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1. www.seattletimes.com › nation-world › chuck-berrysChuck Berry’s influence on rock ‘n roll was incalculable

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   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 ...

2. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsChuck Berry, Rock & Roll Innovator, Dead at 90 - Rolling Stone

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   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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3. www.rockhall.com › inductees › chuck-bChuck Berry | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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   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 ...

4. www.chuckberry.com › aboutAbout — Chuck Berry

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   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.”.

5. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-featuresChuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock - Rolling Stone

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   Apr 7, 2017 · April 7, 2017. Our Chuck Berry cover story retraces the late icon's entire career, from his greatest musical triumphs to his darkest personal failures. Globe Photos/ZUMA. One night in 1955, Chuck ...

6. www.guitarworld.com › features › how-chuck-berryHow Chuck Berry shaped the sound of rock 'n' roll guitar

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   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 ...

7. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-listsChuck Berry: 20 Essential Songs - Rolling Stone

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   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 ...