Mojo Chess Tearjerkers

This 20 track collection of the cream of Chess's hearbreaking soul sides, Tearjerkers brings together the most heartrend soulful balladry you've ever heard, songs that reduce the hardest of men and women to a fragile, quivering state of tears. Tracks include 'I Can't Make It Without You', 'Need To Belong', 'She Will Break Your Heart', Only Time Will Tell', 'Yours Until Tomorrow', 'Without A Woman' and more. Universal. 2005.

There Are Only a Handful of Record Labels that Can Claim to have Changed the Course of Popular Music. Chess Records is One of Them. Responsible for Signing and Developing Some of the Greatest Names in Rock, Such as Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Howlin' Wolf, Chess Provided the Blueprint for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones Helping Set the Fundamental Foundation Stone for Pop as We Know It. Although Known Primarily as the Home of the Blues, Its Output Covers a Stunning Mix of Styles Including Rock'n'roll, Doo-wop and R'n'b as Well as Soul (Think Fontella Bass, Etta James and Ramsey Lewis) and Even Progressive New Directions in Psychedelic Jazz and Funk (Charles Stepney's Productions for Rotary Connection). Now in 2005, it is Time for it to Take Its Rightful Place at the Top Table Alongside Other Groundbreaking Black Music Labels Such as Motown, Studio One and Stax.

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