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Chuck Berry

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music

Why is Chuck Berry often considered the most important of the early Rock and Rollers?

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Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music, Social Studies/History

What did R&B bring to early Rock and Roll, and how was early Rock and Roll different?

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Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music

How did Country Music influence Rock and Roll and the musicians who made it?

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Chuck Berry

(1926 – 2017) John Lennon famously said, "if you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." Indeed, Chuck Berry is one of the few to lay claim as a true founding father of Rock music. Born in St. Louis, Mo., Berry started playing guitar in high school, borrowing guitar riffs and stagecraft from Blues legend T-Bone Walker. By early 1953 Berry was performing with local pianist Johnnie Johnson's trio, starting a longtime collaboration with Johnson. Although the band played mostly Blues and ballads — Berry idolized the hard driving Bluesman Muddy Waters and the...