Biography
The Chimes
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 1956
Members: Tony Allen (5), Booker Jones, Horace Wooten, Charles Jackson (5)
The Chimes (AKA "The Champs" in Tony Allen & The Champs) were Specialty's "house" group, consisting of Charles Jackson, David Cobb, Pookie Whooten, and John Talbert (per Tony Allen) or possibly Jackson, Cobb, Horace Whooten, and Booker Jones (per Disc-File). The Chimes had two releases of their own on Specialty (1955-56).