Chuck Berry
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Chuck Berry Postpones TourLegendary rock 'n' roller CHUCK BERRY has postponed his upcoming U.K. tour, just two days before the trek was due to begin. The guitarist was set to perform in Liverpool, England on Saturday (21Nov09) before hitting a number of cities... In this article: Chuck Berry, U.K., Liverpool, England, and London |
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Contactmusic.com | 2 days ago
Chuck Berry - Berry Postpones Tour
Caption: B.B. King's presents Chuck Berry (Picture) in concert New York City, USA .... Legendary rock 'n' roller CHUCK BERRY has postponed his upcoming U.K. tour, just two days before the trek was due to begin. The guitarist was set to...
In this article: All rights reserved, B.B. King, U.K., Liverpool, England, London, and New York City, USA
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Centre Daily Times | 2 days ago
America's literary culture, in one tome
"A New Literary History of America," Harvard University Press (1,095 pages, $49.95) Chuck Berry, meet Emily Dickinson. She should dig the duck walk. George Washington, bid farewell to the nation and say hello to cool jazz. Try not to...
In this article: Greil Marcus, Hurricane Katrina, James Miller, Entertainment Weekly, and Strange Fruit
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 3 days ago
Nov. 18, 2009: Chuck Berry stays busy, Johnny Depp stays rich and Rihanna stays focused
In this article: Johnny Depp, Rihanna, Mission: Impossible, Lifetime TV, Run This Town, Vinegar, The Sun newspaper, and Blueberry Hill
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Sunday Mirror | 4 days ago
The oldest swingers in town: Chuck Berry and the top ten incredible age-defying elder statesmen and women
By Mirror.co.uk 17/11/2009 With original rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry set to kick off a UK tour later this month at the grand old age of 83, we look at ten other examples of people of a certain age who are showing the young pretenders how...
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Playbill.com | 4 days ago
Dreamboats and Petticoats Will Return to West End in 2010
...came to the West End's Trafalgar Studios. The musical features songs from Roy Orbison, The Shadows, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Chuck Berry and more, including "Let's Dance," "To Know Him Is To Love Him," "Shaking All Over," "In Dreams,"...
In this article: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks, Love Hurts, In Dreams, To Know Him Is to Love Him, and The New Statesman
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Contactmusic.com | 4 days ago
Chuck Berry - Berry Cancels London Show
CHUCK BERRY - BERRY CANCELS LONDON SHOW Caption: B.B. King's presents Chuck Berry (Picture) in concert New York City, USA .... Legendary guitarist CHUCK BERRY has cancelled an upcoming concert in London. The rock 'n' roll pioneer, who...
In this article: London, All rights reserved, B.B. King, New York City, USA, and U.K.
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Colorado Springs Gazette | 6 days ago
SOUNDBOARD: Thackery stretches blues in many directions
...eclectic styles verge on the bizarre, but they all seem to work: westernized surf-rock, blues mixed with country, Muddy Waters to Chuck Berry to Jimi Hendrix, Thackery's all over the board. Dragging shuffles, cowboy honky-tonk,...
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PopMatters | November 13, 2009
Six (Not So) Easy Pieces: Picking the Perfect Rock Songs (Sound Affects)
...and he happens to pick one of the worst songs by the Fab Four: a rather limp cover of the great Chuck Berry. Why not just list Berry's version? That would seem to at once give Berry his well-warranted props and also avoid embarrassing...
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Miami Herald - Florida | November 12, 2009
DCF worker nabbed for theft of elderly client
20 People Who Changed Black Music: Chuck Berry, the Blues Man-Turned-Rock Architect His image is that of one of rock & roll's original bad boys, but serious music aficionados know that blues, rock, R&B and even rockabilly wouldn't be...
In this article: Eric Berry, Joe Haden, Rock, Palmetto, Misdemeanor, Ohio State, Dementia, Jim Tressel, and NFL
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 11, 2009
Comic magician Carl Ballantine dies at 92
The answer is to limit the amount of profit all corporations make from government funds like they do with the Medicaid program. With Chuck Berry, Little Richard and other icons from rock's first generation, he pioneered an incendiary...
In this article: Carl Ballantine, HMO, Humana, Academy Award, and Sons of Anarchy
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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, Plácido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone's 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 and Roll Music"), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
- Name At Birth:
- Charles Edward Anderson Berry
- Also Known As:
- Chuck Berry
- Birth Date:
- October 18, 1926
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter
- Instrument Played:
- Guitar, Vocals
- Gibson ES-125
- Gibson ES-355
- Record Label:
- Chess, Mercury, Atco
- Years Active:
- 1955 - present
- Website:
- http://www.chuckberry.com/
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