Berry had the same thought when it came to licensing his songs in movies ranging from Pulp Fiction (which prominently features “You Never Can Tell”) or Back to the Future (in which Michael J. Fox’s character is portrayed as playing the riff to “Johnny B. Goode”). “The question ...
Chuck could expect the local musicians to know his songs because they knew his originals, plus the cover versions by Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles, to name just a few. All these covers speak to the adaptability of Berry's songbook—how they were so ...
But Chuck Berry was the wellspring as a player and a showman. The two-stringed "Chuck Berry lick" was really many closely related licks. As critic Gregory Sandow once pointed out, different songs' "fanfares" were distinct: "Maybellene"'s car horn, "School Day"'s school bell, "Too ...
Other hits included "Maybellene," one of the pioneering rock songs that gave a guitar edge to a popular fiddle tune, and "Sweet Little Sixteen," in which Berry hailed rock 'n' roll's sweep across the United States. Berry was one of the first African Americans to find a widespread white...
I went because a friend was hired by Berry that very day to be part of the legend’s backup band. (It almost takes us back toSesame Street; I came to believe that if you could count to eight, Berry would hire you.) As slender as a stiletto, he hit the stage with a snarl, and...
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If you trie d to give rock ‘n’ roll another name, you might have calle d it Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry was 29 years ol d in 1955. He’ d been playing mostly blues an d R8 B standards in a St. Louis club for several years. But he h a d starte d writing his own songs, com...
Chuck Berry, American musician who was one of the most popular and influential performers of R&B and rock music in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. His notable songs included ‘Maybellene,’‘Roll Over Beethoven,’‘Johnny B. Goode,’ and ‘My Ding-A-Ling.
Berry, (Charles Edward Anderson) Chuck (1926– ) musician; born in St. Louis, Mo. As a singer-guitarist who drew from blues, rockabilly, and country-and-western styles, and wrote songs about teenage concerns, he was the biggest influence on pre-Beatles rock. He trained as a hairdresser ...
To celebrate the unique brilliance of a rock’n’roll original, here is a collection of the best Chuck Berry songs that capture his unparalleled career.