Rock and roll was invented by the American singer, composer, and guitarist Charles Edward Anderson Berry (18 October 1926 – 18 March 2017).
With songs like “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957), and “Johnny B. Goode,” the man dubbed the “Father of Rock and Roll” honed and developed rhythm and blues into the essential components that gave the genre its distinctive sound (1958).
Was Chuck Berry Black or white?
Berry, who was raised in a black middle-class household in St. Louis, showed an early love for music and delivered his first public performance at Sumner High School.
He was convicted of an armed robbery while still a high school student, and from 1944 to 1947, he was housed in a reformatory. Berry married and began working at an auto assembly company after being released.
Berry had a significant impact on later rock music by penning lyrics about teen life and consumerism and creating a music genre that featured guitar solos and showmanship.
