Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Trivia
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Berry was ranked #5 in the 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Chuck Berry was a major influence of AC/DC guitarist, Angus Young, who has even used Berry's duckwalk as one of his many gimmicks.
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Berry's last album to date is his 1979 album, Rockit, for Atco Records.
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Chuck Berry owns a few restaurants in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1990, several women sued Chuck because they claim he installed video cameras in the women's bathrooms in two of his restaurants.
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Berry has a degree in cosmetology.
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Chuck Berry has four children: Ingrid Berry Clay; Chuck Berry, Jr.; Aloha Isa Lei Berry; and Melody Exes Berry.
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He was married to Themetta "Toddy" Suggs.
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His parents were Henry and Martha Berry.
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He is often referred to as the "Prime Minister" of Rock and Roll.
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Chuck Berry was given a star on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis in 1989.
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He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame in 1982.
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He was one of the first well-known rock and roll musicians in 1955.
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Chuck greatly influenced future rock icons such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and The Rolling Stones.
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Chuck Berry performed publicly during high school in 1941, where he sang "Confessing the Blues." A friend of Berry's, Tommy Stevens, assisted him by playing guitar. After watching Stevens play on the guitar, it inspired him to learn to play it himself.
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Berry owns an amusement park, Berryland, located outside St. Louis.
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Chuck Berry first appeared on film in the 1956 film, Rock, Rock, Rock.
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Chuck Berry made his first recording on May 21, 1955. He recorded "Wee Wee Hours" and "Maybellene."
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Chuck Berry went on tour with the "Biggest Show of Stars for '57" at the end of 1957. Among those who accompanied Berry was Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers.
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Chuck Berry made an appearance in the movie, American Hot Wax, a biography of disk jockey Alan Freed. Berry appeared as himself in the film.
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On June 1, 1979, Chuck Berry got the privilege of playing live for President Jimmy Carter.
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On October 8, 1987, a live tribute to Chuck Berry called Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll is released. It was re-released on DVD for the first time on June 27, 2006.
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Several influences on Chuck Berry include Nat King Cole, T-Bone Walker, and Louis Jordan.
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Six of Chuck Berry's songs were included in the 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. These songs were "Johnny B. Goode" (7), "Maybellene" (18), "Roll Over Beethoven" (97), "Rock and Roll Music" (128), "Sweet Little Sixteen" (272) and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (374).
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In 1984, Chuck Berry was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The Rolling Stones' first song was a cover of Berry's "Come On," and it was their very first single ever released.
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Chuck Berry wrote his famous song "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" on current adult attitudes, especially with racism (example: "arrested on charges of unemployment").
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According to Paul McCartney, The Beatles' song "Back in the U.S.S.R." was a parody of Berry's "Back in the U.S.A."
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Chuck Berry's song, "Too Much Monkey Business," inspired Bob Dyland to write his song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
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Chuck's song, "Johnny B. Goode," was played in the movie, Back to the Future.
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Chuck Berry made the "duckwalk" famous.
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The melody of The Beach Boys song "Surfin' USA," had the same melody as Chuck's song, "Sweet Little Sixteen." They sounded so alike that the Beach Boys had to give Berry co-writing credit in order to avoid a lawsuit.
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Chuck Berry was arrested after trying to bring a 14-year old waitress from Mexico to the U.S. in 1959. He was fined $5,000 and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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John Lennon once said "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."
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The only Chuck Berry song to ever reach number one was his live 1972 performance of "My Ding-a-Ling," which caused a lot of controversy.
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Berry is the third child in a family of six children.
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Chuck received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000.
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His favorite comedian is Lucille Ball.
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He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, when it opened in 1986.
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His Astrological sign is Libra.
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Chuck is right handed.
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A recording of the Chuck Berry song, Johnny B. Goode, is on the voyager spacecraft.
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For many years, he toured carrying only his Gibson guitar, hiring bands along the way.
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He was once arrested for stealing a car.
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Chuck Berry: The only Maybellene I knew was the name of a cow.
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Chuck Berry: Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering 'who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.
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Chuck Berry: Don't let the same dog bite you twice.
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Chuck Berry: It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
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Chuck Berry: At 78, I'm glad to be anywhere, anytime.
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