When Kiss star Gene Simmons went to the funeral of Chuck Berry, he hadn’t planned on making a speech – but that’s how it turned out. And as he now tells MusicRadar, he was disappointed that other ...

The Beatles’ “White Album” opener might be a quintessentially Fab Four track now, but in its earliest stages of invention, the song was an amalgamation of the Beatles, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys, and ...

Sir Paul McCartney says The Beatles song 'Back in the U.S.S.R' was a nod to The Beach Boys and Chuck Berry. The song, which is a parody of Berry's 1959 hit 'Back in the USA', tells the story of a ...

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It’s impossible to escape Chuck Berry’s influence. His simple but salient guitar riffs are the backbone of rock & roll. From Elvis Presley to The Beatles to Jimi Hendrix and Bob Seger, the style Berry ...

Chuck Berry's trademark four-bar guitar introduction and quickfire lyrics reflected the rebelliousness of the youth of the 1950s. He was one of that exclusive group who took rhythm and blues from its ...

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