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A palpable wave of rock 'n' roll sadness is rolling across the world today in response to the death of music legend Chuck Berry. Berry died on Saturday at his home in Missouri. He was 90 years old.
But there was one rock ‘n’ roll pioneer I always managed to miss. Chuck Berry was 87 years old but he was still performing monthly at Blueberry Hill in University City, a suburb of Berry’s ...
Although it’s hard to imagine the Godfather of Rock and Roll as anything but a rock and roller, Chuck Berry originally wanted to pursue a different career than music. In fact, Berry wouldn’t ...
More than half a decade has passed since influential rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry died. However, his legend — including being an inaugural Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee class member ...
Chuck Berry's influence on our modern world can't be overstated. The singer was a true storyteller, weaving autobiographical facts into the worldbuilding that his melodies carried. Fictional ...
Chuck Berry was a rock and roll icon who had one of the longest careers in the music industry. His hit songs, such as “Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” influenced a generation ...
In Chuck Berry’s 1956 record “You Can’t Catch Me,” it’s a rainy late night on the New Jersey Turnpike. A hot rod roars by the driver-singer’s dream machine, and the race is on.
Chuck Berry was a complicated man. He craved love, attention, and acceptance. But he could brutally deride those who gave it to him. He could be kind and generous to strangers. And harsh ...
Chuck Berry was playing a concert in Paris once when the audience started to get out of hand. But instead of engaging the rowdy fans, security did nothing. Things went from bad to worse ...
During their early career, The Beatles covered Chuck Berry‘s “Rock and Roll Music.” Berry revealed what he thought of The Beatles as artists. He also explained what he thought about the cover.
He created something that will go on forever. It's almost showtime, and Chuck Berry groans himself out of the backseat and shuffles after the club's owner into the rear entrance, through the ...
Even in his prime, Chuck Berry in concert was something of a buyer-beware proposition. Pickup bands, inconsistent performances, a sometimes surly disposition did not always guarantee the "Rock ...