BEFORE AND AFTER CHUCK BERRY (NYTimes multimedia)

New York Times ( by Guilbert Gates)

Chuck Berry himself would be the first to admit he didn’t invent rock ’n’ roll, but he came to define it in a series of iconic singles made between 1955 and 1959.
Mr. Berry wrote almost all his hits himself, and he drew from the music he loved — from the blues and boogie to country and Calypso. The result was a hybrid sound that, in 1955, was just beginning to be called “rock ’n’ roll.”
Here, an audio guide to just a few of his revolutionary songs: what came before, and what came after. Listen to the sound of rock ’n’ roll being made.

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Chuck Berry - The Father Of Rock And Roll || RIP

NYTimes: Chuck Berry, Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneer, Dies at 90

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The One and Only King of Rock & Roll.
RIP Chuck Berry, 10/18/26 - 3/18/17.

Which Rock Star Will Historians of the Future Remember? || Chuck Klosterman

nytimes.com:

Which Rock Star Will Historians of the Future Remember?


… “If you tried to give rock and roll another name,” John Lennon famously said, “you might call it Chuck Berry.” …