Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Chuck Berry was found dead at his residence 45 miles outside of St. Louis Saturday (March 18), St. Charles County Police confirmed. He was 90.
Police say they responded to a medical emergency call at his home around 12:40 p.m. CST and found Berry unresponsive.
“Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man could not be revived and was pronounced deceased at 1:26 p.m,” SCCPD announced on their Facebook page. “The St. Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry.”
The highly regarded Rock pioneer, famously known for his cutting-edge guitar licks on hit numbers such as “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Johnny B. Goode,” set the stage for the then-controversial genre. With the help of Muddy Waters after traveling to Chicago, he signed to Chess Records in 1955 and released a plethora of popular Rock tunes.
His life was played out by Mos Def in the 2008 biopic Cadillac Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFo8-JqzSCM
Berry’s 1958 smash hit “Johnny B. Goode” was included on NASA’s 1977 time capsule in the form of a 12-inch gilded disk with 90 minutes of music and images on their Voyager 1 and 2 spacecrafts. The song on the Voyager Golden Record sits among the likes of Bach and Beethoven to symbolize life on Earth.
His inescapable influence, with big boy talk of cars, girls and young love, was controversial yet infectious. As a true musician who had a prodigious mastery of the guitar, he was also gifted in his songwriting. In 1986 he would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by The Rolling Stone’s lead guitarist Keith Richards.
Without Chuck Berry, there would be no Elvis Presley, who was very impressed with the Rock frontiersman’s songwriting abilities, so much so that The King recorded his own versions of “Memphis, Tennessee,” “Promised Land” and of course “Johnny B. Goode.” Presley’s appropriated work would chart further than Berry, which is why even today’s prevalent issue of Black Americans not being appropriately compensated or credited for their creative works in all forms is still a hot button issue and hails the importance of the Black musician.
Nevertheless, Berry will be remembered as an innovative musician who fused Country, Rock and R&B together, birthing the careers of Elvis, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Nirvana, and any other artist who may find themselves enveloped in the Rockstar lifestyle and attitude originated by him.
That one-legged hop with a guitar, which many have witnessed Rock entertainers all over the world replicate, didn’t spring from just anywhere. The duckwalk began with the lively Mr. Chuck Berry.
According to his official website, Chuck had plans on releasing his first album in nearly 40 years, Chuck.
Fellow Rock musicians and music lovers paid homage to the late Chuck Berry for his musical contributions and shared heartfelt messages on social media celebrating his life.
Shit is fucking sad yo…I actually got emotional and shed a few tears…think about what you know that is considered rock n roll…every artist and band….. and know that this man is very person who started all of that… and he was a black man at that….. I could go on and on about king berry but I’m jus gonna say rest in paradise King Chuck berry….
I’m ashamed bc idk who is. Heard of him but never listened to his music. I’m gonnna check him out just out of respect
He plagiarized the song Johnny B Goode from some high school kid named Marty. He was a phony.
Nobody on HHDX will get the reference because it is not to a Madea movie, but I told it anyway
Hey you a$$ clown Back to the future was waaaay before what your failed attempt to do was thought of. Go take your grown ass back to the double wide and F your mom while she eats your aunt, while your sister records it.@$$clown
also Elvis stole his signature move from some retard from Alabama with an iq 75
Rock is better than hip hop. R.I.P.
Rest in peace Mr. Chuck Berry. The REAL King Of Rock.
There is no disputing that Berry has been an exceptionally successful musician. However, it seems as though Berry’s music has never been his “true calling” or driving influence. Instead, Berry seems to be motivated by his one true love in life – watching women take dumps. In 1990 Berry was sued by several women who alleged that Berry installed a video camera in the ladies’ bathrooms at two of his St. Louis restaurants. Berry probably installed the camera so that he could masturbate vigorously while watching video of women going to the bathroom at his restaurant. It’s possible that Berry had microphones installed so that he could hear the sounds of women farting after eating the food at his restaurants… One wonders whether Berry would have eventually installed surveillance and microphones in the bathrooms at his local Taco Bell so that he could listen to the sounds of women (and possibly also men) spraying diarrhea after eating greasy tacos…A class action settlement was eventually reached with 59 women on the complaint. It is estimated that the settlement cost Berry around $1.3 million plus legal fees.
There are rumors that the police raided Berry’s house after the allegations of the bathroom videos surfaced. Supposedly the police found some nasty home videos at Berry’s residence. One of the videos supposedly shows Berry giving a golden shower to a blonde woman. After soaking her in piss, Berry apparently tells her to open her eyes and mouth, and asks whether his urine is “nice and salty.” The woman supposedly tells Berry that she loves him and then asks him for a kiss. Berry’s response? He said that he wouldn’t kiss her because, “it smells like piss.” During the same scene, Berry also reportedly unleashes a long and very loud fart and then says, “You can smell my fart.” It has been reported that Berry’s fart was as loud as a fog horn on a cruise ship! Berry showed that he can receive as well as give in the next scene, as the same woman is supposedly shown taking a dump on Berry’s face.
please tell me you just came up with that crazy shit
Can’t make that shit up, it’s true. Dude was a major perv..
We don’t believe you, you need more people!
Did your mom help you type that? Pretty good spelling for a 12 year old.
He also had a 14 year old Native American prostitute working for him. There was something wrong with him.
isnt George Harrison dead? how the fuck is he tweeting and why does a twitter for a dead guy even exist? that shit is even verified! LOL
lol I’m fucking dying here, why is hiphopdx quoting the tweet too, this is hilarious
As the rest of the world celebrates the farce that is Drakes manufactured career, the rest of us will salute a true original, innovator and icon. Rest In Peace Chuck Berry!
lil yachty and yung uzi vert gonna both be bigger than this no name cat.
Yeah sure he was convicted for some weird shit. Good musician tho
Rest in power Chuck Berry the father of rock n roll when u get to the upper room punch the fuck outta Elvis for stealing ur style