Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American songwriter, guitarist, and singer. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
Chuck Berry remains an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. 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 Read Full BioCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American songwriter, guitarist, and singer. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
Chuck Berry remains an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. 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 & Roll Music), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
Chuck Berry held a special place, in terms of sound development, in the formation of, Mersey-Beat at Liverpool.
The finest exponent of Chuck Berry, guitar, sound at Liverpool during 1959 to 1963, was Vincent Tow/Ismail, who in turn passed on many of the learned skills to Lennon & McCartney, his friends and colleagues during that period--1959 to 1962/3.
Chuck Berry also influenced many of the great rock 'n' roll bands that we know today including The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
Chuck Berry remains an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. 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 Read Full BioCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American songwriter, guitarist, and singer. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
Chuck Berry remains an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. 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 & Roll Music), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
Chuck Berry held a special place, in terms of sound development, in the formation of, Mersey-Beat at Liverpool.
The finest exponent of Chuck Berry, guitar, sound at Liverpool during 1959 to 1963, was Vincent Tow/Ismail, who in turn passed on many of the learned skills to Lennon & McCartney, his friends and colleagues during that period--1959 to 1962/3.
Chuck Berry also influenced many of the great rock 'n' roll bands that we know today including The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
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Maybellene
Chuck Berry Lyrics
Maybellene, why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville
A Cadillac arollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side
Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good
Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
Oh, Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
The motor cooled down the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac asittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile aheadv The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill
Maybellene
Why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene, why can't you be true
You've started back doin' the things you used to do
Lyrics © ENTERTAINMENT ONE U.S. LP
Written by: Chuck Berry
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Scouser on the Wirral
Elvis was creating and inventing rockabilly in July 1954 had Rock songs that rocked more harder than the originals ever did,
Elvis Presley was recording his sun classics well before Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jackie Wilson, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent , Everly bros, had ever made their first record
Thats All Right (Elvis, 1954) Good Rockin tonight (Elvis, 1954) Milkcow Blues Boogie (Elvis, 1954) Fool Fool Fool (Elvis, Jan 1955) Shake, Rattle and Roll,(Elvis Jan 1955) Baby Let’s Play House (Elvis, Feb 1955)
I know you rock and roll history revisionists want to change history with your black artists bias but the truth will always come forth most of the Elvis haters wasn’t even around when he died never mind in the 50s and that just shows you their ignorant collection narrative
Wether you like it or not, fact is, is nobody was touched or changed music like Elvis Presley
It didn’t matter he never wrote songs he made them his own it didn’t matter that wasn’t a virtuoso on the guitar that didn’t matter
What mattered is what was important, that Elvis with him mixing white with black creating rockabilly was the spearhead of the new genre of beat music that was universal to everyone in Rock and Roll
People forget he was heard before he was seen and they thought he was black and white radio stations wouldn’t play him because of that but Elvis persevered and thankfully the world and music was better for him
Nobody looked like him
Nobody sounded like him
Nobody had it all like him
A hip swivelling guitar playing singing james Dean and marlon Brando
The 50s wasn’t ready for Rock Music but Elvis had other ideas and he kicked down the doors that stopped and segregated blacks from getting seen and heard in the industry
It’s not a coincidence that the black people of his time who lived during his start all highly praises Elvis and the ones that hate him are the history revisionists who have about 5 pubic hairs between them listening to fake narrative that Elvis was a racist just to try and get people not to like him
That’s jealousy and bitterness and biased towards your own kind
Rock and roll Music ain’t like that it’s for everyone, the ghetto hip hop black culture are not very welcoming look at how Eminem is treated in the hip hop circles by rappers who couldn’t even spell his name never mind be better than him
The only people who know the truth about the history of rock and roll are the people who were there
Listen to Rufus Thomas, B.B. King, Jackie Wilson, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard who all give credit to Elvis and know what he was all about and what he actually did to help them and black culture like nobody had ever done, those are the people who will tell you about Elvis
Not chuck D, not any hip hopper because they went around when Elvis died
Chuck Lee Zodiac
@Cool Daddy Bill Davis threw the first pass in football history in 1905. according to you, that makes him The Father of Quarterbacks & The Father of The Passing Game. lol.
you don't have to be the first, to be The King. you don't have to be the first, to be The Father. Bill Haley was a Founding Father of Rock but not the most influential early rock performer. the
influence, talent & legacy of others have far surpassed him.
btw: you're the only outlier clinging to "Maybelline isn't a rock song." rock scholarship has moved past you. you're like the last Neanderthal howling at the moon, while the world passes you by... you're like that Japanese soldier hiding on an island in 1971 still believing that WW2 hadn't ended...
John Lennon said, "if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." Ted Nugent said, "If you don't know every Chuck Berry lick, you can't play rock guitar." Bruce Springsteen tweeted, "Chuck Berry was rock's greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived."
but you know more than those idiots. they're just dumb ass revisionists! you are the ultimate irrefutable infallible one & only source and final authority! LMAO.
VamossART
The Rock 'n Roll LIVE R.I.P. Chuck Berry
Olena Kolokolova
@Damon John ❤
Damon John
Perfect thank you.
Boxman
Wait when how and why are you here?
Pickolas Cage
the true King of Rock n roll. everybody from the beach boys, the Beatles, Stones, Hendrix, Clapton... everybody knows that Chuck was the real King of Rock n roll. everybody learned from Chuck, including me.
R Corbin
Along with Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran.
John McCall
The goat
Paul Maccartney
Elvis is the king.
rollie e
Berry says he borrowed from Ida Red for this song
V Dot
didnt he steal this song lol