He also has another influence to thank. He played the song's infectious angular guitar riff on a late '60s Black Beauty ...

Chuck Berry started a revolution when he put the guitar front and center, paving the way for classic riffs in rock music. By 1969, Jimmy Page set the standard with “Whole Lotta Love”, and decades ...

Traces the history and mechanics of the guitar riff over 60 years from the 1950s from Chuck Berry through Hank Marvin Black Sabbath and others to the White Stripes ...

Paul McCartney stole the bassline of The Beatles‘ “I Saw Her Standing There” from Chuck Berry. He said “I Saw Her Standing There” proved basslines didn’t have to be original. Subsequently, Paul ...

Chuck Berry left us one hell of a swan song before he died on March 18. He’d already turned 90 in 2016 when he announced that “Chuck,” his first album of new material since 1979’s “Rock It,” finally ...