In his 90 years, the legendary Chuck Berry recorded hundreds of songs, including 13 top 10 R&B hits and seven pop smashes. Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry in 1926, the future Father of Rock & Roll ...
The Gazette newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. Alright, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is pretty great. There’s a reason it’s been played over 500 million times on ...
Chuck Berry, the legendary musician who helped define rock ’n’ roll, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Music historian Alan Light joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Berry’s life and his influence on ...
Want to know how good and significant the St. Louis, Missouri-born rock and roll songwriter and performer Chuck Berry was? Well, according to legendary artist John Lennon, “If you had to give rock and ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. St. Louis’ own rock ’n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry turns 90 on Tuesday, but he’s the one who will be giving fans a gift. Berry will ...
Berry’s grandson Jahi Eskridge, 33, started playing music in the third grade. He plays trumpet on two of the EP’s tracks as a member of the family tribute band and Fat Pocket. But Eskridge didn’t grow ...
Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," ...
Over the years, writers and musicians have praised Chuck Berry's music. Here are some quotes about the rock 'n roll visionary, who died Saturday at age 90: "If rock 'n' roll has a patron saint, it is ...
Chuck Berry, the perpetual wild man of rock music who helped define its rebellious spirit in the 1950s and was the sly poet laureate of songs about girls, cars, school and even the “any old way you ...
Picking through the bins at the Academy Records Annex, and rediscovering “Switched-On Rock,” as well as albums by Tim Hardin and Otis Redding. Jon Brewer’s documentary about the musical legend is far ...