[equaviator]

My favorite Chuck Berry album-

[BeadCounter]

Thanks for posting. I agree with the article.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Music has come a long way in the last thousand years.

[Neoliberalnot]

Chuck was good on a guitar. Oddly, his nightclub in St Louis was caught with hidden cameras installed in the women’s bathroom stalls several years ago. I’m not sure if Chuck ever lost a dime over this, but he claimed it was for security reasons.

[j.argese]

Saw him in AC in the late 1980s. He was great, don’t recall my date. One of the high points was his daughter singing “Bring It On Home”. “Havana Moon” was great as was now overplayed “Teen Aged Wedding”

[TTFlyer]

Berry was a flawed human being(aren’t we all)but he was a musical genius who made history. Every Rock ‘n Roll artist ever born copied/stole/emulated Berry’s every lick, move, step, style, and attitude.

[capydick]

Chuck Berry's influence was enormous and this article pays homage to that. However - the remark as the White establishment fought back with a series of acts like Bobby Darin, Fabian, Bobby Rydell and Paul Anka.... rubs me the wrong way. I understand that there was alot of racism in the industry then however, I'm not so sure the establishment industry fought back as much as they continued to crank out teeny bopper music that could be purchased and danced to on American Bandstand - it's a business - everybody fights if you're doing your job correctly.

[Eccl 10:2]

Everyone has their favorite rock and roll movie of all time, but for me it is Hail Hail Rock and Roll.

Keith Richard assembles a top-flight sessions band and brings in several megastars (Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, et al) to celebrate Chuck’s 60th birthday at the Fox Theater in St Louis. Songs are interspersed with several interviews with Chuck and other artists, and you see the rehearsals and the battles Keith has with Chuck.

It’s right up there with Hard Days Night and The Last Waltz.

[Dixie Yooper]

Too much monkey business
Too much, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Let me begin by stating that Chuck Berry was indeed a man who suffered, like all of us, with a good number faults!!! But...IMHO, Chuck Berry was the undisputed “King Of Rock & Roll”!!! And those of us, White, Black, Brown or otherwise, that were teenagers in the 1950s-1960s know that to be fact.

I loved Elvis Presley and I loved Chuck Berry, both of them massive American Icons, Music Industry leaders and proud Americans. God bless both of them......you guys made us happy and stronger with faith in our great country!!! RIP...buddies.....millions of Americans, adore you now and will adore you forever!!! Me included!!!

[octex]

RIP Chuck

I was a major fan of R&B music in the mid-’50s and there was a local radio station that played all of that music.

“Mabeline” (sp?) grabbed me and my friends at age 13-14 in 8th grade. One of Chuck’s songs about Memphis TN is still one of my favorites, as it told a story about a little daughter he was trying to reach.

He was a showman! Saw him in two large R&B/R&R concerts in Dallas in late ‘50s, with folks like Bo Diddly, Fats Domino, Jimmy Reed, The Imperials and many others.

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[Southern Magnolia]

Chuck was good, but I prefer Bo Diddley.

[Fiji Hill]

Chuck Berry's worst recording was his biggest hit. Here's the original version, which I like a lot better:

Toy Bell--The Bees (1954)

And that demands an answer!

The Real Thing--The Spiders (1954)

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite version of a rock classic:

Roll Over Beethoven--The Four Chaps (1956)

[Fiji Hill]

One of my favorite Chuck Berry tunes

Wee, Wee Hours (1955)

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Went to a concert at Disney World back in the mid 80's starring Chuck Berry, Frankie Avalon, The Association, Mama's & Papa's with Spanky McFarlane doing Cass Elliot's part, Four Tops & Sha Na Na playing at different "worlds" of the park. Walked out on Chuck Berry's gig, not because I disliked his music, I loved it! But, because the sound in the venue was so poor, very tinny and echoing, I couldn't take it for long.

To this day, I feel bad about walking out.

[Fiji Hill]

Billy Ford, who teamed up with Lillie Bryant to make some hits as Billy & Lillie, recounts the musical war between the rock and rollers versus the music establishment.

The Monster--Billy Ford & the Thunderbirds (1958)

[jch10]

The “white establishment” didn’t “fight back.” There was room for all good performers back then. If there hadn’t been, they would have never allowed foreign entertainers in.

[Titan Magroyne]

It feels like the greats are dropping like flies, here lately.

Thought you might enjoy this thread, my FRiend.

[foreverfree]

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