | Vocals, Track Performer |
| David Hines | Trumpet |
| Tony Thomas | Vocals |
| The Hearts | Track Performer |
| The Miracles | Track Performer |
| The Moonglows | Track Performer |
| Bobby Wood | Drums, Vocals |
| Sam "The Man" Taylor | Tenor Saxophone |
| Bobby McClure | Vocals, Track Performer |
| The Monotones | Track Performer |
| Bill Emerson | Piano, Vocals |
| William Shephard | Trombone |
| Kents | Track Performer |
| The Sensations | Track Performer |
| Justin Adams | Guitar |
| Vern Allison | Vocals, Background Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| James Bailey | Vocals |
| Carl Banks | Organ, Rhythm Guitar |
| Chuck Barksdale | Bass, Bass (Vocal), Vocals |
| Prentiss Barnes | Bass (Vocal) |
| Fontella Bass | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Fred Below | Drums |
| Renaldo Benson | Vocals |
| Richard Bernard | Bass |
| Edgar Blanchard | Guitar |
| Bo Diddley | Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Jackie Brenston | Baritone Saxophone, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Ralph Byrd | Guitar |
| Little Milton | Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer |
| James Cannady | Guitar |
| Jake Carey | Bass (Vocal) |
| Zeke Carey | Trombone, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| John E. Carter | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Leonard Caston | Piano |
| Charles Chalmers | Saxophone |
| Alfred Cobbs | Trombone |
| L.C. Cook | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Pete Cosey | Guitar |
| Ernest Cotton | Tenor Saxophone |
| Warren Davis | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Bill Downing | Drums |
| Shelton Dunaway | Alto Saxophone, Vocals |
| Abdul Fakir | Vocals |
| Frank Fields | Bass |
| Lance Finnie | Guitar |
| The Flamingos | Track Performer |
| D.J. Fontana | Drums |
| William Franklin | Vocals |
| Harvey Fuqua | Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal), Track Performer |
| Johnny Funches | Vocals |
| Dick Glasser | Track Performer |
| Jerome Green | Maracas, Vocals |
| Sadik Hakim | Piano |
| Ebby Hardy | Drums |
| Clarence "Frogman" Henry | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Raymond Hill | Tenor Saxophone |
| David Hood | Bass |
| Ike Turner | Piano |
| Dee Irvin | Vocals |
| Ben Jackson | Vocals |
| Clifton James | Drums |
| Clarence Johnson | Drums |
| Billy Friday Johnson | Guitar |
| Jimmy Johnson | Guitar |
| Marvin Junior | Vocals, Background Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Frank Kirkland | Drums |
| Jesse Knight | Bass |
| Dave Lastie | Saxophone |
| Lafayette Leake | Piano, Keyboards |
| Bobby Lester | Vocals |
| Bobby Lewis | Vocals |
| Gilbert Lopez | Vocals |
| Albert Lowe | Guitar |
| George Malone | Tenor (Vocal) |
| Bobby McBride | Bass |
| Mickey McGill | Vocals |
| Ernest McLean | Guitar |
| Dave McRae | Baritone Saxophone |
| Gene Miller | Trumpet |
| Larry Moore | Alto Saxophone |
| Numa Moore | Baritone Saxophone |
| Warren "Pete" Moore | Vocals |
| Nate Nelson | Vocals |
| Walter Nelson | Guitar |
| Floyd Newman | Saxophone |
| Odie Payne Jr. | Drums |
| Earl Palmer | Drums |
| Charles Patrick | Vocals |
| Lawrence Payton | Vocals |
| The Rhythm Aces | Track Performer |
| Sir Mack Rice | Baritone (Vocal) |
| Soko Richardson | Drums |
| Claudette Robinson | Vocals |
| The Rockers | Background Vocals |
| Louis Satterfield | Bass |
| Willie Schofield | Bass (Vocal) |
| William Shepherd | Trombone |
| Gerald Sims | Guitar |
| Willie Sims | Drums |
| Ed Smith | Saxophone |
| Fletcher Smith | Piano |
| Billy Stepney | Drums |
| Charles Stepney | Piano, Conductor |
| Billy Stewart | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Joe Stubbs | Tenor (Vocal) |
| Levi Stubbs | Vocals |
| Margo Sylvia | Vocals |
| Lafayette Thomas | Guitar |
| Phil Thomas | Drums |
| Alvin "Red" Tyler | Baritone Saxophone |
| Aaron Varnell | Saxophone |
| Phillip Walker | Guitar |
| Tommy White | Piano |
| Fred Young | Bass |
| Weldon Dean Young | Guitar |
| The Corsairs | Track Performer |
| John Murray Daley | Drums |
| Willie Kizart | Guitar |
| Wesley Landers | Drums |
| Bobby Lee Tuggle | Track Performer |
| Willie Wilkes | Saxophone |
| Charles "Hungry" Williams | Drums |
| Paul Wilson | Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal) |
| Sam Armstrong | Vocals |
| Yvonne Baker | Vocals |
| John Baldwin Jr. | Drums |
| Frank Bell | Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| Leon Bennett | Piano |
| Alfred Bernard | Saxophone |
| Eddie Bocage | Piano, Vocals |
| John Bolden | Vocals |
| Charles Boudreaux | Trumpet |
| Joe Boyce | Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| Oscar Boyd | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Don Bradley | Bass (Vocal) |
| Prentice Butler | Bass |
| Wendell "Breeze" Calhoun | Bass (Vocal) |
| Charles Carruthers | Vocals |
| Francis Cendy | Bass |
| Donald Coles | Vocals |
| Roland Cook | Bass |
| Rubin Cooper | Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone |
| Benny Cotton | Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| G.L. Crockett | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Thomas "Butch" Curry | Trombone, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Richard Curtain | Vocals |
| Bobby Lester Dallas | Vocals |
| Charlotte Davis | Vocals |
| Earl Dranes | Bass, Guitar |
| Vincent Duling | Guitar |
| Adolph Duncan | Saxophone |
| Eddie El | Guitar |
| Carl Fisher | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Eddie Fontaine | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Al Forman | Guitar |
| Dave Govan | Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal) |
| Sam Griggs | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Larry Guidry | Guitar, Saxophone |
| Donald Handley | Vocals |
| Ernie Harper | Piano, Vocals |
| William "Shorty" Hill | Guitar |
| Paul Linsley "Jelly" Holt | Drums |
| Leon Hooper | Drums |
| Alphonso Howell | Vocals |
| Ernest Jacobs | Piano |
| Marshall Laday | Guitar |
| Joe Landry | Bass |
| Ronnie Lewis | Drums |
| Chester Lindsey | Bass |
| Carlo Marino | Saxophone |
| Mitzi Mars | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Lewis "Dean" Mathis | Bass, Vocals |
| Mark Mathis | Guitar, Piano, Vocals |
| Lucius McGill | Bass (Vocal), Baritone (Vocal) |
| Edna McRaney | Background Vocals |
| Paul Morgan | Vocals |
| Big Boy Myles | Trombone |
| Danny Overbea | Guitar, Vocals, Track Performer |
| Ricky Owens | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Kenny Paulsen | Guitar |
| Dizzy Pitts | Drums |
| Dorsey Porter | Vocals |
| Raoul Prado | Saxophone |
| Marion Presley | Piano |
| Sidney Reynaud | Tenor Saxophone |
| Bobby Rogers | Vocals |
| Lester Russaw | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Clarence Samuels | Vocals, Track Performer |
| Slim Saunders | Background Vocals |
| Wilson Semien | Drums |
| Harry Simontaux | Saxophone |
| Marlon Sledge | Piano |
| John Sylvia | Vocals |
| Lawrence Taylor | Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone |
| Eugene Teague | Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| Kenneth Theriot | Drums |
| Ray Thomasine | Drums |
| Duke Tide | Drums |
| Richard Travis | Vocals |
| Jay Uzzell | Vocals |
| Moses Uzzell | Vocals |
| Jerry Walker | Drums |
| Alexander "Pete Graves" Walton | Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) |
| Eric Warner | Drums |
| James Watt | Vocals |
| Cornell Wiley | Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| J.B. Willingham | Vocals |
| Oscar Wills | Guitar, Vocals |
| George Wooten | Vocals |
| Jan Bradley | Vocals, Track Performer |
| T.V. Slim | Track Performer |
| Yvonne Bushnell | Vocals |
| Roy Calhoun | Tenor (Vocal) |
| Jessica Collins | Vocals |
| Robin Cooper | Baritone Saxophone |
| Ethel Davis | Vocals |
| Roger Dawkins | Drums |
| Cleo Griffin | Trumpet |
| Bill Griggs | Bass (Vocal) |
| Arthur Hall | Trumpet |
| Harvey & the Moonglows | Background Vocals |
| Dorothy Huckleby | Vocals |
| Chico Jenkins | Guitar, Vocals |
| Eugene Jones | Drums |
| Peggy Jones | Guitar |
| Leroy King | Vocals |
| Pee Wee Kingsley | Guitar, Background Vocals |
| Lady Bo | Guitar |
| Clifford Laws | Organ |
| Ed LeBlanc | Piano |
| Oett "Sax" Mallard | Baritone Saxophone |
| Bob Mersey | Conductor |
| Raynard Miner | Piano |
| Stanley Mitchell | Track Performer |
| Edgar "Big Boy" Myles | Piano, Trombone |
| Dewey Oldham | Organ, Piano |
| Larry Prothe | Trumpet |
| Ada Ray | Vocals |
| Mark Rice | Baritone (Vocal) |
| Johnnie Louise Richardson | Vocals |
| Joe Rivers | Vocals |
| Edell Robertson | Drums |
| Bobby Rodgers | Vocals |
| John Ryanes | Bass (Vocal) |
| Warren Ryanes | Baritone (Vocal) |
| William Sasser Jr. | Vocals |
| Leonard Tarver | Track Performer |
| Huey Thierry | Tenor Saxophone, Vocals |
| Ray Thomsine | Drums |
| Red Tyler | Baritone Saxophone |
| Theresa Washburn | Vocals |
| Bertha Watts | Vocals |
| Mary Sue Wells | Vocals |
| Johnny Williams | Drums |
| Jerry L. Willis | Vocals |
| Freddy Young | Bass |
| The Gems | Track Performer |
| The Jaynetts | Track Performer |
| The Tune Weavers | Track Performer |
| James Uzzell | Vocals |
| Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | Track Performer |
| Billy "The Kid" Emerson | Piano, Vocals |
| Floyd McDaniel | Guitar |
| Ronald White | Vocals |
| Billy Johnson | Guitar |
| The Students | Track Performer |
| Billy Davis | Vocals |
| Jimmy "Handy Man" Jones | Piano |
| Richard Johnson | Vocals |
| Larry Liggett | Track Performer |
| The Pastels | Track Performer |
| Walter Scott | Guitar |
| Jimmy Binkley | Track Performer |
| Paul Gayton | Piano, Vocals |
| Billy Downing | Drums |
| James Johnson | Vocals |
| The Five Blazes | Track Performer |
| Dozier Boys | Track Performer |
| Earl & His Blues Rockers | Track Performer |
| El Rays | Track Performer |
| Daps | Track Performer |
| Bill & Will | Track Performer |
| Rick Bernard | Bass |
| James "Zeke" Brown | Vocals |
| Jesse James Johnson | Bass |
| Frank Krikland | Drums |
| George Lewis | Baritone (Vocal) |
| Theresa Washum | Vocals |
| Paul Williams | Piano |
| Joe Osborn | Bass |
| Frank Smith | Bass (Vocal) |
| Eddie Smith | Saxophone |
| Bobby Moore | Tenor Saxophone, Track Performer |
| Gene Simmons | Vocals |
| Brenda Jones | Bass |
| Joe Jones | Tenor Saxophone |
| Johnny Parker | Tenor Saxophone |
| Al Jones | Trombone, Trumpet |
| John Ford | Vocals |
| Bill Anderson | Bass |
| Johnny Young | Piano |
| The Swans | Track Performer |
| Al Harris | Piano |
Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Lindsay Planer
In addition to being one of the world's premier blues imprints, Chicago-based Chess Records presented some of rock & roll's earliest participants. Chess Rhythm & Roll 1994 is a five-plus hour celebration of essential proto-rockers cut between 1947 and 1967. The four-CD assemblage is a companion to the Chess Blues 1992 box set and picks up during the label's formative days when their repertoire was expanding to a greater audience beyond the realm of R&B. Boasting a total of 99 selections, this collection far exceeds your average "oldies" package, charting the course from ensembles including the jumpin' and jivin' Five Blazes -- whose "Chicago Boogie" commences...