3/23/2023 0 Comments T.n.t. tribble gothamMuddy's only Aristocrat-era side to be reissued on Chess during this period was his 1948 hit "I Can't Be Satisfied," hastily retitled to serve as the flip to Chess 1514. Leonard and Phil Chess made ample use of older Gene Ammons sides, reissuing several of his Aristocrat singles, but showed no apparent interest in older Muddy Waters performances. Meanwhile, the Aristocrat records that they had in stock kept on being distributed until January 13, 1951, when the old label was officially discontinued. During the new label's first two years, its proprietors dipped further, but not very systematically, into the Aristocrat archives. Of the first 8 releases on the new label (Chess 1425 through 1432), 6 used material recorded in June 1950 or earlier they mark a transitional phase from Aristocrat to Chess. This commemorated their family's first home in Chicago, at 1425 South Karlov Street. 18 they also announced hiring Len Davis, who had been with Old Swing-Master.) The brothers launched a new series of releases at number 1425. (See the announcement in Billboard, June 3, 1950, p. On June 3, 1950, Leonard and Phil Chess, now the sole owners of Aristocrat Recording Corporation, changed the name of the label to Chess. We have also added a biography of Bobby Lewis, including more information about his 1952 session with the Leroy Kirkland Orchestra. We have now worked in coverage of 45 rpm releases, from a company that was not an early adopter of the format (July 1951 for Chess 1469, August 1952 for Checker 758). We have added a little to our coverage of Al "Fats" Thomas. We have added correct label copy for Chess 1445, "Boppin with Santa." We have added information about two more Premium-to-Chess singles, Chess 903 by Memphis Slim and Chess 855 by Robert Anderson. We have provided some coverage of Guy Blakeman, the first Country artist to record for Chess (in 1950). Among the many lost sides are two vocals and two instrumentals recorded between June 10 and 13, 1950, by Andrew Tibbs with Sax Mallard, and never issued on Chess Marv Goldberg has helped us nail down the date. Revision note: Now that the severity of the Universal Studios warehouse fire on Jis fully known-it destroyed 175,000 or more masters controlled by Universal Music Group (these included nearly everything UMG had acquired from previous owners of the Chess catalougue)-we regretfully have to assume that any tracks or sides not issued prior that date are lost, unless someone can point to evidence to the contrary (Jody Rosen, "The Day the Music Burned," New York Times Magazine, June 11, 2019, ). A record was released on Henry Stone's Chart Records out of Miami, and from this southern launching pad he made a tour of Cuba about December 1956.The Chess Label Part I (1950-1952) The Chess Label He toured extensively through the mid-1950s with time in Washington, New England, and Miami, Florida. The RCA releases were not successful and by late 1952 TNT was back at Gotham without the involvement of Mrs. Two sessions were cut in New York with outstanding sidemen including Washingtonians John Malachi, and Frank Wess. By early 1951 they recorded for Gotham Records in Philadelphia and by September 1951 TNT had his own recording contract with RCA Victor. Lillian Claiborne of DC Records asked him to pair with the newly arrived Frank Motley to form an all-star group called The Motely Crew. He was fronting his own band in late 1950 when Mrs. Returning to Washington in 1946 TNT worked as a drummer behind his brothers Floyd and LeRoy in their respective bands. His 'TNT' nickname came from an Army platoon sergeant who could not pronounce 'Thomas Edward Tribble.' Army during World War II, including a deployment to the Philippines. He attended Phelps Vocational High School and served in the U.S. Born in Georgia, in 1921 his family moved to Washington via Farrell, Pennsylvania in the early 1930. For more than 60 years drummer, singer, and bandleader TNT Tribble was a leading figure on Washington's live music and recording scene.
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