Editing Chess Records (section)

===Under GRT and All Platinum===
In early 1969, the Chess brothers sold the label to [[General Recorded Tape]] (GRT) for $6.5 million. In October 1969, Leonard Chess died and by 1972, the only part of Chess Records still operating in Chicago was the recording studio, Ter-Mar Studios. Following the sale of Chess to GRT, Phil left the label to run radio station [[WVON]]. In the 1970s, Chess Records and its publishing arm, Arc Music, were successfully sued by [[Muddy Waters]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/muddy-waters/cant-be-satisfied/730/ |title=American Masters: Muddy Waters – Can't Be Satisfied |publisher=PBS |date=2006-05-24 |access-date=2012-03-21}}</ref> and [[Willie Dixon]]<ref>Snowden, Don (1990). ''I Am the Blues''. DaCapo Press. p. 186. {{ISBN|978-0306804151}}.</ref> for nonpayment of royalties due to them. Ter-Mar Studios continued to operate at the 320 E. 21st St. building until its closure in 1979.<ref name="auto"/>

Some of the other artists who contributed to the legacy of Chess Records were the [[The Flamingos|Flamingos]], the [[The Moonglows|Moonglows]], [[Fontella Bass]], [[Billy Stewart]], the [[The Dells|Dells]] and the [[The Ramsey Lewis Trio|Ramsey Lewis Trio]].