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Chuck Berry
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18 October 1926 - 18 March 2017
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Chuck Berry learned to play the guitar from his childhood, and in the early fifties he created a trio in his city, in which he was both a guitarist and a vocalist - and to feed himself, worked in parallel as a hairdresser.
In 1955, Berry performed in Chicago, where he was noticed by the famous Muddy Waters, who recommended that he send demos to Chess Records. These records liked, and Berry recorded his first single "Maybellene" - its theme was typically teenage: cars and love, he was noticed and
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Chuck Berry learned to play the guitar from his childhood, and in the early fifties he created a trio in his city, in which he was both a guitarist and a vocalist - and to feed himself, worked in parallel as a hairdresser.
In 1955, Berry performed in Chicago, where he was noticed by the famous Muddy Waters, who recommended that he send demos to Chess Records. These records liked, and Berry recorded his first single "Maybellene" - its theme was typically teenage: cars and love, he was noticed and supported by disc jockey Alan Fried (the same one who invented the term "rock and roll"), he not only collaborated with Berry in writing the material, but also actively scrolled this thing on the radio, as a result of Billboard magazine called Berry "the most promising rhythm and blues artist of 1955". In 1956, Berry starred in a cameo role in the film Rock Rock and recorded his most famous hit "Roll Over Beethoven".
1957 was marked by such things as "School Days", which became the anthem of the teenagers of the fifties, it was the first thing Berry published in a million copies, it also brought him fame in the UK; "Rock and Roll Music", "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Johny in Good" since then, whoever sang. Burn's triumphant path was marked by another film - directed by Alan Fried and called Mr. Rock and Roll - and an appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival.
In 1964, Berry was at the peak of interest. There were hits like "Nadine", "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell", "Promised Land".
In 1972 he released the album "The Chuck Berry London Sessions", which became the most sold out of his albums, and the song from it "My Ding-A-Ling" topped the charts in the United States and England.
Berry’s 50th birthday was celebrated in 1986 with a concert in his native St. Louis, hosted by Kate Richard of The Rolling Stones, and featured all the rock stars. The concert was filmed, by this time Berry’s autobiographical book was published, and he said in numerous interviews that it was time to retire.
Charles Edward Berry had a huge influence on all rock music (he was called his idol and The Beatles and The Rolling Stones). This influence is strong to this day.