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Chuck Berry biography, Chuck Berry discography
Chuck Berry
Induction Year: 1986
Induction Category: Performer
"While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.Berry laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance.Johnnie Johnson and members of the Chess Records house band, including Willie Dixon, Berry wrote and performed rock and roll for the ages.Louis on October 18, 1926.In the early Fifties, Berry led a popular blues trio by night and worked as a beautician by day.Number 5 in Billboard and established Berry as a rarity: a black artist who successfully crossed over to the largely white pop charts.Keith Richards and John Lennon.May 1, 1955: Chuck Berry signs with Chess Records, landing a contract on the strength of his songwriting.Both singles are released on Chess Records.Both singles are released on Chess Records.Johnnie Johnson, makes the Top Ten.Top 40 at a time when Chuck Berry is serving a term in a federal penitentiary for violating the Mann Act.The concert, held in Santa Monica, California, is released the next year as a feature film.Santa Monica, CA, featuring James Brown, the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes.June 1, 1966: Chuck Berry leaves Chess for Mercury Records.June 1, 1979: Chuck Berry performs at the White House at the request of President Jimmy Carter.February 26, 1985: Chuck Berry is given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.January 23, 1986: Chuck Berry is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the first induction dinner, held in New York City.Chuck Berry, because I lifted every lick he ever played!Chuck Berry, with Keith Richards as musical director, debuts.Chuck Berry is filed on behalf of pianist Johnny Johnson.Maybellene
Rock and Roll Music
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Too Much Monkey Business
Roll Over Beethoven
Sweet Little Sixteen
School Day
Johnny B.Lyrics courtesy of Paulo Fagiani's Lyric World
A number of people have written to me recently to see if I have the TAB for "Johnny B.Booking Information
For information on booking Chuck Berry, contact:
Dick Alen
William Morris Agency
151 El Camino Dr.The Chuck Berry Page now has its own picture gallery.Picture of Chuck Berry's hands on the Hollywood RockWalk
Picture of Chuck by Ron Wood (yes, the Ron Wood) from A2 Gallery in Japan.Frankfurt, Germany in 1973 from Fergusson Studios in California.Dave Broderick has a number of picture on his Home Page
From Kalem Fletcher, a picture of Chuck with Willie Dixon, and one on his own
Three pictures of Chuck from the 1995 New Orleans Jazz Festival
Boogie Bob Baldori, Chuck's piano player on San Francisco Dues and numerous live dates, has some great pictures on his site.Chuck Berry Page by Roine Wik.Chuck Berry News by Johan Hasselberg.Chuck Berry homepage by Maurice Fletcher.Rock and Roll by Wolfgang Guhl.Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry on October 18, 1926 in St Louis, Missouri.He served other brief prison terms in 1979 and 1990.His memoir, Chuck Berry: The Autobiography, was published in 1988.And Lived to Tell How
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Berry is arguably the most important figure, regardless of race, in rock history.The
archetypal rock and roller, Chuck Berry melded blues, country, and a witty, defiant teen
outlook into songs that influenced vitally every rock musician in his wake.The first guitarist singer to reach charts.When performing his material Berry made sure to enunciate clearly, singing outside the
standard blues realm, and he improvised lyrics that caused to audience to pay closer
attention.Chuck Berry was born October 18, 1926 in St.Henry, was a contractor and deacon of the nearby Antioch
Baptist Church.The third of six children, he grew up in The Ville, an area just north of
downtown St.Louis which was one of the few areas in the city where Blacks could own
property.Consequently, during the 1920's and 30's, The Ville became synonymous
with Black prosperity.But music was not his only focus at that
time.When not working with his father, Berry began to cultivate a lifelong interest in
photography through his uncle Harry Davis.Intermediate Reformatory for Young
Men at Algoa, near Jefferson, Missouri.In 1952 Chuck Berry began to play professionally at different clubs in St.On
New Year's Eve Berry joined the Sir John Trio.The leader of the group was Johnnie Johnson and the third person was the drummer
Ebby Hardy.While attending a nightclub in Chicago in 1955, Berry met his idol Muddy Waters and
asked Waters where he might be able to cut a record.Waters directed him to Leonard Chess
of Chess Records
In May, 1955, with an introduction from Waters, Berry went to Chicago to audition for Leonard Chess in hopes of landing a recording contract.Johnny Johnson, Jerome Green (from Bo Diddley's
band) on the maracas, Jasper Thomas on the drums and blue legend Willie Dixon on the bass.To help get airplay Chess gave a copy of the record to the influential disc jockey Alan
Freed..Louis' Theater District, home to the Princess
Theater, the St.Louis Theater and the segregated Fox.The area was also a bastion of
white professional culture.The appearance of a
racially integrated nightclub owned by a successful black entertainer in such an area must
have been a red flag to the local authorities, and it wasn't long before the St.Louis
police had their chance to close it down, engendering the scandal that very nearly put an
end to Berry's career.On December 21 Escalanti arrest on a prostitution charge at a local
hotel.This incident would lead to Berry being charged with violation of the Mann Act..Two months later he was transferred to
Leavenworth Federal Prison in Kansas.He completed his sentence at the Federal Medical
Center in Springfield, Missouri and was released on his birthday October 18, 1963.Chuck
Berry was never the same again.Federal Medical Center in Springfield, MO, and rank among the very
best songs in the Berry catalog.Berry's last chart success for seven years, heralding another decline in his
career.Berry left Chess in 1966 for Mercury Records.His Mercury albums, including Live at
the Fillmore, recorded with the Steve Miller
Blues Band failed to sell, and he returned to Chess in 1970.The Chess albums Back Home, San Francisco Dues and Bio are considered
among his finest.Berry's only number
one record.Chuck Berry appeared in the 1973 film Let the Good Times Roll, compiled from
Richard Nader's rock 'n' roll revival shows, and in 1978 film American Hot Wax,
a fictional week in the life of rock 'n' roll, with disc jockey Alan
Freed as its central character.Berry also toured regularly and appeared on numerous
television shows during the 70s.He reemerged with a new round of touring and his first
album of new material in years, Rock It.The Southern Air Restaurant
Since the release of Rock It, Berry's career has been marked by even more
controversy.Rock 'n' Roll was filmed and recorded at a
1986 concert in St.In 1993 Berry performed at President
Bill Clinton's inaugural.More often then not, he would show up at a club or concert
hall minutes before show time, get paid, then meet the band if time allowed.If not he go
out on stage, tune his guitar and then tell the band to watch his leg for clues.While most of his songs dealt with teenage life, Berry also covered a wide range of
universal subjects: love, money, fame, glory, loneliness and rejection.Chuck Berry accepted his award.Try the New YouTube Player Beta!Please login to add to your playlists.This video has no Responses.Saw him in London last night for 140 quid, but was worth it.Still going strong at 81.Whats up with the refree in the middle of the stage?"Wee Wee Hours, Chuck Berry, E."Wee Wee Hours, Chuck Berry, E.Wee Wee Hours, Chuck Berry, E."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to your playlists.Chuck Berry started it all.....Would you like to comment?Roll Over Beethoven, Maybeline, School Days, No Particular Place To Go and this classic video right here called Johnny B.Is Barbara Walters A Sl..."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.
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