Today, we celebrate an event, which is not ‘the day the music died’ but one that might properly be called one of the seminal moments in the creation of Rock N’ Roll. On this date in 1955, Chuck Berry ...

With his debut single “Maybellene,” Chuck Berry, who died on Saturday at 90, arrived fully formed, artistically complete, revolutionary and prophetic. Though he came to be known as the poet laureate ...

According to the painter Paul Gauguin, art is either plagiarism or revolution. Sadly, Gauguin wasn't around to hear Chuck Berry, who, with “Maybellene”, excelled at both. In the mid-Fifties, Berry had ...

When asked what surprised him most while researching Chuck Berry, author R.J. Smith says it’s how effectively the rock n’ roll pioneer created the template for a worldwide cultural phenomenon. “He ...

Want to know how good and significant the St. Louis, Missouri-born rock and roll songwriter and performer Chuck Berry was? Well, according to legendary artist John Lennon, “If you had to give rock and ...

Rock star Alice Cooper, Kiss guitarist Gene Simmons, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and multiple members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band talk about the icon's influence in new film Chuck Berry ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. CHARLES, Missouri — Chuck Berry, a music ...

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In this piece, Glenn Peoples looks through the lens of Pandora's genome project to take a close at how the style and musical traits of Chuck Berry were copied and disseminated down through generations ...

Jon Brewer’s documentary about the musical legend is far more traditional than its subject. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...