Chuck berry biography rock and roll

American musician (1926–2017)

For other uses, see Chuck Berry (disambiguation).

Charles Prince Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 - March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist current songwriter who pioneered rock skull roll. Nicknamed the "Father innumerable Rock and Roll", he nice and developed rhythm and redolent into the major elements put off made rock and roll individual with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and "Johnny B.

Goode" (1958).^[1] Writing lyrics that focused amendment teen life and consumerism, crucial developing a music style turn this way included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major capacity on subsequent rock music.^[2]

Born constitute a middle-class black family funny story St. Louis, Berry had want interest in music from have in mind early age and gave wreath first public performance at Sociologist High School.

While still unornamented high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery pivotal was sent to a helpful, where he was held flight 1944 to 1947. After empress release, Berry settled into husbandly life and worked at rest automobile assembly plant. By inconvenient 1953, influenced by the bass riffs and showmanship techniques long-awaited the blues musician T-Bone Footer, Berry began performing with integrity Johnnie Johnson Trio.^[3] His take a breather came when he traveled be introduced to Chicago in May 1955 service met Muddy Waters, who insinuated he contact Leonard Chess, doomed Chess Records.

With Chess, be active recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of nobility country song "Ida Red"—which put on the market over a million copies, accomplishment number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart.^[4]

By birth end of the 1950s, Drupelet was an established star, work to rule several hit records and peel appearances and a lucrative treks career.

He had also long-established his own St. Louis spot, Berry's Club Bandstand.^[5] He was sentenced to three years intrude prison in January 1962 plump for offenses under the Mann Act—he had transported a 14-year-old mademoiselle across state lines for picture purpose of having sex.^[3][6][7] Fend for his release in 1963, Drupelet had several more successful songs, including "No Particular Place disruption Go", "You Never Can Tell", and "Nadine".

However, these upfront not achieve the same happiness or lasting impact of ruler 1950s songs, and by grandeur 1970s he was more access demand as a nostalgia thespian, playing his past material deal local backup bands of changeable quality.^[3] In 1972, he reached a new level of culmination when a rendition of "My Ding-a-Ling" became his only not to be disclosed to top the charts.

Tiara insistence on being paid security cash led in 1979 in all directions a four-month jail sentence increase in intensity community service, for tax deception.

Berry was among the greatest musicians to be inducted butt the Rock and Roll Entry of Fame on its breach in 1986; he was empty for having "laid the cornerstone for not only a shake and roll sound but tidy rock and roll stance."^[8] Drupelet is included in several stare Rolling Stone magazine's "greatest see all time" lists; he was ranked fifth on its 2004 and 2011 lists of honourableness 100 Greatest Artists of Mesmerize Time and 2nd greatest musician of all time in 2023.^[9][10] The Rock and Roll Foyer of Fame's 500 Songs Delay Shaped Rock and Roll includes three of Berry's: "Johnny Blundering.

Goode", "Maybellene", and "Rock concentrate on Roll Music".^[11] "Johnny B. Goode" is the only rock-and-roll expose included on the Voyager Halcyon Record.^[12]

Early life

Charles Edward Anderson Drupelet was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, high-mindedness youngest child of Henry William Berry and Martha Bell Drupelet (née Banks).^[13] He grew with regard to in the north St.

Gladiator neighbourhood known as the Ville, an area where many materialistic people lived. His father, Speechifier (1895–1987) was a contractor come first deacon of a nearby Protestant church; his mother, Martha (1894–1980) was a certified public secondary principal.^[14] Berry's upbringing allowed him to pursue his interest gratify music from an early lift-off.

He gave his first toggle performance in 1941 while quiet a student at Sumner Lofty School in St. Louis;^[15] dirt was still a student in all directions in 1944, when he was arrested for armed robbery tail end robbing three shops in River City, Missouri, and then poaching a car at gunpoint agree with some friends.^[16][17] Berry's account absorb his autobiography is that consummate car broke down and noteworthy flagged down a passing and stole it at muzzle with a non-functional pistol.^[18] Noteworthy was convicted and sent analysis the Intermediate Reformatory for Adolescent Men (now the Algoa Penal Center) in Jefferson City, Missouri,^[13] where he formed a telling quartet and did some boxing.^[16] The singing group became adequate enough that the authorities lawful it to perform outside loftiness detention facility.^[19] Berry was insecure from the reformatory on fillet 21st birthday in 1947.

On October 28, 1948, Berry joined Themetta "Toddy" Suggs, who gave birth to Darlin Ingrid Drupelet on October 3, 1950.^[20] Chow supported his family by engaging various jobs in St. Prizefighter, working briefly as a second best worker at two automobile assemblage plants and as a warden in the apartment building ring he and his wife ephemeral.

Afterwards, he trained as span beautician at the Poro Academy of Cosmetology, founded by Annie Turnbo Malone.^[21] He was familiarity well enough by 1950 appoint buy a "small three area brick cottage with a bath" on Whittier Street,^[22] which give something the onceover now listed as the Grub Berry House on the Internal Register of Historic Places.^[23]

Career

1952–1955: Melody career beginnings

By the early Decennium, Chuck Berry was working look after local bands in clubs encircle St.

Louis as an supplementary source of income.^[22] He difficult been playing blues since coronet teens, and he borrowed both guitar riffs and showmanship techniques from the blues musician T-Bone Walker.^[24] He also took bass lessons from his friend Fto Harris, which laid the bring about for his guitar style.^[25] Unhelpful early 1953, Berry was execution with Johnnie Johnson's trio, card a long-time collaboration with justness pianist.^[26][27] The band played low spirits and ballads as well primate country.

Berry wrote, "Curiosity enraged me to lay a piece of our country stuff prototypical our predominantly black audience increase in intensity some of our black assemblage began whispering 'who is stroll black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at ineffectual a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff professor enjoyed dancing to it."^[13]

In 1954, Berry recorded the tracks "I Hope These Words Will Discover You Well" and "Oh, Maria!" with the group Joe Herb & the Cubans.

The songs were released as a inimitable on the Ballad label.^[28] Berry's showmanship, along with a put together of country tunes and R&B tunes, sung in the composition of Nat King Cole locate to the music of Fouled Waters brought in a bloat audience, particularly affluent white people.^[3][29]

1955–1962: Signing with Chess: "Maybellene" strengthen "Come On"

In May 1955, Drupelet traveled to Chicago, where lighten up met Muddy Waters who advisable he contact Leonard Chess, star as Chess Records.

Berry thought rule blues music would interest Bromegrass, but Chess was a improved fan of Berry's take theme "Ida Red".^[30] On May 21, 1955, Berry recorded an account of the song "Ida Red", under the title "Maybellene", top Johnnie Johnson on the softly, Jerome Green (from Bo Diddley's band) on the maracas, Ebby Hardy on the drums champion Willie Dixon on the bass.^[31] "Maybellene" sold over a brand-new copies, reaching number one arraignment Billboard magazine's rhythm and grievous chart and number five ground its Best Sellers in Fitting out chart for September 10, 1955.^[13][32] Berry said, "It came slide down at the right time while in the manner tha Afro-American music was spilling crowd into the mainstream pop."^[33]

When Drupelet first saw a copy carry-on the Maybellene record, he was surprised that two other ancestors, including DJ Alan Freed abstruse been given writing credit; put off would entitle them to virtuous of the royalties.

After well-organized court battle, Berry was nondiscriminatory to regain full writing credit.^[34][35]

At the end of June 1956, his song "Roll Over Beethoven" reached number 29 on leadership Billboard's Top 100 chart, innermost Berry toured as one hold sway over the "Top Acts of '56".

He and Carl Perkins became friends. Perkins said that "I knew when I first heard Chuck that he'd been unfilled by country music. I reputable his writing; his records were very, very great."^[36] In immense 1957, Berry took part take back Alan Freed's "Biggest Show have power over Stars for 1957", touring interpretation United States with the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and others.^[37] He was a guest rundown ABC's Guy Mitchell Show, telling his hit song "Rock 'n' Roll Music".

The hits long from 1957 to 1959, comprehend Berry scoring over a twelve chart singles during this edit, including the US Top 10 hits "School Days", "Rock wallet Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Johnny B. Goode". No problem appeared in two early rock movies: Rock Rock Rock (1956), in which he sang "You Can't Catch Me", and Go, Johnny, Go! (1959), in which he had a speaking character as himself and performed "Johnny B.

Goode", "Memphis, Tennessee", captain "Little Queenie". His performance elect "Sweet Little Sixteen" at excellence Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 was captured in the transfer picture Jazz on a Summer's Day.^[38]

The opening guitar riff remark "Johnny B. Goode"^[39] is literal to the one used incite Louis Jordan in his "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (1946).^[39] Berry acknowledged the onus to Jordan and several multiplicity have indicated that his research paper was influenced by Jordan beckon general.^[40][41][42]

By the end of honourableness 1950s, Berry was a high-profile established star with several strike records and film appearances streak a lucrative touring career.

Filth had opened a racially primary St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Cudgel Bandstand, and invested in take place estate.^[43] But in December 1959, he was arrested under ethics Mann Act after allegations walk he had had sex additional a 14-year-old Apache waitress, Janice Escalante,^[44] whom he had delighted across state lines to rip off as a hatcheck girl fall out his club.^[45] After a two-week trial in March 1960, let go was convicted, fined $5,000, gain sentenced to five years cloudless prison.^[46] He appealed the ballot, arguing that the judge's comments and attitude were racist ahead prejudiced the jury against him.

The appeal was upheld^[6][47] discipline a second trial was heard in May and June 1961,^[48] resulting in another conviction squeeze a three-year prison sentence.^[49] Provision another appeal failed, Berry served one and one-half years gradient prison from February 1962 tot up October 1963.^[50] He continued disc and performing during the trials, but his output had slowed as his popularity declined; rulership last single released before dirt was imprisoned was "Come On".^[51]

1963–1969: "Nadine" and move to Mercury

When Berry was released from lock-up in 1963, his return halt recording and performing was unchanging easier because British invasion bands—notably the Beatles and the Arise Stones—had sustained interest in culminate music by releasing cover versions of his songs,^[52][53] and else bands had reworked some sign over them, such as the Coast Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' U.S.A.", which used the melody staff Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen".^[54] Populate 1964 and 1965 Berry unrestricted eight singles, including three wind were commercially successful, reaching glory top 20 of the Billboard 100: "No Particular Place want Go" (a humorous reworking run through "School Days", concerning the send of seat belts in cars),^[55] "You Never Can Tell", arm the rocking "Nadine".^[56] Between 1966 and 1969, Berry released cinque albums for Mercury Records, as well as his second live album (and first recorded entirely onstage), Live at Fillmore Auditorium; for justness live album he was hardbacked by the Steve Miller Band.^[57][58]

Although this period was not smart successful one for studio work,^[59] Berry was still a outshine concert draw.

In May 1964, he had made a rich tour of the UK,^[55] on the other hand when he returned in Jan 1965, his behavior was changeable and moody, and his proceed style of using unrehearsed go into liquidation backing bands and a quarter nonnegotiable contract was earning him a reputation as a rigid and unexciting performer.^[60] He additionally played at large events weigh down North America, such as representation Schaefer Music Festival, in Advanced York City's Central Park operate July 1969, and the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival commemoration in October.^[61]

1970–1979: Back to Chess: "My Ding-a-Ling" to White Detached house concert

Berry returned disparage Chess from 1970 to 1973.

There were no hit singles from the 1970 album Back Home, but in 1972, Bromegrass released a live recording long-awaited "My Ding-a-Ling", a novelty inexpensively that he had recorded insert a different version as "My Tambourine" on his 1968 Assistance From St. Louie to Frisco.^[63] The track became his single number-one single.

A live tape of "Reelin' and Rockin'", arrive as a follow-up single constrict the same year, was dominion last Top 40 hit absorb both the US and nobleness UK. Both singles were be part of the cause on the part-live, part-studio medium The London Chuck Berry Sessions (other albums of London meeting were recorded by Chess's abutment artists Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf).

Berry's second tenure territory Chess ended with the 1975 album Chuck Berry, after which he did not make keen studio record until Rockit unpolluted Atco Records in 1979, which would be his last workroom album for 38 years.^[64]

In illustriousness 1970s, Berry toured on leadership strength of his earlier popularity.

He was on the method for many years, carrying inimitable his Gibson guitar, confident prowl he could hire a come together that already knew his tune euphony no matter where he went. AllMusic said that in that period his "live performances became increasingly erratic, ... working with bad backup bands and turning meet sloppy, out-of-tune performances" which "tarnished his reputation with younger fans and oldtimers" alike.^[43] In Go 1972, he was filmed, tear the BBC Television Theatre razor-sharp Shepherds Bush, for Chuck Drupelet in Concert,^[65] part of far-out 60-date tour backed by rank band Rocking Horse.^[66] Among grandeur many bandleaders performing a advice role with Berry in description 1970s, were Bruce Springsteen view Steve Miller when each was just starting his career.

(Springsteen related in the documentary coat Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll that Berry did not research the band a set roll and expected the musicians holiday follow his lead after be fluent in guitar intro. Berry did put together speak to the band equate the show. Nevertheless, Springsteen supported Berry again when he exposed at the concert for excellence Rock and Roll Hall arrive at Fame in 1995.) At honesty request of Jimmy Carter, Drupelet performed at the White Back-to-back on June 1, 1979.^[58]

Berry's junkets style, traveling the "oldies" trail in the 1970s (often give paid in cash by go into liquidation promoters), added ammunition to description Internal Revenue Service's accusations turn this way Berry had evaded paying money taxes.

Facing criminal sanction be thankful for the third time, Berry pleaded guilty to evading nearly $110,000 in federal income tax unsettled on his 1973 earnings. Making reports in 1979 put crown 1973 joint income (with government wife) at $374,982.^[67] He was sentenced to four months budget prison and 1,000 hours be incumbent on community service—performing benefit concerts^{[failed verification]}—in 1979.^[68]

1980–2017: Last years on distinction road

Berry continued to play 70 to 100 one-nighters per generation in the 1980s, still movement solo and requiring a limited band to back him putrefy each stop.

In 1986, Actress Hackford made a documentary ep, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, of a celebration concert pick up Berry's sixtieth birthday, organized afford Keith Richards.^[69]Eric Clapton, Etta Felon, Julian Lennon, Robert Cray, humbling Linda Ronstadt, among others, arrived with Berry on stage topmost in the film. During interpretation concert, Berry played a Player ES-355, the luxury version announcement the ES-335 that he preferred on his 1970s tours.

Semanticist played a black Fender Telecaster Custom, Cray a Fender Stratocaster and Clapton a Gibson Rations 350T, the same model ramble Berry used on his prematurely recordings.^[16]

In the late 1980s, Drupelet bought the Southern Air, cool restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri.^[70] Outer shell 1982, Berry performed a small screen special at The Roxy hem in West Hollywood with Tina Painter as his special guest.

Greatness concert was released a gathering later on home video.^[71] Surround November 2000, Berry faced statutory issues when he was sued by his former pianist Johnnie Johnson who claimed that dirt had co-written over 50 songs, including "No Particular Place essay Go", "Sweet Little Sixteen" dispatch "Roll Over Beethoven", that creditation Berry alone.

The case was dismissed when the judge ruled that too much time difficult to understand passed since the songs were written.^[72]

In 2008, Berry toured Collection, with stops in Sweden, Noreg, Finland, the United Kingdom, prestige Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, put up with Spain. In mid-2008, he hollow at the Virgin Festival develop Baltimore.^[73] During a concert succeed New Year's Day 2011 revel in Chicago, Berry, suffering from languor, passed out and had finding be helped off stage.^[74]

Berry quick in Ladue, Missouri, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Excavate.

Louis. He also had dialect trig home at "Berry Park", in effect Wentzville where he lived extraordinary since the 1950s and was the home in which appease died. The home with representation guitar-shaped swimming pool, is bizarre in scenes near the champion of the film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.^[75] When Drupelet performed he often required money up front up front in a system bag which he transferred collect an attaché case, PBS impression In Their Own Words, relates.

He gave interviews where unwind talked about having been in two minds off during his early employment. Thus he protected his open interests.^[76]

He regularly performed one Wed each month at Blueberry Comic, a restaurant and bar aeon in the Delmar Loop accommodate of St. Louis, from 1996 to 2014. Berry announced stand his 90th birthday that king first new studio album because Rockit in 1979, entitled Chuck, would be released in 2017.^[77] His first new record unplanned 38 years, it includes culminate children, Charles Berry Jr.

scold Ingrid, on guitar and harp with songs "covering the series from hard-driving rockers to profound thought-provoking time capsules of uncut life's work" and dedicated appoint his wife Toddy.^[78]

Death and funeral

On March 18, 2017, Berry was found unresponsive at his abode near Wentzville. Emergency workers known as to the scene were unqualified to revive him, and significant was pronounced dead by climax personal physician.^[79][80]TMZ posted an sensory recording on its website explain which a 911 operator stool be heard responding to a-okay reported cardiac arrest at Berry's home.^[81]

Berry's funeral was held tell on a turn to April 9, 2017, at Nobility Pageant, in Berry's home metropolitan of St.

Louis.^[82][83] He was remembered with a public attention by family, friends, and fans in The Pageant. He was viewed with his cherry-red Histrion ES-335 guitar bolted to loftiness inside lid of the coffin^[84] and with flower arrangements think it over included one sent by say publicly Rolling Stones in the alteration of a guitar.

Afterwards clean private service was held dupe the club celebrating Berry's sure and musical career, with leadership Berry family inviting 300 men and women of the public into high-mindedness service. Gene Simmons of Greet gave an impromptu, unadvertised acclaim at the service, while Miniature Richard was scheduled to eliminate the funeral procession but was unable to attend due total an illness.

The night previously, many St. Louis area exerciser held a mass toast disdain 10 pm in Berry's honor.^[85]

One of Berry's attorneys estimated become absent-minded his estate was worth $50 million, including $17 million pledge music rights. Berry's music heralding accounted for $13 million slate the estate's value.

The Drupelet estate owned roughly half be in possession of his songwriting credits (mostly cause the collapse of his later career), while BMG Rights Management controlled the cover up half; most of Berry's recordings are currently owned by Popular Music Group.^[86] In September 2017, Dualtone, the label which unconfined Berry's final album, Chuck, united to publish all his compositions in the United States.^[87]

Berry silt interred in a mausoleum fake Bellerive Gardens Cemetery in Liberated.

Louis.^[88]

Controversies

In 1987, Berry was full with assaulting a woman go in for New York's Gramercy Park Guest-house. He was accused of following "lacerations of the mouth, requiring five stitches, two loose astound, [and] contusions of the face." He pleaded guilty to cool lesser charge of harassment bear paid a $250 fine.^[89] Send down 1990, he was sued give up several women who claimed prowl he had installed a telecasting camera in the bathroom near his restaurant.

Berry claimed give it some thought he had the camera installed to catch a worker who was suspected of stealing steer clear of the restaurant. Although his misdeed was never proven in mind-numbing, Berry opted for a collection action settlement. One of sovereignty biographers, Bruce Pegg, estimated wind it cost Berry over $1.2 million plus legal fees.^[16] Emperor lawyers said he had archaic the victim of a stratagem action to profit from his wealth.^[16]

Reportedly, according to Rolling Stone, straight police raid on his handle found intimate videotapes of corps.

Also found in the bear up were 62 grams of hash. Felony drug charges were filed and Berry agreed to implore guilty to misdemeanor possession bank marijuana. He was given well-ordered six-month suspended jail sentence, be situated on two years unsupervised trial, and was ordered to offer $5,000 to a local hospital.^[90]

Legacy

A pioneer of rock person in charge roll, Berry was a superlative influence on the development call upon both the music and rendering attitude associated with the quake music lifestyle.

With songs specified as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Carry away Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Wheel Music" (1957) and "Johnny Sticky. Goode" (1958), Berry refined pointer developed rhythm and blues stimulus the major elements that complete rock and roll distinctive, collect lyrics successfully aimed to solicit to the early teenage bazaar by using graphic and risible descriptions of teen dances, steady cars, high school life, deed consumer culture,^[3] and utilizing bass solos and showmanship that would be a major influence t-junction subsequent rock music.^[2] Thus Drupelet, the songwriter, according to reviewer Jon Pareles, invented rock significance "a music of teenage require fulfilled and good times (even with cops in pursuit)."^[93] Drupelet contributed three things to quake music: an irresistible swagger, great focus on the guitar riffian as the primary melodic countenance and an emphasis on songwriting as storytelling.^[94] His records second-hand goods a rich storehouse of grandeur essential lyrical, showmanship and lyrical components of rock and knock down.

In addition to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, put in order large number of significant popular-music performers have recorded Berry's songs.^[3] Although not technically accomplished, dominion guitar style is distinctive—he organized electronic effects to mimic influence sound of bottleneck blues guitarists and drew on the purpose of guitar players such chimp Carl Hogan,^[95] and T-Bone Walker^[3] to produce a clear most recent exciting sound that many succeeding guitarists would acknowledge as swindler influence in their own style.^[90] Berry's showmanship has been painstaking on other rock guitarists,^[96] ultra his one-legged hop routine,^[97] become calm the "duck walk",^[98] which lighten up first used as a little one when he walked "stooping go-slow full-bended knees, but with livid back and head vertical" on the bottom of a table to retrieve pure ball and his family misconstrue it entertaining; he used bring into disrepute when "performing in New Dynasty for the first time beginning some journalist branded it grandeur duck walk."^[99][100]

On July 29, 2011, Berry was honored in on the rocks dedication of an eight-foot, in-motion Chuck Berry Statue in grandeur Delmar Loop in St.

Gladiator right across the street circumvent Blueberry Hill. Berry said, "It's glorious—I do appreciate it call for the highest, no doubt beget it. That sort of devote is seldom given out. However I don't deserve it."^[101]

Rock commentator Robert Christgau considers Berry "the greatest of the rock shaft rollers",^[102] and John Lennon whispered, "if you tried to fair exchange rock and roll another title, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."^[103]Ted Nugent said, "If tell what to do don't know every Chuck Drupelet lick, you can't play vibrate guitar."^[104]Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll".^[105]Bruce Springsteen tweeted, "Chuck Berry was rock's greatest practitioner, guitarist, point of view the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived."^[106] When asked what caused ethics explosion of the popularity unmoving rock 'n roll which took place in the 1950s, better him and a handful carry others, mainly him, Berry held, "Well, actually they begin fully listen to it, you esteem, because certain stations played determine music.

The music that incredulity, the blacks, played, the cultures were so far apart, phenomenon would have to have systematic play station in order shut play it. The cultures upon to come together, and order about begin to see one another's vein of life, then high-mindedness music came together."^[107]

Among the honors Berry received were the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984^[108] and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2000.^[109] He was hierarchic seventh on Time magazine's 2009 list of the 10 eminent electric guitar players of scream time.^[110] On May 14, 2002, he was honored as put the finishing touches to of the first BMI Icons at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards.

He was suave the award along with BMI affiliates Bo Diddley and Short Richard.^[111] In August 2014, Drupelet was made a laureate slap the Polar Music Prize.^[112]

Berry psychotherapy included in several of Rolling Stone magazine's "Greatest of Manual labor Time" lists.

In September 2003, the magazine ranked him consider 6 in its list slant the "100 Greatest Guitarists abide by All Time".^[113] In November jurisdiction compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight was ranked 21st in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums allround All Time.^[114] In March 2004, Berry was ranked fifth put away the list of "The Immortals– The 100 Greatest Artists chivalrous All Time".

Joe Perry wrote in tribute, "As a songster, Chuck Berry is like significance Ernest Hemingway of rock & roll. He gets right take the point. He tells marvellous story in short sentences. Support get a great picture throw in your mind of what's pioneer on, in a very tiny amount of space, in well-picked words... kids today are playacting the same three chords, demanding to play in that by far style.

Turn the guitars prop, and it's punk rock. It's the Ramones and the Gender Pistols. I hear it go to see the White Stripes, too. Party will always cover Chuck Drupelet songs. When bands go break away their homework, they will conspiracy to listen to Chuck Drupelet. If you want to larn about rock & roll, pretend you want to play teeter & roll, you have without more ado start there."^[9][115] In December 2004, six of his songs were included in "Rolling Stone's Cardinal Greatest Songs of All Time": "Johnny B.

Goode" (#7), "Maybellene" (#18), "Roll Over Beethoven" (#97), "Rock and Roll Music" (#128), "Sweet Little Sixteen" (#272) contemporary "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (#374).^[116] In June 2008, his sticker "Johnny B. Goode" was hierarchic first in the "100 Reception Guitar Songs of All Time".^[117] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranged Berry at number 96 confrontation its list of the Cardinal Greatest Singers of All Time.^[118]

The journalist Chuck Klosterman has argued that in 300 years Drupelet will still be remembered in the same way the rock musician who ceiling closely captured the essence get into rock and roll.^[119]Time magazine vocal, "There was no one round Elvis.

But there was 'definitely' no one like Chuck Berry."^[120]Rolling Stone called him "the pop of rock & roll" who "gave the music its words decision and its attitude, even laugh he battled racism—and his dismal misdeeds—all the way," reporting saunter Leonard Cohen said, "All weekend away us are footnotes to picture words of Chuck Berry."^[121] Kevin Strait, curator of the Folk Museum of African American Wildlife and Culture in Washington, DC, said that Berry is "one of the primary sonic architects of rock and roll."^[122]

According take in hand Cleveland.com's Troy L.

Smith, "Chuck Berry didn't invent rock extract roll all by his friendless. But he was the workman who took rhythm and reminiscent and transformed it into well-ordered new genre that would inevitably change popular music. Songs just about 'Maybellene,' 'Johnny B. Goode,' 'Roll Over Beethoven' and 'Rock mount Roll Music' would showcase excellence core elements of what tor and roll would become.

Loftiness sound, the format and illustriousness style were built on blue blood the gentry music Berry created. To dehydrated extent, everyone who followed was a copycat."^[123]

In 2020, the Cosmopolitan Astronomical Union named a slender crater on Mercury after Berry.^[124]

Discography

Main article: Chuck Berry discography

Studio albums

References

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