Johnny B. Goode: an Introduction to Chuck Berry
Commemorative Edition 1926 - 2017
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Reference, Discography & Buyer&, Pop & Rock, Rock, Biography & Memoir, Composers & Musicians
| Author: | Noah Mason | ISBN: | 1230001932935 |
| Publisher: | Noah Mason | Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Noah Mason |
| ISBN: | 1230001932935 |
| Publisher: | Noah Mason |
| Publication: | March 21, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."- John LennonChuck Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986; for having "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance."In 2004, six of Berry's songs were included in "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time": Johnny B. Goode; Maybellene; Roll Over Beethoven; Rock and Roll Music; Sweet Little Sixteen; and Brown Eyed Handsome Man. Moreover, Johnny B. Goode ranked #1 in the same publication's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".
On March 18, 2017, police in St. Charles County, Missouri, were called to Berry's house, where he was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene, aged 90.
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."- John LennonChuck Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986; for having "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance."In 2004, six of Berry's songs were included in "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time": Johnny B. Goode; Maybellene; Roll Over Beethoven; Rock and Roll Music; Sweet Little Sixteen; and Brown Eyed Handsome Man. Moreover, Johnny B. Goode ranked #1 in the same publication's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".
On March 18, 2017, police in St. Charles County, Missouri, were called to Berry's house, where he was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene, aged 90.
