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November 15, 2001
Still doing whatever he pleases, the inventor of rock & roll is in need of nothing more than some able musicians and a Lincoln Town car
Recordings and Reviews
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At his best Chuck Berry was a hip short-story teller, with insightful, affecting and entertaining pictures to show, set to a strong jumping boogie beat. But he never had much of a way with albums, and the problem with being chief chronicler and day-to-day historian of the ways of an era is that it f...
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Biography
The archetypal rock & roller, Chuck Berry melded the blues,
country, and a witty, defiant teen outlook into songs that have
influenced virtually every rock musician in his wake. In his best
work — about 40 songs (including "Round and Round," "Carol,"
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man," "Roll Over Beethoven," "Back in the
U.S.A.," "Little Queenie"), recorded mostly in the mid- and late
'50s — Be...
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