Leonard Chess

Leonard Chess. Self: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Record-company executive and music-industry giant Leonard Chess was born Lejzor Czyz in a Jewish ghetto in Motel, Poland, in 1917. His father emigrated to the US, settling in Chicago and getting into the liquor business, and when he had established himself there he sent for the rest of his family in 1928. The family name was changed to Chess and Lejzor became...