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Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s website, “While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.” 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.

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rock and roll, classic rock, rock n roll, blues, rock
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1	Johnny B. Goode full track	3,309
2	Roll Over Beethoven full track	1,494
3	Maybellene full track	1,443
4	You Never Can Tell full track	1,269
5	Sweet Little Sixteen full track	1,045
6	No Particular Place to Go full track	878
7	Rock And Roll Music full track	862
8	Johnny B Goode full track	825
9	Brown Eyed Handsome Man full track	616
10	Carol full track	589
11	Too Much Monkey Business full track	501
12	School Days full track	411
13	You Can't Catch Me full track	408
14	Thirty Days full track	396
15	Almost Grown full track	393

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johnnydrama7 wrote:
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WEFC87 wrote:
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Long Live To Rock N' Roll!!!

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henryhankof wrote:
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fine

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

A LEGEND!
Clashnroller wrote:
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The King.

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soulfinger wrote:
last month

Slow down li'l Jaguar... Keep cool li'l Thunderbird Ford

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Sweet_Marly wrote:
last month

I was at his conсert... impressed

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DAVERUIZ wrote:
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FUCK YEAH!!

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sotiris82 wrote:
October 2008

Grand Maestro!!

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Weed-N-Rock wrote:
October 2008

So cool been lovin' his music for a while, only now really gettin' into it!

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tyger_vs_you wrote:
October 2008

I only realised how orsum he is yesterday. hope i getta see him live before he dies

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kingoftokyo wrote:
October 2008

I GOTTA SEEM HIM LIVE. COME TO TORONTO I BEG OF YOU.

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opalmaker wrote:
October 2008

I saw him live, never forget him

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SaulD wrote:
October 2008

imortal.

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punk6268 wrote:
October 2008

the real king

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tcourtsforever wrote:
October 2008

thats a pretty bold statement

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tcourtsforever wrote:
October 2008

I know it's an opinion, scalpay, but are you kidding??? i mean, Chuck Berry pretty much started Rock n Roll. "Johnny B. Goode" was the framework for 85% of rock songs after it. But it hasn't been equaled?? what about...the beatles, elvis presley, plenty of others, i won't name them all (mainly lil' wane...jk)?

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scalpay wrote:
October 2008

Nothing equal since............

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umbrella-ella wrote:
October 2008

It goes to show you never can tell

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Tzschasmin wrote:
October 2008

Thats why I go for that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it

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