Chuck Berry
USA
Born: 18 October 1926
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Early R&B, R&B/Soul
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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, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would...
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