Chuck Berry, equipped with ubiquitous guitar licks, boundless charisma, self-confidence, and catchy songs, helped pioneer rock and roll. Though Elvis Presley became the King of Rock and Roll, Berry ...

Chuck Berry, the legendary musician who helped define rock ’n’ roll, died on Saturday at the age of 90. Music historian Alan Light joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss Berry’s life and his influence on ...

Berry's core repertoire was some three dozen songs, his influence incalculable, from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to virtually any group from garage band to arena act that called itself rock 'n ...

Legends like AC/DC and The Beatles all trace their roots back to one artist who changed the face of rock n’ roll forever.

It doesn’t require much effort to uncover the tracks between classic rock’s biggest songs and Chuck Berry, the songwriter who pioneered the genre. However, some of music’s most iconic hits recycled ...

Revisiting comments from The Kinks duo Ray and Dave Davies about their love of Chuck Berry, plus how they ripped him off for ...

Modern American music wouldn't exist without Missouri, this strange and sound meeting place for creative travelers from north, south, east and west. A quick glance at the names which line the Rock and ...

Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," ...

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NEW YORK — Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over ...

RAY SUAREZ, BYLINE: I'm Ray Suarez. We're interrupting the broadcast of ALL THINGS CONSIDERED with Michel Martin who's been reporting from Austin, Texas, with breaking news. One of the fathers of rock ...