Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) w… Read Full Bio ↴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, 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, 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.
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
Chuck Berry Lyrics
You been cheating on me
You know my love is true
Ain't nobody in the whole wide world
Gonna love you like I do
[Chorus]
Don't you be no fool
Don't you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
You gonna mess up a good thing
You gonna mess up a good thing
I'm might have cheated just a little bit baby
Like all the others do
Ain't about time to get my check
Now I rush it home to you
Don't you be no fool
Don't you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
You don't know what you're hitting
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
Na na na na na
You tell me that you got a part-time lover
Living away cross town
But it won't be just about little while baby
Before you put me down
[Chorus]
Now don't you go running across town baby
To catch me doing wrong
I'm just a little bit jealous baby
Cause we got a thing going on
[Chorus]
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
You don't know what you're hitting
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
No no no no no
You know my love is true
Ain't nobody in the whole wide world
Gonna love you like I do
[Chorus]
Don't you be no fool
Don't you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
You gonna mess up a good thing
I'm might have cheated just a little bit baby
Like all the others do
Ain't about time to get my check
Now I rush it home to you
Don't you be no fool
Don't you be no fool
If you keep messing around now baby
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
You don't know what you're hitting
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
Na na na na na
You tell me that you got a part-time lover
Living away cross town
But it won't be just about little while baby
Before you put me down
[Chorus]
Now don't you go running across town baby
To catch me doing wrong
I'm just a little bit jealous baby
Cause we got a thing going on
[Chorus]
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
You don't know what you're hitting
(Good thing)
Gonna mess up a good thing
(Good thing)
No no no no no
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Oliver Sain
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Jack
on Little Marie (Alternate)
Yes, oh yes, Long Distance, I'll accept the charge, I'll pay
Which love one is calling me, I did not hear you say.
Both are deep within my hearth, her Mom and my Marie
It so good to hear your voice from Memphis, Tennessee
Oh, you mean so much to me, more than you'll ever know,
Surely, you have not forgot how much I love you so
If you would remember, Dear, and sometimes talk to me
Maybe that would reunite our home in Tennessee.
Last time I saw you, just before I had to leave
You did not want to see me off and promised not to grieve,
My hearth was tore apart as I looked back at my Marie
And there the peace is still remain with you in Tennessee.
I guess I should stop talking, after all you placed the call
But anyway that I can help, you know I'll help you all
Then she spoke and asked me to come back and see Marie
And live together in our home in Memphis, Tennessee.