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Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry born (18 October 1926), is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist St. Louis, Missouri. He is one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll music.

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  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry born (18 October 1926), is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist St. Louis, Missouri. He is one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll music.
  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
  • Chuck Berry was an African-American rock n' roll musician who was born October 18, 1926 and died March 18, 2017. He is usually considered one of the pioneers of rock and roll music, creating several hits such as Johnny B. Goode, Rock and Roll Music and Roll Over Beethoven. He, among other musicians such as Elvis and Little Richard, influenced the most part of early rock bands, including The Beatles. File:John Lennon Chuck Berry.jpg
  • Chuck Berry was an American musician. In the 1970s, his music was included in NASA's message to the stars. (TV: A Day in the Death) Korky Goldsmith suggested Berry as being more worthy than the Beatles of travelling halfway across the galaxy for. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men)
  • Berry replaces Olivia Fuller as the spokesman for Tasty Juice juices in "Chick Cancer". In "Meet the Quagmires", which parodies the first film in the Back to the Future series, his song "Johnny B. Goode" is replaced with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up".
  • Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was the cousin of Marvin Berry. He wrote and recorded "Johnny B. Goode". On November 12, 1955, Marvin called Chuck to have him listen to Marty McFly playing "Johnny B. Goode", stating it was "that new sound" that he had been looking for.
  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 - March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. He contributed the song "Route 66" in the 2006 Disney/Pixar film Cars. His song "Surfin U.S.A." was featured in The Shaggy Dog.
  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.[1]
  • Chuck Berry was born deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreens, in a log cabin made of earth and wood. Chuck never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell. So think about that for a second. Unless you have no fingers, toes or a nose, or even a forehead to press against a doorbell, then you can relate to how easy it is for this man to play a guitar and why he is considered the godfather of Rock N Roll. In-fact, he created Rock N Roll pretty much by himself. No, he really did. The Andrea Sisters had just released "Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me" and this caused a rage inside of Chuck that he felt he had to do something to make good music for the people, so they wou
  • Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
  • Born into a middle-class African-American family in St. Louis, Missouri, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of the blues musician T-Bone Walker, Berry began performing with the Johnnie Johnson Trio. His break came when he travelled to Chicago in May 1955 and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess, of Chess Records. With Chess he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red"—w
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