The younger Berry says Gibson came to the rescue with a donated guitar as a "thank you" for Chuck's years of music and ...

Chuck Berry with wife Themetta in 2011 UPI After getting sprung, he got a cosmetology degree and worked as a beautician, and in 1948 married Themetta “Toddy” Suggs, with whom he had four kids ...

The film made a crucial error in its iconic dance scene, where Fox's McFly performs "Johnny B. Goode" on a now-famous Gibson ...

Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry went out on an extensive tour of the UK, but Berry's time behind bars had rendered him virtually ...

After that song ended, Chuck wasn't going to play anymore. The crowd blamed me." But ironically, Bryson said Berry "saved my life [and told] the audience my contract has to play this amount of time.

Join us for our traditional look back at the news and features that floated your boat this year.Best of 2024: In a fascinating, in-depth interview with our sister site Guitar World, Beatles ...

My dream was to meet Chuck Berry. It was April 1973, and he and Jerry Lee Lewis were playing at University of Maryland's Cole Field House. I was a 15-year-old student at Rockville's Wootton High ...

It’s a stretch of the imagination to say Desert Trip wouldn’t exist without Chuck Berry. But not a big one. According to a Google search, the largest celebration scheduled in the United States ...

Chuck Berry was a rock and roll icon who had one of the longest careers in the music industry. His hit songs, such as “Johnny B. Goode” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” influenced a generation ...

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90. "Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock ‘n’ roll," said Neil Portnow, Recording ...

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’ve ever cranked up a guitar-driven rock song and felt that electric jolt of rhythm pulse through your body—chances are, you’ve got Chuck Berry to thank. As a ...