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Chuck Berry. Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955 ...
The Mann Act, previously called the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910, is a United States federal law, passed June 25, 1910 (ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825; codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. §§ 2421 – 2424 ). It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann of Illinois . In its original form, the act made it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign ...
Chuck Berry ownership. In the 1980s, rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry purchased the Southern Air. In December 1989, a former cook at the restaurant, Hosana A. Huck, filed a lawsuit against Berry. The lawsuit alleged that Huck, along with other employees and customers, were videotaped, causing distress and humiliation.
Ringo Starr, Billy Idol and dozens of other celebrities took to Twitter to mourn Chuck Berry, who died Saturday at the age of 90.
Maybellene. " Maybellene " is a rock and roll song by American artist Chuck Berry, adapted in part from the western swing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a V8 Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her Cadillac Coupe DeVille.
St. Louis to Liverpool is the seventh and tenth overall studio album by the American musician Chuck Berry. Released in 1964 by Chess Records. It peaked at number 124 on the US Billboard album chart, the first of Berry's studio albums to appear on the chart. [2] Music critic Dave Marsh called St. Louis to Liverpool "one of the greatest rock ...
Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry performs during the 2012 Awards for Lyrics of Literary Excellence at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library And Museum on February 26, 2012 in Boston.
Chuck Berry singles chronology. "Too Much Monkey Business". (1956) " You Can't Catch Me ". (1956) "School Days". (1957) " You Can't Catch Me " is a song written for 1956 musical drama film Rock, Rock, Rock!. It was recorded by Chuck Berry and released as a single in 1956.