It took Chuck Berry and his band 36 tries to get ... playing mostly blues and R&B standards. But Berry had started writing his own songs, inserting elements of white country music, and he wanted ...

Chuck Berry played his final concert on October 15th ... “On the airplanes, when we’d be flying somewhere, he’d be writing. And he was changing the words constantly.” ...

From this group of young pioneers came a genius, writing lyrics, melodies and riffs that provided the bedrock for almost everything to happen since. Chuck displayed an interest in music and poetry ...

Alice] Chuck Berry was the real deal. He was the black guy that was writing the music. (energetic rock music) - Back in the '50s, it was the Wild West. It was a new frontier. They found a market ...

(First Alert 4) — The home of Chuck Berry, known for his moves ... Over the next seven years, Berry made history writing hit songs like “Maybellene” and “Johnny B. Goode.” ...

Writing for the Daily Register ... with a pick-up band. The late, great Chuck Berry performed hits like "Johnny B. Goode," "School Days," "Sweet Little Sixteen," and "Roll Over Beethoven" onstage ...

In his 90 years, the legendary Chuck Berry recorded hundreds of songs, including 13 top 10 R&B hits and seven pop smashes. Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry in 1926, the future Father of Rock ...

In director Taylor Hackford’s 1987 documentary “Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail ... Berry, watchful over every dollar due, sued and won co-writing credit. Similarly, the opening lines of the Beatles ...