Chuck Berry is one of the heroes of early rock ‘n’ roll. His music still sounds fresh today. In addition to being a great artist on his own, he also inspired greats like the Beatles and the Rolling ...

That brown-eyed handsome man. At least he thought so, was he making gentle fun of himself? That both are true is the charm of many of Chuck Berry’s best songs. I have fallen for his music twice. The ...

Chuck Berry was a huge fan of The Beatles’ songs in general and “Yesterday” in particular. Berry revealed why he connected with the lyrics of The Beatles’ “Yesterday.” “Yesterday” wasn’t nearly as ...

In his 90 years, the legendary Chuck Berry recorded hundreds of songs, including 13 top 10 R&B hits and seven pop smashes. Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry in 1926, the future Father of Rock & Roll ...

John Lennon said, “If you tried to give rock ‘n’ roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” Bob Dylan once called the musician, who died Saturday at 90, “the Shakespeare of rock ‘n’ roll.” ...

In his 90 years, Chuck Berry — who died Saturday in Missouri — recorded hundreds of songs, including 13 top 10 R&B hits and seven pop smashes. But these 20 cuts capture the heart of his talent and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- No matter what kind of music you listen to, there's a good chance that one of your favorite songs was inspired, directly or indirectly, by Chuck Berry. Popular music today would ...

The Gazette newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content. Alright, ‘Johnny B. Goode’ is pretty great. There’s a reason it’s been played over 500 million times on ...

Born on this day, October 18, in 1926 in St. Louis, Chuck Berry would have turned 94 today. Not only one of the first and greatest purveyors of that brave new music known as “rock and roll,” he ...

On a hot night in July 1969, I was standing with at least a thousand other people on the narrow road that led to Wollman Rink in Central Park, waiting to get into the late show of a concert featuring ...

Berry knew how highly he was esteemed. So much so that, starting around the mid-to-late ’60s, he would go on tour all alone, playing with whatever pickup bands were available at the time and trusting ...