In which decade did Chess Records cease operations?
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Answer
Chess Records ceased operations in the 1970s. Shortly before the death of Leonard Chess in 1969, the Chess brothers sold the company. The label's catalogue is now owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records and Universal Music Enterprises.
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