Chuck Berry Summary

Berry, Chuck (1926—) Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Charles Edward Anderson Berry, better known as Chuck Berry, epitomized 1950s rock 'n' roll through his songs, music, and dan... Read more

Chuck Berry (born 1926), creator of the "duck walk" and known as the "father of rock and roll," has been a major influence on popular music. Even though his career and life reached great peaks and dec... Read more

Critical Essay by Lester Bangs So many grit-jive geniuses—Elvis, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley—have turned stiff in their old age. That's why it's a double delight to fin... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Christgau Chuck Berry is the greatest of the rock and rollers…. But Chuck Berry isn't merely the greatest of the rock and rollers, or rather, there's not... Read more

Critical Essay by Joel Vance Berry was the first literate lyricist in rock-and-roll, and, so far as I'm concerned, he's still the champ. His delighted exploitation of the possibilities ... Read more

Critical Essay by Michael Lydon Heady days, that first lindying era of rock. In retrospect it is astonishing how fast it happened…. Which means that the music filled a gargantuan need that nei... Read more

Critical Essay by Tony Glover At his best Chuck Berry was a hip short-story teller, with insightful, affecting and entertaining pictures to show, set to a strong jumping boogie beat. But he never had... Read more

Critical Essay by Arnold Shaw Chuck Berry has been called "folk poet of the '50s," "the major figure of rock and roll" and "the single most important name in... Read more