Over the years he and his band would back a number of headliners, including singers Barbara Mandrell, Bobby Vinton, and James Darren.

[4] In 1974 Chesky would launch Modern Mail International, a catalog business selling Polish heritage novelties.

By the 1990s he had largely retired from his record business, continuing to tour with Polka festivals across the country selling memorabilia.

Chesky died of heart failure at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, on January 25, 2011, at the age of 77.

"[2] Describing the origins of Tex-Mex/ska polka band Brave Combo, cofounder Carl Finch cited Chesky's sound as influential in the Grammy Award Winning band's early search for a style they felt still represented the music of "the common people", in an increasingly corporate cultural landscape.