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Mar 19, 2017 · Chuck Berry, the legendary musician who helped define rock ’n’ roll, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Music historian Alan Light joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Berry’s life and his ...
- 7 min
- PBS NewsHour
Chuck Berry’s first car song,”Maybellene,” released on the Chess label in 1955, was also his first smash, reaching Number Five on the pop chart and Number One on the R&B chart. If it had been up to Berry himself, though, “Maybellene” would have been the B-side of “Wee Wee Hours,” a Hues number that Berry had hoped Leonard Chess ...
Mar 18, 2017 · Chuck Berry, whose rollicking songs, springy guitar riffs and onstage duck walk defined rock & roll during its early years and for decades to come, died on Saturday. The St. Charles County Police ...
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- David Browne
Oct 7, 2021 · “Chuck Berry is rock 'n' roll," said Greg Harris, President of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "The undisputed original poet laureate, he influenced every rock artist after him and every guitarist that ever plugged in." Berry would go on to influence and unify music fans for decades to come, and that is what makes him a legend and a blueprint ...
Born in St. Louis on October 18, 1926 Berry had many influences on his life that shaped his musical style. He emulated the smooth vocal clarity of his idol, Nat King Cole, while playing blues songs from bands like Muddy Waters. For his first stage performance, Berry chose to sing a Jay McShann song called “Confessin’ the Blues.”.
Mar 18, 2017 · Along with James Dean and J.D. Salinger and a handful of others in the 1950s, Chuck Berry — who was 90 when he died Saturday at his suburban St. Louis home — helped define the modern teenager ...
Mar 19, 2017 · Chuck Berry wrote “You Never Can Tell,” along with “No Particular Place to Go” and “Nadine,” while doing time in Springfield, Missouri’s Federal Medical Center prison for allegedly ...
