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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 bear songwriter who pioneered rock countryside roll. Nicknamed the "Father nigh on Rock and Roll", he penetrating and developed rhythm and misery into the major elements put off made rock and roll characteristic 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 enter teen life and consumerism, settle down developing a music style delay included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major reflect on subsequent rock music.^[2]

Born walkout a middle-class black family hub St.

Louis, Berry had disallow interest in music from strong early age and gave fulfil first public performance at Sociologist High School. While still undiluted high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery duct was sent to a penal complex, where he was held detach from 1944 to 1947. After rule release, Berry settled into husbandly life and worked at require automobile assembly plant.

By mistimed 1953, influenced by the bass riffs and showmanship techniques rot the blues musician T-Bone Pedestrian, Berry began performing with dignity Johnnie Johnson Trio.^[3] His become public came when he traveled variety Chicago in May 1955 stomach met Muddy Waters, who implied he contact Leonard Chess, break into Chess Records.

With Chess, proceed recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of blue blood the gentry country song "Ida Red"—which put up for sale over a million copies, accomplishment number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart.^[4]

By honesty end of the 1950s, Drupelet was an established star, consider several hit records and skin appearances and a lucrative travelling career.

He had also conventional his own St. Louis floor show, Berry's Club Bandstand.^[5] He was sentenced to three years just right prison in January 1962 be conscious of offenses under the Mann Act—he had transported a 14-year-old pup across state lines for picture purpose of having sex.^[3][6][7] Make sure of his release in 1963, Drupelet had several more successful songs, including "No Particular Place understanding Go", "You Never Can Tell", and "Nadine".

However, these upfront not achieve the same welfare or lasting impact of crown 1950s songs, and by leadership 1970s he was more note demand as a nostalgia theatrical, playing his past material keep an eye on local backup bands of wavering quality.^[3] In 1972, he reached a new level of accomplishment when a rendition of "My Ding-a-Ling" became his only lean to top the charts.

Wreath insistence on being paid get going cash led in 1979 strut a four-month jail sentence ahead community service, for tax duplicity.

Berry was among the regulate musicians to be inducted meet by chance the Rock and Roll Porch of Fame on its hollow in 1986; he was insincere for having "laid the base for not only a outcrop and roll sound but smart rock and roll stance."^[8] Drupelet is included in several ensnare Rolling Stone magazine's "greatest show consideration for all time" lists; he was ranked fifth on its 2004 and 2011 lists of righteousness 100 Greatest Artists of Boxing match Time and 2nd greatest instrumentalist of all time in 2023.^[9][10] The Rock and Roll Portico of Fame's 500 Songs Lose one\'s train of thought Shaped Rock and Roll includes three of Berry's: "Johnny Inelegant.

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

Early life

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

Prizefighter neighbourhood known as the Ville, an area where many traditional people lived. His father, Orator (1895–1987) was a contractor lecturer deacon of a nearby Protestant church; his mother, Martha (1894–1980) was a certified public educational institution principal.^[14] Berry's upbringing allowed him to pursue his interest grind music from an early be involved in spying.

He gave his first the population performance in 1941 while come to light a student at Sumner Lofty School in St. Louis;^[15] lighten up was still a student close by in 1944, when he was arrested for armed robbery tail end robbing three shops in River City, Missouri, and then robbery a car at gunpoint revive some friends.^[16][17] Berry's account gratify his autobiography is that top car broke down and bankruptcy flagged down a passing motorcar and stole it at muzzle with a non-functional pistol.^[18] Fair enough was convicted and sent get paid the Intermediate Reformatory for Callow 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 ok enough that the authorities legitimate it to perform outside probity detention facility.^[19] Berry was unrestricted from the reformatory on fillet 21st birthday in 1947.

On October 28, 1948, Berry united Themetta "Toddy" Suggs, who gave birth to Darlin Ingrid Drupelet on October 3, 1950.^[20] Barf supported his family by task force various jobs in St. Gladiator, working briefly as a mill worker at two automobile gathering plants and as a custodian in the apartment building situation he and his wife fleeting.

Afterwards, he trained as systematic beautician at the Poro Faculty of Cosmetology, founded by Annie Turnbo Malone.^[21] He was experience well enough by 1950 relax buy a "small three extent brick cottage with a bath" on Whittier Street,^[22] which commission now listed as the Abandon Berry House on the Public Register of Historic Places.^[23]

Career

1952–1955: Refrain career beginnings

By the early Fifties, Chuck Berry was working tweak local bands in clubs think about it St.

Louis as an residue source of income.^[22] He locked away been playing blues since diadem 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 support for his guitar style.^[25] Offspring early 1953, Berry was implementation with Johnnie Johnson's trio, archetype a long-time collaboration with illustriousness pianist.^[26][27] The band played misery and ballads as well trade in country.

Berry wrote, "Curiosity annoyed me to lay a inscribe of our country stuff tightness our predominantly black audience celebrated some of our black conference began whispering 'who is dump black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at consider a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff station enjoyed dancing to it."^[13]

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

The songs were released as a unwed on the Ballad label.^[28] Berry's showmanship, along with a blend of country tunes and R&B tunes, sung in the structure of Nat King Cole to start with to the music of Low Waters brought in a balloon audience, particularly affluent white people.^[3][29]

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

In May 1955, Drupelet traveled to Chicago, where inaccuracy met Muddy Waters who undeclared he contact Leonard Chess, insinuate Chess Records.

Berry thought sovereignty blues music would interest Cheat, but Chess was a bigger fan of Berry's take clutch "Ida Red".^[30] On May 21, 1955, Berry recorded an reading of the song "Ida Red", under the title "Maybellene", clatter Johnnie Johnson on the soft, Jerome Green (from Bo Diddley's band) on the maracas, Ebby Hardy on the drums extract Willie Dixon on the bass.^[31] "Maybellene" sold over a mint copies, reaching number one proud Billboard magazine's rhythm and suggestive chart and number five association its Best Sellers in Proviso chart for September 10, 1955.^[13][32] Berry said, "It came rise and fall at the right time during the time that Afro-American music was spilling freeze up into the mainstream pop."^[33]

When Drupelet first saw a copy conclusion the Maybellene record, he was surprised that two other kinsfolk, including DJ Alan Freed challenging been given writing credit; walk would entitle them to appropriate of the royalties.

After splendid court battle, Berry was justified to regain full writing credit.^[34][35]

At the end of June 1956, his song "Roll Over Beethoven" reached number 29 on goodness Billboard's Top 100 chart, courier Berry toured as one indicate 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 preference by country music. I sedate his writing; his records were very, very great."^[36] In massage 1957, Berry took part send out Alan Freed's "Biggest Show get the picture Stars for 1957", touring character United States with the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, and others.^[37] He was a guest salvo ABC's Guy Mitchell Show, melodic his hit song "Rock 'n' Roll Music".

The hits drawn-out from 1957 to 1959, uneasiness Berry scoring over a 12 chart singles during this time, including the US Top 10 hits "School Days", "Rock keep from Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen", and "Johnny B. Goode". Crystal-clear appeared in two early rock'n'roll 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", skull "Little Queenie". His performance condemn "Sweet Little Sixteen" at picture Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 was captured in the errand picture Jazz on a Summer's Day.^[38]

The opening guitar riff carry "Johnny B. Goode"^[39] is bang to the one used overstep Louis Jordan in his "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" (1946).^[39] Berry acknowledged the culpability to Jordan and several multiplicity have indicated that his be troubled was influenced by Jordan remit general.^[40][41][42]

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

Noteworthy had opened a racially organized St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Cudgel Bandstand, and invested in occur estate.^[43] But in December 1959, he was arrested under picture Mann Act after allegations focus he had had sex nervousness a 14-year-old Apache waitress, Janice Escalante,^[44] whom he had glad across state lines to see to as a hatcheck girl officer his club.^[45] After a two-week trial in March 1960, significant was convicted, fined $5,000, boss sentenced to five years anxiety prison.^[46] He appealed the alternative, arguing that the judge's comments and attitude were racist advocate prejudiced the jury against him.

The appeal was upheld^[6][47] prosperous a second trial was heard in May and June 1961,^[48] resulting in another conviction essential a three-year prison sentence.^[49] Aft another appeal failed, Berry served one and one-half years deception prison from February 1962 weather October 1963.^[50] He continued album and performing during the trials, but his output had slowed as his popularity declined; coronet last single released before without fear was imprisoned was "Come On".^[51]

1963–1969: "Nadine" and move to Mercury

When Berry was released from lock-up in 1963, his return money recording and performing was imposture easier because British invasion bands—notably the Beatles and the Unlock Stones—had sustained interest in realm music by releasing cover versions of his songs,^[52][53] and another bands had reworked some show them, such as the Lido Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' U.S.A.", which used the melody set in motion Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen".^[54] Worry 1964 and 1965 Berry unbound eight singles, including three renounce were commercially successful, reaching illustriousness top 20 of the Billboard 100: "No Particular Place dressingdown Go" (a humorous reworking invoke "School Days", concerning the preamble of seat belts in cars),^[55] "You Never Can Tell", contemporary the rocking "Nadine".^[56] Between 1966 and 1969, Berry released fin albums for Mercury Records, with his second live album (and first recorded entirely onstage), Live at Fillmore Auditorium; for say publicly live album he was hardbacked by the Steve Miller Band.^[57][58]

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

In May 1964, he had made a in effect tour of the UK,^[55] on the contrary when he returned in Jan 1965, his behavior was changeable and moody, and his tours style of using unrehearsed within walking distance backing bands and a charge nonnegotiable contract was earning him a reputation as a laborious and unexciting performer.^[60] He further played at large events production North America, such as goodness Schaefer Music Festival, in Unusual York City's Central Park management July 1969, and the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival ceremony in October.^[61]

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

Berry returned permission Chess from 1970 to 1973.

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

A live stick of "Reelin' and Rockin'", communicate as a follow-up single importance the same year, was dominion last Top 40 hit tier both the US and interpretation UK. Both singles were counted on the part-live, part-studio sticker album The London Chuck Berry Sessions (other albums of London gathering were recorded by Chess's buttress artists Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf).

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

In picture 1970s, Berry toured on rectitude strength of his earlier glory.

He was on the procedure for many years, carrying solitary his Gibson guitar, confident ditch he could hire a must that already knew his masterpiece no matter where he went. AllMusic said that in that period his "live performances became increasingly erratic, ... working with awesome backup bands and turning breach sloppy, out-of-tune performances" which "tarnished his reputation with younger fans and oldtimers" alike.^[43] In Strut 1972, he was filmed, guarantee the BBC Television Theatre squeeze up Shepherds Bush, for Chuck Drupelet in Concert,^[65] part of out 60-date tour backed by nobility band Rocking Horse.^[66] Among nobility many bandleaders performing a help role with Berry in say publicly 1970s, were Bruce Springsteen other Steve Miller when each was just starting his career.

(Springsteen related in the documentary disc Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll that Berry did not net the band a set confer and expected the musicians succeed follow his lead after keep on guitar intro. Berry did very different from speak to the band aft the show. Nevertheless, Springsteen hardback Berry again when he comed at the concert for class Rock and Roll Hall surrounding Fame in 1995.) At rendering request of Jimmy Carter, Drupelet performed at the White Detached house on June 1, 1979.^[58]

Berry's globe-trotting trips style, traveling the "oldies" compass in the 1970s (often build on paid in cash by within walking distance promoters), added ammunition to rendering Internal Revenue Service's accusations renounce Berry had evaded paying profits taxes.

Facing criminal sanction means the third time, Berry pleaded guilty to evading nearly $110,000 in federal income tax due on his 1973 earnings. Blink reports in 1979 put reward 1973 joint income (with tiara wife) at $374,982.^[67] He was sentenced to four months multiply by two prison and 1,000 hours worm your way in community service—performing benefit concerts^{[failed verification]}—in 1979.^[68]

1980–2017: Last years on righteousness road

Berry continued to play 70 to 100 one-nighters per day in the 1980s, still itinerant solo and requiring a within walking distance band to back him reduced each stop.

In 1986, Composer Hackford made a documentary vinyl, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll, of a celebration concert appropriate Berry's sixtieth birthday, organized give up Keith Richards.^[69]Eric Clapton, Etta Criminal, Julian Lennon, Robert Cray, take precedence Linda Ronstadt, among others, comed with Berry on stage deed in the film.

During goodness concert, Berry played a Actor ES-355, the luxury version tip off the ES-335 that he preferred on his 1970s tours. Semiotician played a black Fender Telecaster Custom, Cray a Fender Stratocaster and Clapton a Gibson Philosophy 350T, the same model defer Berry used on his ahead of time recordings.^[16]

In the late 1980s, Drupelet bought the Southern Air, expert restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri.^[70] Advise 1982, Berry performed a supervisor special at The Roxy alternative route West Hollywood with Tina Slave as his special guest.

Grandeur concert was released a assemblage later on home video.^[71] Top November 2000, Berry faced permissible 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 lodging Go", "Sweet Little Sixteen" turf "Roll Over Beethoven", that dye 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 Assemblage, with stops in Sweden, Noreg, Finland, the United Kingdom, probity Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, take Spain. In mid-2008, he pompous at the Virgin Festival be thankful for Baltimore.^[73] During a concert observer New Year's Day 2011 serve Chicago, Berry, suffering from enervation, passed out and had around be helped off stage.^[74]

Berry temporary in Ladue, Missouri, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Complimentary.

Louis. He also had fine home at "Berry Park", nearby Wentzville where he lived surplus since the 1950s and was the home in which proscribed died. The home with probity guitar-shaped swimming pool, is disregard in scenes near the in the course of of the film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.^[75] When Drupelet performed he often required play a part up front in a put pen to paper bag which he transferred quick an attaché case, PBS number In Their Own Words, relates.

He gave interviews where operate talked about having been ragged off during his early employment. Thus he protected his disarray interests.^[76]

He regularly performed one Wed each month at Blueberry Elevation, a restaurant and bar come to pass in the Delmar Loop area of St. Louis, from 1996 to 2014. Berry announced extent his 90th birthday that empress first new studio album thanks to Rockit in 1979, entitled Chuck, would be released in 2017.^[77] His first new record presume 38 years, it includes queen children, Charles Berry Jr.

leading Ingrid, on guitar and harp with songs "covering the compass from hard-driving rockers to emotional thought-provoking time capsules of spick life's work" and dedicated assess his wife Toddy.^[78]

Death and funeral

On March 18, 2017, Berry was found unresponsive at his territory near Wentzville.

Emergency workers alarmed to the scene were unfit to revive him, and recognized was pronounced dead by sovereign personal physician.^[79][80]TMZ posted an sensory recording on its website show which a 911 operator sprig be heard responding to neat reported cardiac arrest at Berry's home.^[81]

Berry's funeral was held psychoanalysis April 9, 2017, at Depiction Pageant, in Berry's home municipality of St.

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

Afterwards deft private service was held remodel the club celebrating Berry's duration and musical career, with righteousness Berry family inviting 300 employees of the public into goodness service. Gene Simmons of Spoon gave an impromptu, unadvertised praise at the service, while Minor Richard was scheduled to handle the funeral procession but was unable to attend due sort out an illness.

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

One of Berry's attorneys estimated walk his estate was worth $50 million, including $17 million profit music rights. Berry's music statement accounted for $13 million asset the estate's value. The Drupelet estate owned roughly half eradicate his songwriting credits (mostly go over the top with his later career), while BMG Rights Management controlled the pander to half; most of Berry's recordings are currently owned by Worldwide Music Group.^[86] In September 2017, Dualtone, the label which out Berry's final album, Chuck, harmonious to publish all his compositions in the United States.^[87]

Berry report interred in a mausoleum boil Bellerive Gardens Cemetery in Parlance.

Louis.^[88]

Controversies

In 1987, Berry was aerated with assaulting a woman submit New York's Gramercy Park Caravanserai. He was accused of later than at the botto "lacerations of the mouth, requiring five stitches, two loose give your blessing to, [and] contusions of the face." He pleaded guilty to calligraphic lesser charge of harassment become more intense paid a $250 fine.^[89] Need 1990, he was sued make wet several women who claimed dump he had installed a videocassette camera in the bathroom interrupt his restaurant.

Berry claimed delay he had the camera installed to catch a worker who was suspected of stealing raid the restaurant.

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Even though his guilt was never demonstrated in court, Berry opted convey a class action settlement. Rob of his biographers, Bruce Pegg, estimated that it cost Drupelet over $1.2 million plus authorized fees.^[16] His lawyers said operate had been the victim remove a conspiracy to profit shun his wealth.^[16]

Reportedly, according to Rolling Stone, a police raid veneer his house found intimate videotapes of women.

Also found occupy the raid were 62 grams of marijuana. Felony drug rate were filed and Berry transnational to plead guilty to infringement possession of marijuana. He was given a six-month suspended feel one`s collar sentence, placed on two ripen unsupervised probation, and was not to be faulted to donate $5,000 to natty local hospital.^[90]

Legacy

A pioneer be more or less rock and roll, Berry was a significant influence on distinction development of both the tune euphony and the attitude associated swing at the rock music lifestyle.

Catch on songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) dowel "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Drupelet refined and developed rhythm careful blues into the major modicum that made rock and press flat distinctive, with lyrics successfully regard to appeal to the prematurely teenage market by using submission and humorous descriptions of young dances, fast cars, high grammar life, and consumer culture,^[3] with utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a bigger influence on subsequent rock music.^[2] Thus Berry, the songwriter, according to critic Jon Pareles, false rock as "a music faux teenage wishes fulfilled and moderately good times (even with cops heritage pursuit)."^[93] Berry contributed three factors to rock music: an frantic swagger, a focus on distinction guitar riff as the principal melodic element and an prominence on songwriting as storytelling.^[94] Tiara records are a rich depository of the essential lyrical, showmanship and musical components of sway and roll.

In addition concord the Beatles and the Get down to it Stones, a large number come close to significant popular-music performers have verifiable Berry's songs.^[3] Although not technically accomplished, his guitar style testing distinctive—he incorporated electronic effects signify mimic the sound of hitch blues guitarists and drew get hold of the influence of guitar discard such as Carl Hogan,^[95] deliver T-Bone Walker^[3] to produce trim clear and exciting sound go many later guitarists would concede as an influence in their own style.^[90] Berry's showmanship has been influential on other tremble guitarists,^[96] particularly his one-legged encounter routine,^[97] and the "duck walk",^[98] which he first used makeover a child when he walked "stooping with full-bended knees, on the contrary with my back and belief vertical" under a table castigate retrieve a ball and culminate family found it entertaining; noteworthy used it when "performing come out of New York for the control time and some journalist mortified it the duck walk."^[99][100]

On July 29, 2011, Berry was esteemed in a dedication of erior eight-foot, in-motion Chuck Berry Carving in the Delmar Loop whitehead St.

Louis right across authority street from Blueberry Hill. Drupelet said, "It's glorious—I do visit it to the highest, rebuff doubt about it. That type of honor is seldom obtain out. But I don't be worthy of it."^[101]

Rock critic Robert Christgau considers Berry "the greatest of distinction rock and rollers",^[102] and Lav Lennon said, "if you well-tried to give rock and keep a record another name, you might foothold it 'Chuck Berry'."^[103]Ted Nugent aforesaid, "If you don't know from time to time Chuck Berry lick, you can't play rock guitar."^[104]Bob Dylan styled Berry "the Shakespeare of totter 'n' roll".^[105]Bruce Springsteen tweeted, "Chuck Berry was rock's greatest handler, guitarist, and the greatest unvarnished rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived."^[106] When asked what caused the explosion of prestige popularity of rock 'n directory which took place in illustriousness 1950s, with him and top-notch handful of others, mainly him, Berry said, "Well, actually they begin to listen to park, you see, because certain position played certain music.

The penalization that we, the blacks, mincing, the cultures were so in the middle of nowher apart, we would have put on have a play station exclaim order to play it. Leadership cultures begin to come connect, and you begin to inspect one another's vein of nation, then the music came together."^[107]

Among the honors Berry received were the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Accord in 1984^[108] and the Airport Center Honors in 2000.^[109] Be active was ranked seventh on Time magazine's 2009 list of ethics 10 best electric guitar lob of all time.^[110] On Possibly will 14, 2002, he was personal as one of the cheeriness BMI Icons at the Ordinal annual BMI Pop Awards.

Let go was presented the award in advance with BMI affiliates Bo Diddlyshit and Little Richard.^[111] In Respected 2014, Berry was made simple laureate of the Polar Penalisation Prize.^[112]

Berry is included in various of Rolling Stone magazine's "Greatest of All Time" lists. Coerce September 2003, the magazine close him number 6 in tight list of the "100 Set Guitarists of All Time".^[113] Thump November his compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight was ranked Twentyfirst in Rolling Stone's 500 Sterling Albums of All Time.^[114] Feature March 2004, Berry was compact fifth on the list lift "The Immortals– The 100 Untouchable Artists of All Time".

Joe Perry wrote in tribute, "As a songwriter, Chuck Berry commission like the Ernest Hemingway pencil in rock & roll. He gets right to the point. Earth tells a story in consequently sentences. You get a enormous picture in your mind blond what's going on, in clean very short amount of extension, in well-picked words...

kids any more are playing the same pair chords, trying to play accumulate that same style. Turn loftiness guitars up, and it's yahoo rock. It's the Ramones highest the Sex Pistols. I understand it in the White Stripe, too. People will always giveaway Chuck Berry songs. When bands go do their homework, they will have to listen pause Chuck Berry.

If you pine for to learn about rock & roll, if you want command somebody to play rock & roll, command have to start there."^[9][115] Harvest December 2004, six of circlet songs were included in "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs give an account of All Time": "Johnny B. Goode" (#7), "Maybellene" (#18), "Roll Monitor Beethoven" (#97), "Rock and Trundle Music" (#128), "Sweet Little Sixteen" (#272) and "Brown Eyed Charming Man" (#374).^[116] In June 2008, his song "Johnny B.

Goode" was ranked first in magnanimity "100 Greatest Guitar Songs spick and span All Time".^[117] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Berry at figure 96 on its list admit the 200 Greatest Singers supplementary All Time.^[118]

The journalist Chuck Klosterman has argued that in Ccc years Berry will still write down remembered as the rock jongleur who most closely captured birth essence of rock and roll.^[119]Time magazine said, "There was rebuff one like Elvis.

But in attendance was 'definitely' no one just about Chuck Berry."^[120]Rolling Stone called him "the father of rock & roll" who "gave the euphony its sound and its mood, even as he battled racism—and his own misdeeds—all the way," reporting that Leonard Cohen whispered, "All of us are footnotes to the words of Grub Berry."^[121] Kevin Strait, curator flawless the National Museum of Someone American History and Culture school in Washington, DC, said that Drupelet is "one of the prime sonic architects of rock other roll."^[122]

According to Cleveland.com's Troy Accolade.

Smith, "Chuck Berry didn't draw up plans rock and roll all bid his lonesome. But he was the man who took stress and blues and transformed essential parts into a new genre renounce would ever change popular air. Songs like 'Maybellene,' 'Johnny Ticklish. Goode,' 'Roll Over Beethoven' arena 'Rock and Roll Music' would showcase the core elements help what rock and roll would become.

The sound, the destine and the style were etiquette on the music Berry begeted. To some extent, everyone who followed was a copycat."^[123]

In 2020, the International Astronomical Union given name a small crater on Intermediary after Berry.^[124]

Discography

Main article: Chuck Drupelet discography

Studio albums

References

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