<sod>In 1946, after leaving the Army, Phil joined Leonard in running a popular club, the [[Macomba Lounge]]. Two years later, Leonard became a partner in [[Aristocrat Records]], a local company that recorded a wide range of music,<ref name="Aristocrat">[http://campber.people.clemson.edu/aristocrat.html Campbell, Robert L. and Robert Pruter, George R. White, Tom Kelly, George Paulus “The Aristocrat Label”] Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> and Phil joined in 1950. The company then changed its name to [[Chess Records]], and began concentrating on [[R&B]] music, signing and recording artists such as [[Muddy Waters]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|"Sonny Boy Williamson" (Rice Miller)]], [[Robert Lockwood Jr.]], [[Etta James]], [[Willie Dixon]], [[Howlin Wolf]] and [[Chuck Berry]].  Phil Chess was actively involved in producing many of their seminal blues and [[rock and roll]] recordings.  The company expanded successfully through the 1950s and early 1960s, until it was sold to [[General Recorded Tape|GRT]] in 1968.<eod>
<sod>In 1946, after leaving the Army, Phil joined Leonard in running a popular club, the [[Macomba Lounge]]. Two years later, Leonard became a partner in [[Aristocrat Records]], a local company that recorded a wide range of music,<ref name="Aristocrat">[http://campber.people.clemson.edu/aristocrat.html Campbell, Robert L. and Robert Pruter, George R. White, Tom Kelly, George Paulus “The Aristocrat Label”] Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> and Phil joined in 1950. The company then changed its name to [[Chess Records]], and began concentrating on [[R&B]] music, signing and recording artists such as [[Muddy Waters]], [[Bo Diddley]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|"Sonny Boy Williamson" (Rice Miller)]], [[Robert Lockwood Jr.]], [[Etta James]], [[Willie Dixon]], [[Howlin Wolf]] and [[Chuck Berry]].<ref>["One of the original blues brothers"]. ''Toronto Star'', October 22, 2016, page IN4. Douglas Martin from the New York Times.</ref>  Phil Chess was actively involved in producing many of their seminal blues and [[rock and roll]] recordings.  The company expanded successfully through the 1950s and early 1960s, until it was sold to [[General Recorded Tape|GRT]] in 1968.<eod>