Charles Edward "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in
St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Chuck Berry is one of the pioneers of rock
and roll music. According to
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website,
"While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry
comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the
essential pieces together." Cub Koda
wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more
important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest
songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest
guitarists, possessing the clearest diction, and one of its greatest
performers." John
Lennon said: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might
call it 'Chuck Berry'." Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received
Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a "class" with
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Plácido Domingo,
Angela Lansbury, and
Clint Eastwood. In 2004,
Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5
on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, being the 3rd individual
singer behind
Bob Dylan and Elvis
Presley.
He was also ranked 6th on
Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists of All Time. The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three of Chuck Berry's songs ("Johnny
B. Goode", "Maybellene",
"Rock
and Roll Music"), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
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