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Mar 22, 2017 · Chuck Berry did in fact invent rock’n’roll. Of course similar musics would have sprung up without him. Elvis was Elvis before he’d ever heard of Chuck Berry. Charles’ proto-soul...
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Mar 18, 2017 · Chuck Berry, who died at 90 on March 18, 2017, is rightly hailed as the godfather of rock n’ roll, that distinctly American art form that significantly impacted culture and music across the globe.
Mar 26, 2017 · Chuck Berry himself would be the first to admit he didn’t invent rock ’n’ roll, but he came to define it in a series of iconic singles made between 1955 and 1959. Mr. Berry wrote almost all...
Mar 18, 2017 · If Berry didn’t invent rock and roll itself, he here certainly created the mythos of the rock and roll star as we knew it for decades — a solitary figure with a guitar.
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Mar 18, 2017 · Chuck Berry, who died at 90 on March 18, is rightly hailed as the godfather of rock ‘n’ roll, that distinctly American art form that significantly impacted culture and music across the globe.
- Joe Lynch, Billboard
Mar 19, 2017 · The Rolling Stones’ first single was a (bad) cover of Berry’s “Come On,” while their 1969 opus “Gimme Shelter,” one of the greatest rock and roll records ever made, opens with a ...
According to Cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith, "Chuck Berry didn't invent rock and roll all by his lonesome. But he was the man who took rhythm and blues and transformed it into a new genre that would ever change popular music.
