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Glaring omissions.

posted 16 years ago by shadejford
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Since this is a Hollywood biopic, I didn't expect it to be 100% accurate. I enjoyed the acting and the story. However, there are two glaring omissions in this flick--no mention of Bo Diddly and no mention of Phil Chess. Bo Diddly had hit records on the Checker label, a subsidiary of Chess Records. And Phil Chess was Leonard's brother, and, thus, was a co-founder of Chess.

[–] lordofthe_stringz 16 years ago

great observation. Joe Tex, Ike Turner, and Little Richard were also missing (though they weren't on the Chess label i don't think). They were competition though. I think they could have been at least mentioned in passing.

[–] shadejford 16 years ago

No,none of those artists were on Chess.

[–] bpmct 16 years ago

Sun Records wasn't talked about at all..Sam Philips recorded some Chess artists in his studio and sold the Masters to chess...Howlin' Wolf cut quite a bit at sun..

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