The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is hosting a Chuck Berry Birthday Bash, honoring what would have been his 100th birthday.
The music legend, who died Saturday at 90, is recalled by the director of 1987's 'Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll' as a difficult talent who demanded cash in a paper bag but earned the title of ...
Rock n’ roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to raise questions their parents never ...
The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous. So John Lennon may have been exaggerating when he said: “If you tried to ...
Musicians from multiple genres come together with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to pay tribute to a St. Louis legend in ...
One of the original knocks against teen-oriented rock music in the 1950s, when the form was born, came from an earlier generation that had grown up with the sophisticated, erudite songs of composers ...
Chuck Berry and The Monkees made very different songs; however, Micky Dolenz played a classic Berry song when he auditioned for The Monkees’ TV show. Notably, Dolenz was auditioning for a different ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Chuck Berry lies in his coffin with a Gibson ES-355 during his memorial service at the Pageant ...
Frank Gatson Jr. is Beyoncé’s creative director, and he danced in Michael Jackson’s video for “Smooth Criminal.” He knows what era-shaking stage moves look like. But even he marvels at the wild, sexy ...
Jon Brewer’s documentary about the musical legend is far more traditional than its subject. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...
Adam Behr receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous.
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