CHUCK BERRY
Name: Chuck Berry
Birth name: Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Born: 18 October 1926 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis,
Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll
music. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, "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." Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists,
none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is
its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its
greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers." John Lennon was
more succinct: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call
it 'Chuck Berry'."
Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a "class"
with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5[4] on their list of The Immortals:
The First Fifty. He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three of Chuck Berry's songs (Johnny B.
Goode, Maybellene, Rock & Roll Music), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and
Roll.
Name: Chuck Berry
Birth name: Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Born: 18 October 1926 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis,
Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll
music. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, "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." Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists,
none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is
its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its
greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers." John Lennon was
more succinct: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call
it 'Chuck Berry'."
Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a "class"
with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood.
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5[4] on their list of The Immortals:
The First Fifty. He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three of Chuck Berry's songs (Johnny B.
Goode, Maybellene, Rock & Roll Music), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and
Roll.