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Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and ...
Chuck Berry: 1962: Convicted: In January 1962, Berry was sentenced to three years in prison for offenses under the Mann Act when he had transported a girl, age 14, across state lines. [27] [22] [28] Tony Alamo: 2008: Convicted: The former American religious leader was arrested under the Mann Act in September 2008. [29]
Overseas, Berry's discography differed from that in the US, most notably in the UK, where his early work was released mostly by London Records until 1960, then Pye Records until 1965, before being issued directly by Chess or Mercury. This resulted in a number of exclusive British EP releases on the one hand, and a number of unissued LPs and ...
The rock icon died at age 90 on Saturday (March 18) in St. Louis after police responded to a call of a medical emergency.
"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in December 1964, it was Berry's fourth single issued following his prison term for a Mann Act conviction.
Chuck is Berry's first album in 38 years to consist of mainly new material, since his 1979 record Rockit. [2] The album is dedicated to his wife Thelmetta "Toddy" Berry. The album was announced on Berry's 90th birthday, October 18, 2016, with a release date in 2017. [2] [3] Performers on the album include his live backing band as well as his ...
Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry chronology; Back Home (1970) San Francisco Dues (1971) The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) ... released in 1971 by Chess Records. [1] Overview
In 1967, Rolling Stone noted that the first volume was "the album you must get" when "looking for the Chuck Berry standards". [7] The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981). [8] All three volumes are out of print.