Chuck Berry

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The spectacular new album “Chuck” is filled with familiar and memorable guitar play and features reworked classics with new lyrics "Lady B. Goode" is a sequel to "Johnny B. Goode," and "Jamaica Moon" is a rewrite of "Havana Moon." The first single is “Big Boys.” It's his first new album in 38 years, and it's a classic already. It's a Berry record all through and there's no over produced garbage in this set. It's a refreshing new album that has that classic throwback feel. What's more it's a…

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was one of the most determined rock ‘n’ roll performers in music history. He was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a contractor and deacon of the nearby church. Better known by his stage name, Chuck Berry, had many songs including “Maybellene” and “Johnny B.Goode”. His first hit was No. 1 hit in 1872 with “My Ding-A-Ling”. Berry had an interest in music at an early age, he gave his first performance…

To say that Chuck Berry was just a rock and roll artist would be a major understatement. His songs not only changed American culture forever, but still influence it to this day. His overwhelmingly popular hit, “Sweet Little Sixteen” was released as a single in 1958. In a matter of weeks, it climbed to second on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was inspired by Berry’s countless encounters with frenzied teenagers after his shows fighting for an autograph. The lyrics were just as popular as…

him white people started singing rock nd roll. Elvis like those after him was very successful and one of the most important pioneers of rock. Next is chuck berry many say he “started it all” and that “without chuck, rock would not be rock nd roll’ Chuck berry was one of the first pioneers, many big bands and where inspired by Chuck and emulated…

time, Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry’s style of guitar playing is still taught today, and the licks he used in his songs are used in songs to this day. The guitar Chuck Berry played was a Gibson ES-350TN, which he started playing almost as soon as it came out with a Fender amp (Chapman 2003). The tone he had was unique because it was all created in the amp and his guitar. His guitar had two P90 pickups which are what made his guitar the way it was and created that iconic Chuck Berry sound. Chuck…

it with the guitar rhythm being the baseline of the song, along with the maracas. Berry even sings the song with a bit of a twang which really connotes a western style. The drums and piano add a Rythym and Blues vibe to the song, which creates an interesting mashup of country and R&B. “Maybellene” doesn’t follow the typical rock song structure in that it begins with the chorus instead of a verse. Other Chuck Berry songs seem to follow more of the Rythym and Blues style and the chorus isn’t as…

other notable artists at the time, such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Buddy Holly, bared similar and different stylistic traits to Elvis in order to appeal to the growing rock n’ roll industry of the late 1950s. Elvis’ “Don’t Be Cruel” can be compared to the above artists in an objective manner in regards to vocals, techniques used, and accompaniment bands, respectively. Elvis’ vocals can be compared similarly to rock n’ roll artist Chuck Berry, who also clearly enunciated his lyrics. In…

but I had no music, to make my cradle rock. Somewhere quietly, on radios I didn’t hear, The Crickets were singing - “That’ll Be The Day” But there was no one, who’d sing a rock ballad, to a tiny baby - Who knew I wanted to rock and roll? Well Chuck Berry certainly did, he was shakin’ and rollin’, most everyone with his, “Whole Lotta Shaking Going On” Dad would listen to classical and mom preferred Latvian ballads. Soon my ears picked up a sweet, sweet…