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Iconic Images Of The Legendary Chuck Berry
Iconic Images Of The Legendary Chuck Berry - Legendary musician Chuck Berry passed away in his home in Missouri on March 18, 2017. He was 90 years old. We take a look at his remarkable life in pictures.
(Pictured) Chuck Berry poses for a portrait in 1960 in Chicago, Illinois.
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1955
As one of the pioneers of rock and roll, Berry took country and blues music and forged it into something new and different.
(Pictured) Disc jockey and promoter Alan Freed sits at a vintage microphone that reads WINS which is the call name for his NY radio station with rock and roll musician Chuck Berry and publisher Gene Goodman during a radio interview and broadcast on September 6, 1955 in New York, New York.
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1956
Some of his groundbreaking songs include "Maybellene," "Roll Over Beethoven," and "“Johnny B. Goode.”
(Pictured) Rock and roll musician Chuck Berry plays electric guitar as he performs with his band in circa 1956. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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1956
Chuck Berry poses for a portrait holding his Gibson hollow body electric guitar.
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1958
His music was hugely influential to many artists who followed: Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys, to name but a few.
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1958
In 1959, he spent two years in prison for violating the Mann Act after he brought an underage girl to Missouri from Texas. The Mann Act was a law that said one couldn't transport women across state lines "for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose."
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1964
Aside from his musical genius, he was a remarkable performer and is well known for his "duck walk" as he played the guitar.
(Pictured) Berry at the TAMI Show on December 29, 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
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1964
Early albums from the Rolling Stones and the Beatles featured covers of Berry's songs.
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1967
Though the late 60s didn't yield many hits for Berry, he was a popular concert draw in America and in Britain.
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1969
Mick Jagger of the rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" chats backstage with Chuck Berry at Madison Square Garden in a concert that was recorded and later released as the live album "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" and also as part of the film "Gimme Shelter" on November 28, 1969 in New York City, New York.
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1973
Berry scored his biggest hit in 1972 with "My Ding-a-Ling," which went to number one in the United States.
(Pictured) Chuck Berry performs live in Amsterdam, Holland in 1973.
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1986
Berry was one of the first to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1986.
(Pictured) Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles attend the 1986 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony circa 1986 in New York City.
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1990
Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan and James Brown in New York City.
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2012
Berry continued to perform and record music up until his death. He was planning on releasing a new album later in 2017.
(Pictured) Berry performs "Johnny B. Goode" at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
