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Phil Chess

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Also known as Philip Chess

American record executive (1921–2016)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1921
Active to
2016

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105
Total plays
773

Philip "Phil" Chess (March 27, 1921 – October 19, 2016) was a Polish American record producer and company executive, the co-founder with his brother Leonard Chess of Chess Records. He was born Fiszel Czyż in a Jewish community in Częstochowa, Poland. He and his brother Lejzor, sister Malka and mother followed their father to Chicago in 1928. The family name was changed to Chess, with Lejzor becoming Leonard and Fiszel becoming Philip. In 1946, after leaving the Army, Phil joined Leonard in run

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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    · 2011 · cited 11,874x

  4. Base-Calling of Automated Sequencer Traces Using<i>Phred.</i> I. Accuracy Assessment

    · 1998 · cited 4,946x

  5. Gut flora metabolism of phosphatidylcholine promotes cardiovascular disease

    · 2011 · cited 4,934x

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1921-03-27
date of death
2016-10-18
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start of work period
1950-00-00
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