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Chuck Berry
Oct. 18, 1926
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Artistfacts:
| Berry is a Rock and Roll legend; hero to Keith Richards, among others. |
| The 1987 movie Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll is about Berry's life. |
| He joined The Sir John Trio in 1953. The piano player, Johnnie Johnson would continue working with Berry and collaborate on many of his hits. Years later, Johnson sued Berry because he was never credited on any of the songs he helped write, and never received royalties from them. Johnson claimed he did not understand his legal rights at the time, but in 2002, the judge ruled that too much time passed between the writing of the songs and the lawsuit, and ruled in Berry's favor. |
| He has a degree in cosmetology from the Gibbs Beauty School. |
| He spent time in a reformatory from ages 18-20 after a carjacking incident. In 1959, he got in trouble with the law again for transporting a 14-year-old girl named Janice Norine across state lines when he brought her up from Mexico. He was in jail on these charges until 1963. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) |
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Comments:
| he is one of the greatest artist ever
- jose, guanacaste, South America |
| I always heard he was from Wentzville - Coda, The Lou, MO |
| chuck berry rocks. - CAMO, Abbey Road, RI |
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It does not matter where Chuck Berry was born. What I know is: "Roll over Beethoven" is one of the greatest songs in rock and pop history. And I say this as a fan of classical music with Mozart, Bach and Beethoven on the very top.
- Erhard, Herrenberg, Germany |
| Chuck Berry claims to have been born in St. Louis, but Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones claims he knows "for a fact" that Chuck was born in San Jose CA. One wonders about this conflicting info. :-) - mike, berkeley, CA |
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