Charles Edward Anderson Berry

March 18, 2017 - I've been trying to get some perspective of Chuck Berry's life. When in 1955 the big hits were The Ballad Of Davy Crockett by Fess Parker, Mr. Sandman by the Chordettes or Tennessee Ernie Ford's Sixteen Tons... Chuck Berry comes up with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). He's been covered by all genres including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis and Linda Ronstadt, Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings, and Count Basie, AC/DC, and Judas Priest. His song Johnny B Goode is on the Voyager spacecraft hurling through space to some distant rockers! Consistently listed in the 10 of any rock list, his only number 1 single was the novelty song "My Ding-a-Ling"?! He had just announced a new album to release this year. Hopefully there is enough finished that we can get one more from the master. Thanks so much for all you've given us. RIP

Here's a song that Chuck Berry wrote, as performed by Carlos Santana!

 https://youtu.be/DtgNHnF7CYI