the idea of a black man playing electric lead guitar was literally remarkable—‘alien’—in a way that would have been inconceivable for Chuck Berry only a short while earlier.” The simples ...

His influence on others can become subtle to detect (Nirvana, Black Keys, or Jack White anyone?). Call it the Six Degrees of Chuck Berry ... will be discovered by an alien race in a far, far ...

And if people were surprised that Elvis Presley was actually White, others were equally shocked or bemused that Chuck Berry was Black ... out there in space, some alien life form could be grooving ...

Explore Explore Chuck Berry See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Trending on Billboard Berry was a transitional and, to my mind, ­revolutionary black figure who ...

Chuck, you were amazing, and your music is engraved inside us forever.” Despite his profound musical influence, part of Berry’s legacy and his view of his place as a black man in a ...

Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called ... but he could also insert the scalpel when needed. After all, Berry – a black man who grew up in Jim Crow America, who was close to 30 when ...

Legendary musician Chuck Berry has ... to hold both the black and the white clientele by voicing the different kinds of songs in their customary tongues,” Berry said, according to the New ...

“Nat King Cole was an idol for every black performer. And Chuck Berry had three hits in the top 10 and he was so shy to think that he couldn’t walk across the street. He did not walk over ...

the idea of a black man playing electric lead guitar was literally remarkable—‘alien’—in a way that would have been inconceivable for Chuck Berry only a short while earlier.” The simples ...