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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.” ...

Growing up in St. Louis in a middle-class household, Chuck Berry was besotten with—and some might find surprising—country music. Only by blending this with R&B and blues and writing concise ...

Chuck Berry, the perpetual wild man of rock music ... A seminal figure in early rock music, he was all the rarer still for writing, singing and playing his own music. His songs and the boisterous ...

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.” ...

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90. "Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll," said Neil Portnow, Recording ...

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 ...