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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 the festivities -- to the plethora of talent who fused their own unique performance styles to create the foundation of practically every note of popular music that followed. It goes without saying that prolific pioneers Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry have significant spin time. However, it is the attention given to lesser-known artists and "one-hit wonders" that makes the anthology required listening for enthusiasts of all stripes and respective tastes. While the track list tells the story completely and perhaps more succinctly, it only intimates the impact of platters such as Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Willie Mabon's "I Don't Know," Sugar Boy Crawford's "Jock-A-Mo," the Moonglows' "Sincerely," Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home," Clifton Chenier's "The Big Wheel," Dale Hawkins' "Suzie-Q," the Monotones' "Book of Love," Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers" and scores of others found here. Before the artists made names for themselves on Atlantic Records, Chess likewise introduced listeners to Eddie Floyd and Sir Mack Rice, who were bandmates in the Falcons ("This Heart of Mine"), not to mention future Motown superstars Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ("All I Want Is You") and the Four Tops ("Country Girl") -- all of whom got their start on Chess. Slipped in among the classics are no less than 39 rarities, 14 of which are debuted in this omnibus. The sonics are superior, as is the accompanying 64-page booklet, housing reams of photos as well as thorough credits and fact-filled song-by-song annotations. To call Chess Rhythm & Roll essential is an understatement by any measure of the word.

CD1 - 1947-1955

 01. The Five Blazes - Chicago Boogie
 02. Clarence Samuels - Boogie Woogie Blues
 03. The Dozier Boys - Hey Jack
 04. Earl & His BLues Rockers - Little Boy, Little Boy
 05. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
 06. Rosco Gordon - Booted
 07. Jackie Brenston - Leo The Louse
 08. Bobby Lewis - Mumbles Blues
 09. Willie Mabon - I Don't kNow
 10. Mitzi Mars - Roll 'Em
 11. Danny Overbea - Train, Train, Train
 12. Sugar Boy Crawford - Jock-A-Mo
 13. The Coronets - Should I
 14. Jimmy Binkley & His Combo - Wine, Wine, Wine
 15. Leon D. Tarver & The Chordones - I'm A Young Rooster
 16. The El Rays - Darling I Know
 17. The Swans - Will You Be Mine
 18. Larry Liggett - The Man Is Walking
 19. The Daps - Love Your Lovin' Ways
 20. Sincerely - The Moonglows
 21. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
 22. The Flamingos - Need Your Love (alternate)
 23. Chuck Berry - Maybellene
 24. The Moonglows - No One
 25. Paul Gayten - If You Love Me, Tell Me So
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CD2 - 1955 - 1957

 01. Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator
 02. Bobby Tuggle - The $64,000 Question
 03. The Flamingos - I'll Be Home
 04. Bullmoose Jackson - Heavyweight Baby
 05. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
 06. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
 07. Earl Hooker - Frog Hop
 08. The Four Tops - Country Girl
 09. The Moonglows - See Saw
 10. Stanley Mitchell & The Tornados - Four O'Clock In The Morning
 11. Bobby Charles - Laura Lee
 12. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home
 13. Clifton Chenier - The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)
 14. The Pastels - Been So Long
 15. Chuck Berry - School Day
 16. Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The Sea
 17. Jody Williams - Lucky Lou
 18. The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baaby
 19. Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
 20. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Lady With The Hat Box
 21. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie
 22. Dick Glasser - Crazy Love
 23. Eddie Bo - Walk That Walk
 24. T.V. Slim - Flatfoot Sam
 25. Lee Andrews & The Harts - Teardrops
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CD3 - 1957 - 1959

 01. G.L. Crockett - Look Out Mabel
 02. The Monotones - Book Of Love
 03. Jimmy Nelson - Mr. Big Wheel
 04. Eddie Fontaine - Nothin's Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)
 05. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
 06. Bo Diddley - Say Man
 07. Jimmy McCracklin - Everybody Rock (The New Orleans Beat)
 08. The Kents - I Found My Girl
 09. The Students - I'm So Young
 10. Bo Diddley - I Love You So
 11. Johnny Fuller - You Got Me Whistlin'
 12. The Brothers - Lazy Susan
 13. Dale Hawkins - La-Do-Dada
 14. Chuck Berry - Do You Love Me
 15. Rusty York - Sugaree
 16. Bo Diddley - What Do You Know About Love
 17. Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Want To Know
 18. Oscar Boyd & The Calvaes - Anna Macora
 19. The Sonics - This Broken Heart
 20. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Um Huh My Baby
 21. The Falcons - This Heart Of Mine
 22. Gene Simmons - Goin' Back To Memphis
 23. Rod Bernard - This Should Go On Forever
 24. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
 25. The Miracles - All I Want Is You
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CD4 - 1960 - 1967

 01. Etta James - At Last
 02. L.C. Cooke - I Need Your Love
 03. Etta & Harvey - My Heart Cries
 04. The Sensations - Let Me In
 05. Little Milton - Saving My Love For You
 06. The Marathons - Peanut Butter
 07. The Vibrations - You're Mine
 08. The Corsairs - Smokey Places
 09. The Tune Weavers - Your Skies Of Blue
 10. Billy Stewart - Reap What You Sow
 11. Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
 12. Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie
 13. Cookie & His Cupcakes - Got You On My Mind
 14. Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers
 15. The Gems - That's What They Put Erasers On Pencils For
 16. The Jaynetts - Sally Go 'Round The Roses
 17. Chuck Berry - No Particplar Place To Go
 18. Bill & Will - Goin' To The River
 19. Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure - Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
 20. Little Milton - Who's Cheatin' Who
 21. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Seaching For My Love
 22. Big Maybelle - Maybelle Sings the Blues
 23. The Dells - O-O I Love You
 24. Etta James - Tell Mama
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