Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
@@FreedomFighter2112 where are you getting this from, and why post it here exactly? It's so hard to rank, but after watching SRV recently, he's right near the top in ability. I was thinking at that moment, shit he's got more skill than Jimi, and I've seen a lot of Jimi. Anyway, where's Tommy Emmanuel? You just said guitarist. Obviously Tommy can play electric rock and blues easily anyway. Forget Santana.
@@treydog317 After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his last breath and the press hailed him as the ‘King of Rock,’ Ol’ Man River cried out, ‘Naw he ain’t! My friend Chuck Berry is the King of Rock. Presley was merely a Prince who profited from the royal talent of a sovereign ruler vested with tremendous creativity. Had Berry been white, he could have rightly taken [Presley’s] throne and worn his crown well.’”
Launched in 1977, "Johnny B. Goode" is now some *13 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 38,000 mph aboard NASA's Voyager 1 space probe.* The guitar anthem shares space on a Golden Record alongside Mozart and Louis Armstrong, part of a cultural snapshot intended for any extraterrestrials who might someday find the spacecraft.
Fun fact: The song was supposed to be "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, but they couldn't get permission. So rock was represented by Chuck Berry instead.
@@davewildermuth7519 I can't believe a record exec blocked this. I mean, did they really think profits would be lost by sending one song into deep space? The arrogance. haha
I was fortunate to meet Chuck at a show in Greensboro, NC way back in June '81. Back then, he was very approachable and, thankfully, tolerated my bandmates and I being just starstruck. I mean, it's Chuck F*ing Berry! He was so kind and even autographed the back of my ticket (I still have that autograph!). When the show started, I was down in front loving every minute watching the King of Rock & Roll tear down the house! During his last song, he looked at me and motioned me up onto the stage! Properly tuned with several beers in me, I hauled my arse up on the stage because Chuck F*ing Berry told me to get up there with him! I'm proud to say that I did the "duck walk" with Chuck that night. I'm sure I looked ridiculous, a 6 foot 3 inch white dude duck walking with Chuck Berry but I didn't care. It is my fondest Rock & Roll memory.
Same year I was in Nice, France at an outdoor jazz festival. Four or five stages spread around a beautiful park. Around 10:30, a ways away we heard Johnny B Good start up. We all thought it was cool that someone was playing old rock at a jazz festival. Turned out to be Chuck Berry, who unknown to us was the headline act. Best concert surprise I've ever had. Like a star he could still do the "duck walk" very successfully as you pointed out. So lucky.
Fellas, promise something to us old folks who went through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s that you will not let our music die out. I have been watching you and other young people who are discovering the birth of rock and roll, folk, and so many other genres of music. If you listen carefully, you will be able to follow history through the storytelling of music. I have been fearful that it will go away if not cared for. So much would be lost.
It's funny that I grew up with all these beautiful types and genres of music and I am 40. I blessed to have an extremely musical granddaddy and daddy. I then passed this on to my now 18 yr daughter. While she loved new aparing artists growing up she was singing to the likes of chuck berry, little richard, Buddy holy and so on. When her friends asked what she listening to she would simply reply "perfection" . 😊 Bee gees may have come later but she absolutely adores their earlier work. She sang To love Somebody to my daddy as he was passing away. He always sang is to me and then my daughter. Great music never dies and connects people in ways that words cannot. ❤
Good4 u n ur family i discovrred Motown music thru my stepfather ,my teens before TH-cam uhad to order records pay extrA direct or store manager and I did the difficulty made it more special than googling, I freaked out hearing, the Shirelles the Beatles,Nat king Cole
Sister Rosetta Tharp is called the Godmother of Rock n Roll, Chuck Berry the father of Rock n Roll, Little Richard is called the architect of Rock and Roll. I have heard it said that Fats Domino had the first big Rock n Roll single. Lots of people played their part in pushing it all forward.
When my dad was a child he lived next door to Chuck Berry. He told me he could hear him practicing his guitar every day. My dad was a kid at the time and Chuck was a teenager. Eventually, my grandparents moved to a larger house, but my dad always remembered hearing him play. He didn't know at the time but he was hearing one of the greatest rock-n-roll artist of all time.
I only ask because Jim Crow laws (and societal mindset) were still in place: Is your dad black? Or, did the Berrys live in a white neighborhood? Come to think of it, maybe this was during the Great Depression and having a place to live was more desperate? Hmmm...
Chuck Berry was the first musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. 🎸🎵🎶❤️ … this song was the very first record that my brother and I had growin’ up. 😁
In 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its first group of inductees: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Everly Brothers
Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
Sister Rosetta Tharpe came before even Chuck and Little Richard, and her guitar playing was very ahead of it's time. Playing lead guitar the same way that would become synonymous with rock and roll. Crazy how rock and roll is so male dominated, but a soulful woman was pioneering it first in the 1940s.
you are witnessing the literal BIRTH of rock & roll - it originated in the music of the black south!!! Pure talent!!!! I am a 74-year-old white women who lived through the geniuses of rock & roll - Elvis Presley brought black rock & roll to the white audience - and so the music exploded worldwide - Chuck Berry is the godfather & grandfather of rock & roll - ROCK ON!!!! He is the GOAT, an ICON, a LEGEND - he combined country, church, R&B, blues and soul into a new sound - ROCK!!!!
------- Not Exactly.... your'e hearing a 1958 song Johnny B and attributing it to the birth of rock & roll. Very incorrect. It's the same logic that is used for Rosetta Tharp's 1965 (Brit Invasion era) performances and thinking it was back in the 30s or 40s calling her the inventor of rock. Anyway, 1958 for JOhnny B is 3 yrs AFTER the Rock era officially began in 1955. Elvis recorded rock music 1 yr before Chuck. So did Bill Haily (Rock Around The Clock originally released 1st time in 1954). Elvis first recording of any kind was 1953, and then did rock in 1954. Elvis also was first to blend 2 styles: Country Music, Bluegrass, Pop with R&B and got a unique sound of his own, as Rufus Thomas said. But he was NOT exclusively a blues artist, as his lifetime music catalog was only a fraction of that genre, along with other styles. Elvis even had more R&B hits than chuck did,. Elvis was the man. But I certainly understand that some folks may like chuck better, that's subjective, but imperical data shows elvis above any other solo act. He's the one who fought the fight and thereby desegregated our music... for all other who coexisted or followed.
Once upon a time many moons ago I asked my music professor what the best Rock song ever was. This was the song he said because it just was so incredibly influential. In the history of music (no joke, the history of music) ya can't really find any one song which straight up changed the way people approached and thought about it quite like this. This song is an all time great.
Greatest Guitarists ever: #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html #6 - Chuck Berry #7 - Jimmy Page #8 - Eric Clapton #9 - Eddie Van Halen #10 - Alex Lifeson #11 - Angus Young #12 - Randy Rhodes
Chuck Berry and Little Richard were the creators of rock ‘n’ roll. They influenced everybody from Elvis Presley, to the Beatles, to today’s artists. I never felt they got the respect that was owed them. You watch some of Chuck’s shows, and he does his dance that Angus Young from AC/DC now does and you watch Little Richard and he is just a n absolute trip to watch. I love both of these guys the music world would not be the same without either one of them.
@@NoRockinMansLand Those two were completely different in the way they expressed themselves in music. If anyone deserves credit for started the R&R wave then Bill Halley and his band get the nod. Bill and the boys made an international splash. Bill was the first Rock star. He toured the globe and crowds came running. Bill recorded his songs in various languages too.
@@timcarr6401 popularity is not a good way to determine who started something and if we're being honest no one really invented it, it gradually moved towards the direction of rock & roll from earlier genres. There are artists in the 30s and 40s who already started this sound, like Sister Aretha for example. The point is that Little Richard and especially Chuck Berry defined what rock & roll is. He's literally the greatest of his genre, he's inspired quite literally everyone in his genre and the subsequent rock genre that would come after it. Just one question, if he's not the greatest then why is he called the "father of Rock & Roll"? Do you think he got that nickname by being any average rock & roll artist? No
@@NoRockinMansLand "Sister Aretha" was not singing in the 30s and 40s. You probably meant Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She could be consider the godmother of R&R. But Bill Haley and his boys put R&R on the map in a most powerful and significant way. It cannot be denied intellectually. Chuck is at best a grandson of R&R, just as Elvis LR, Jerry Lee and others are. Elvis was doing Rockabilly/R&R more than a year before Chuck released Maybelline. Chuck wrote some popular music and played excellent guitar (he was certainly influenced by Sister Tharpe), but his voice was subpar. He wasn't a gifted vocalist.
I have enjoyed you all discovering the music legends. Now here is one to add for your viewing pleasure, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is the foundation of a lot of these guitar moves you are impressed by. 😉
You have to say Elivs and chuck are 1 a and 1 b as kings of rock and roll, without these two we would not enjoy the music and sounds we have today, they kept the sound from being pasteurized. thanks to you guys for bringing this back to the forefront. Chuck Berry's play style and riffs influenced so many. check out never can tell, my personal favorite. Props.
Chuck is #1. The best thing Elvis ever did was Blue Suade Shoes, which he stole the song and arrangement from Carl Perkins. Buddy Holly came in at #2. Elvis had a great publicist he was all hype.
@@Lu-MingPan-b5w That is true but Elvis had one of the greatest voices ever and it never let him down. Chuck never won the awards he should have gotten but he was awesome as well. I love both of them!
The first time I heard this song was in the first Back to the Future movie. My father then educated me on the history of this song and I have have been a fan ever since.
Little Richard helped The Beatles tremendously over the years & Chuck Berry had a huge influence on John Lennon specifically. There is a live gig of them together if you’re interested.
@@bobmclemore sure. Same with Little Richard-the king of rock and roll. They both influenced many musicians. I just mentioned the Beatles specifically because they did in their reaction.
Elvis attended a black church when he was young where he learned gospel music and allot of his phrasing. Drugs didn't start in black USA. Or the USA for that matter. Find an anthropology professional and ask him/her how many centuries/millennium/continents drugs go.
@@timcarr6401 according to Elvis himself he spent a great deal of time in black churches. Look it up. He talked about it. I didn't make it up. He was not a bigot at all, which was unusual in those days. He was devastated when MLK was killed.
Chuck Berry was easily one of the best singers and performers. I'm 52 years old and have been listening to him since I started listening to music. He was from St. Louis, Missouri and just as famous for his "duck walk" as he was for his singing and guitar playing. My husband and I got the chance to see him perform in Blueberry Hill when Chuck Berry was 84 years old. He played concerts 1-2 times a month until about a year before he passed away. What a memorable and fantastic night it was to be able to see him live. If you look up Delmar Loop in St. Louis, you'll see a statue they put up of him. He was and still is loved and celebrated. So glad you all gave this song look and listen!
...I was born in St. Louis and grew up in Webster Groves, with parents that had over 2000 forty-five records and 1000 albums. I recall both Chuck Barry and Ike & Tina Turner very fondly....
Thanks guys for doin this Chuck Berry❤Over th years he added to it and perfected it even more 💫There’s other videos (down th road) same song, different dance. You’ll recognize it 🤩🔥💯
Sister Rosetta was wonderful to watch and hear. I was a young person when rock and roll first began. And now I'm here to watch a new generation enjoy entertainers from my youth. It just never gets old.
Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis are the Holy Trinity of rock & roll roots. Add a pinch of James Brown for some funk and soul and you're good to go! 😆
😎 Now you are seeing why everyone of these artists had something to contribute to the "evolution of music" and the "invention" of different music genere! We can ❤ them ALL! 😯
I live in Saint Louis....Chuck would play at a club called Blueberry Hill well into his 80's and he STILL sounded good and could move!.. When he passed, all of Rock and Roll royalty came to his funeral .. Keith Richards, Eric Claption, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Paul McCartney, and many many more..... Chuck was the KING and a lot of these artists learned how to play guitar listening to Chuck Berry....
I AM 70 YEARS OLD & BEEN LISTENING TO MR. CHUCK BERRY SINCE I WAS 15 !!! I CAN ASSURE YOU HE IS THE REAL KING OF ROCK & ROLL !!! LOOK AT ALL THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COVERED HIS MUSIC & ARRANGED TO PLAY WITH HIM !!! A TRUE AMERICAN TREASURE !!! MY FAVORITE SONG IS BACK IN THE U.S.A !!! TIMELESS MUSIC , THANKS CHUCK !!!
Sorry, but chuck is no elvis. Elvis had more gold/platinum/multi than any other solo artist. Elvis could sing sucessfully any genre of his day often outdoing the original artists. Elvis blended Country Music with R&B and got his own unique style (as Rufus Thomas elaborated, he injected something new into black music). Elvis even recorded rock before chuck did. Johnny B from 1958 (a great song written by chuck, came out after the Rock era began in 55. Lots of folks see chucks vids and all attribute the songs being pushed back to the beginning of the rock era, which they were not, same with rosetta tharp, her early music sounded more like blues jazz than rock, yet they see her performances from 1965 (brit invasion era) and erroneously call it rock from the 1930s.
Chuck Berry himself said, ‘I listened to Frank Sinatra, and…other white people, so I wrote songs about school, and about cars…’ You need to hear👉🏾Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, then skip up to Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters if you want to get into the blues. Black people also invented JAZZ.
Please react to the Movie : Back to the future! The boy have to get up and play this song, to be able to be born and his parents fall in love at prom, (time travel amazing comedy) it is one of the icon movies of the 80s!
I didn’t know that Chuck Berry was black until my grandfather called him a racial slur when he heard me listening to him at age 7. “Listen to Elvis if you like rock n roll.” I’d learn later in life just how ironic and idiotic his statement was. How dare you listen to run dmc. Now check out this vanilla ice character. 🤦♂️
You guys connected the dots but don't realize it. You did a reaction to AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and were wowed by Angus Young, and his movements. Angus just copied Chuck. I love both AC/DC and Chuck, but Chuck is the foundation of everything that came after. I remember seeing AC/DC back in 1977 on TV. All my friends thought he was so cool, I was like, "He likes Chuck! He's doing Chuck!" and none of my friends knew who Chuck was. I knew. I knew because my Dad gave me the first thing I ever remember being able to say "this is mine", A Chuck Berry Record, "Reelin' and Rockin'". Chuck wrapped his waxy brown hands around my heart and I haven't been right since. Heard the opening chords to Johnny B. Goode and it was over for me. I was born in 1964. Right across the river from Detroit Michigan. Motown was huge. I remember seeing The Temptations doing "My Girl". I remember hearing (and I was 5 years old) Otis Redding doing "Dock Of The Bay" and I knew HE was black. My parents bought the first album that ever sold a million copies, Harry Belafonte's "Calypso". I was 4. On the cover, a black man wearing a green shirt. Some people are into sports, I was always a music guy. All my earliest idols were black. Every last one. I thought Black people were from outer space and were supreme beings sent here. Then life throws you out on the playground at school. Kindergarden gives way to Grade 1, then 2 and the racist jokes started creeping in out on the playground, but... You ever been out and someone tells a joke, *any* kind of joke, and for whatever reason, you just don't understand the joke? That was me out on the playground. "Black people like watermelon. Black people like fried chicken". "Tommy, you have it in your lunch today, I don't get it." Didn't get it then, don't get it now. Chuck Berry toured the Southern U.S. on what was called the "Chitlin Circuit". Forced to use a "Blacks Only" entrance. They gave him a janitor's closet as a dressing room. And he was the headliner. They divided the audience in the South using velvet ropes to divide the Black People from the White people. They kids were having none of that shit, they tore the ropes down and danced together. Chuck Berry is a God. He (and my Dad) pointed me in the right direction. Racism is bullshit. Chuck Berry led the way to all modern Rock and Roll. Every guitarist on Earth can lay their guitars down at Chuck's feet and thank him. And to this day when someone cracks a racist joke, I show them my back and walk away. You guys may wanna check out Elmore James "Dust My Broom". Robert Johnson "Sweet Home Chicago". Peace Cartier Family. Ken Hewitt, a 60 year old white guy from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
@@timcarr6401 Opinions Vary. And your opinion doesn't override anyone else's. I say different, and that's what makes Opinions just Opinions. To each their own.
He plays it live with Bruce Springsteen...throughout the whole performance you can see it in his eyes..."The Boss" is completly star struck! If that doesn't say a lot about how legendary Chuck is, I don't know what will!
Please check out Chuck Berry performing My Ding-a-Ling live in London. Also remember that Chuck Berry was the innovator of the Duck Walk that Angus Young from AC/DC performed.
I saw Chuck live and he brought a bunch of people on stage for his last song to dance. Then he disappeared while the song played. It was pretty awesome.
Alright! Now you guys are tapped in! However, Jimmi does a cover of this and absolutely kills it. Please check it out. There is a good version on TH-cam
My parents loved him! He changed everything in music history and the way all kids danced at that time . ❤️ He was highly respected for he was a Rock ICON! I have some of his original albums and 45’s from my parents.
This song in particular by Chuck Berry is part of a recording NASA included on a gold plated album of various artistic and cultural representations of our world at the time on a Voyager Space Craft. It will truly and literally live on forever!!!
In later performances he gets to doing the duck walk in the solo section for which everyone has done during the playing of that song as a extra nod of respect to Mr. Chuck Berry...
I love how much you guys loved this!!! One of the best songs ever written and we have this man to thank for all rock and blues. He’s on Mount Rushmore of the greatest of all time!
Chuck Berry a gift from St. Louis, Missouri. I just want to tell you guys how much I enjoyed your reaction and discovery of Chuck Berry. This was from the mid 1950's. The birth of Rock&Roll. I was just a little kid when this came out and I still love it.
Chuck Berry is iconic! I would love for you guys to react to Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers' "Jumpin Jive". It was filmed in 1943 and you will be amazed at the music, the scatting, and the Nicholas Brothers' dancing skills (link below). This video will blow your mind, I promise! Thanks for this great reaction! Jumpin' Jive (Cab Calloway & Nicholas Bros) - th-cam.com/video/_8yGGtVKrD8/w-d-xo.html
Love when Chuck gave a big concert when he was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. The E Street Band served as the house band, and Bruce Springsteen's awe and terror at being on stage with the legend is fun to watch.
Chuck couldn't sing like Elvis (nobody could), but Chuck is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and he is definitely one of the great pioneers of rock-n-roll. A true legend! Other great ones from this era you might want to check out are Fats Domino and Little Richard.
Elvis and Tom Jones attended a Chuck Berry show during some off time in Vegas, and Elvis told Tom, that Chuck was the true King of Rock n Roll.. Of course, Elvis has also said that about Fats Domino. My opinion, they were all great performers and all have their place in Rock n Roll history.
I can't believe Chuck isn't a part of black curriculum. He's the GOAT for rock 'n roll. You see his style and music clearly in today's rock 'n roll. .Do more!
Great reaction fellas, I grew up next to St. Louis, the home of Chuck Berry. I actually got to meet him years ago, and of course grew up knowing that Chuck was one of the inventors of Rock n Roll. Along with Little Richard and other black artists. Elvis has said himself that Chuck was a huge influence on him.
Chuck Berry made music color blind. So did Little Richard. It was a transitional time and stars like Sammy Davis Jr and Nat King Cole, shoot Jacky Robinson were breaking down the color barrier. Not to mention Willie Mays. Shit I can go on.
I want to suggest a couple of other early amazing songs by an even earlier artist Cab Calloway. "Jumpin Jive' by Cab Calloway and the Nikolas Brothers (1943 I'm stilled amazed at the performance) "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway 1931 Not rock and roll but an artist that helped set the stage for people like Chuck Berry. Great reaction.
I gotta find the video with John Lennon and Chuck Berry..... its so damn funny.... because Lennons wife Yoko screeches in it because its not singing... and when she starts doing it... the look on Chuck Berrys face is PRICELESS.... OMG
Love your family…now that you’ve seen Chuck Berry find Bill Burr commenting on John Lennon playing Johnny B Goode with his idol CB…hilarious (chuckle would fire you if you were late, drunk, drunk, or made mistakes) he was a savage!!!RIP Chuck 🙏❤️🇺🇸
So great! I love seeing your reaction to this legend! If you haven’t reacted to Al Green yet, please do! You have to see Al Green live. Or… wearing hot pants and pirate boots on Soul Train. It makes me so happy to see you guys discover the amazing music I grew up on. ❤
I saw Al Green at a festival. We weren’t even there to see him but I’m glad we got to hear him. He was the second performance and he was great. Had his family up there doing the dancing too.
Im glad yall discovered uncle chuck :) hope you liked it. We sung my ding a ling at our last birthday party together back in 2015. our bdays are 2 days apart, im the 16th hes the 18th and my drummers the 20th of october. Chuck and Johnny where an amazing team. There where 2 parts of this song thay where changed for this recording. when johnny wrote the song it was about him and his piano but was made to fit a guitar instead. origanally it was left with a piano in a caddilac. hope you travel down this fun musical rabbithole. if you need help trying to figuer any of his metophores out just let me know and ill explain them. good luck and keep up the great reaction vids. Ive been following ya'll for a while and as you"ve been finding out that alot of rock, country and hip hop have deep messages hidden within lyrics that dont always come out on the first listen.
OMG, I love this gentleman! So talented!!! I have his vinyl record albums in my collection. At 74 yrs I still want to dance to his music. I still feel young listening to him. Love him! ❤️❤️❤️
Sorry. Black people did not invent Country music. Country music comes from mostly Ireland, Scotland and Wales/England. All the other genres you mentioned sounds about right.
Hey don't take this the wrong way, but you guys are black and have never listened to Chuck Berry before? That's sad. Chuck Berry is not the first to play rock and roll, read about Rosetta Tharpe, she did it first. Also, Jackie Wilson was known for being the black king of rock and roll. Glad you guys like Chuck. I've been listening to him and others since the 60s, oh and I'm a white girl.
“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry. '" - John Lennon, The Beatles.
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
@@FreedomFighter2112 SRV wasn't blind that was Jeff Healey
@@FreedomFighter2112Carlos is so overrated and chuck berry ain’t a better player then Jimmy page 😂
@@FreedomFighter2112 where are you getting this from, and why post it here exactly? It's so hard to rank, but after watching SRV recently, he's right near the top in ability. I was thinking at that moment, shit he's got more skill than Jimi, and I've seen a lot of Jimi. Anyway, where's Tommy Emmanuel? You just said guitarist. Obviously Tommy can play electric rock and blues easily anyway. Forget Santana.
Cadillac Records is one of my favorite movies . All classic guitars , amps , and cars .
Chuck Berry was the first artist inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Didn't know that.
Thanks!
Chuck Berry is the artctitech of Rock n Roll . Every guitar player does a Chuck Berry lick .
Elvis may have been the King of Rock and Roll but Chuck Berry is The Godfather.
@@treydog317 After Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, the African American newspaper, the Chicago Defender explained that: “When Elvis Presley breathed his last breath and the press hailed him as the ‘King of Rock,’ Ol’ Man River cried out, ‘Naw he ain’t! My friend Chuck Berry is the King of Rock. Presley was merely a Prince who profited from the royal talent of a sovereign ruler vested with tremendous creativity. Had Berry been white, he could have rightly taken [Presley’s] throne and worn his crown well.’”
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Berry is the father Little Richie is the godfather . In another time they would have been " King and Queen " of Rock and Roll.😅😁🤣🤣🤣
Launched in 1977, "Johnny B. Goode" is now some *13 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 38,000 mph aboard NASA's Voyager 1 space probe.* The guitar anthem shares space on a Golden Record alongside Mozart and Louis Armstrong, part of a cultural snapshot intended for any extraterrestrials who might someday find the spacecraft.
I didn't know 'Johnny B. Goode' is on that record. Thanks for the info.
You can't get much cooler than that!!
Fun fact: The song was supposed to be "Here Comes the Sun" by the Beatles, but they couldn't get permission. So rock was represented by Chuck Berry instead.
That’s insane
@@davewildermuth7519 I can't believe a record exec blocked this. I mean, did they really think profits would be lost by sending one song into deep space? The arrogance. haha
I was fortunate to meet Chuck at a show in Greensboro, NC way back in June '81. Back then, he was very approachable and, thankfully, tolerated my bandmates and I being just starstruck. I mean, it's Chuck F*ing Berry! He was so kind and even autographed the back of my ticket (I still have that autograph!). When the show started, I was down in front loving every minute watching the King of Rock & Roll tear down the house! During his last song, he looked at me and motioned me up onto the stage! Properly tuned with several beers in me, I hauled my arse up on the stage because Chuck F*ing Berry told me to get up there with him! I'm proud to say that I did the "duck walk" with Chuck that night. I'm sure I looked ridiculous, a 6 foot 3 inch white dude duck walking with Chuck Berry but I didn't care. It is my fondest Rock & Roll memory.
how stoned are you!
Dude, that is freaking awesome!
Same year I was in Nice, France at an outdoor jazz festival. Four or five stages spread around a beautiful park. Around 10:30, a ways away we heard Johnny B Good start up. We all thought it was cool that someone was playing old rock at a jazz festival. Turned out to be Chuck Berry, who unknown to us was the headline act. Best concert surprise I've ever had. Like a star he could still do the "duck walk" very successfully as you pointed out. So lucky.
Wow, American Icon. You're lucky
One great story brother 🎵
Glad you guys are watching this. Chuck Berry was known as "The Father of Rock n Roll". Elvis was the King, but Chuck was Elvis's Daddy!!!
Fellas, promise something to us old folks who went through the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s that you will not let our music die out. I have been watching you and other young people who are discovering the birth of rock and roll, folk, and so many other genres of music. If you listen carefully, you will be able to follow history through the storytelling of music. I have been fearful that it will go away if not cared for. So much would be lost.
How could it ever be forgotten it's the best.
Suz u gotta worry gnot greatmusic transcends bless these type sites checking out the old days they not gonna regret it
It's funny that I grew up with all these beautiful types and genres of music and I am 40. I blessed to have an extremely musical granddaddy and daddy. I then passed this on to my now 18 yr daughter. While she loved new aparing artists growing up she was singing to the likes of chuck berry, little richard, Buddy holy and so on.
When her friends asked what she listening to she would simply reply "perfection" . 😊
Bee gees may have come later but she absolutely adores their earlier work. She sang To love Somebody to my daddy as he was passing away. He always sang is to me and then my daughter.
Great music never dies and connects people in ways that words cannot. ❤
Good4 u n ur family i discovrred Motown music thru my stepfather ,my teens before TH-cam uhad to order records pay extrA direct or store manager and I did the difficulty made it more special than googling, I freaked out hearing, the Shirelles the Beatles,Nat king Cole
@@natahliak7691 u recall late night commercials selling old music CDs
Remember that walk angus from AC/DC was hitting? Got it from this guy. Chuck really the godfather for all rock music you listen to
Sister Rosetta Tharp is called the Godmother of Rock n Roll, Chuck Berry the father of Rock n Roll, Little Richard is called the architect of Rock and Roll. I have heard it said that Fats Domino had the first big Rock n Roll single. Lots of people played their part in pushing it all forward.
T.Bone Walker was the first to do the Duck walk, Chuck Berry copied him!
Yeeees
You know it!🔥
Yeah well I listen to Link Wray so that's BS.
Chuck Berry inspired most guitar players and rock bands. Beatles, Rolling stones, AC/DC to start with. Love your work gentlemen
Yeah. Angus Young does the Chuck Berry walk with the guitar.
When my dad was a child he lived next door to Chuck Berry. He told me he could hear him practicing his guitar every day. My dad was a kid at the time and Chuck was a teenager. Eventually, my grandparents moved to a larger house, but my dad always remembered hearing him play. He didn't know at the time but he was hearing one of the greatest rock-n-roll artist of all time.
What a lucky man your pop was to have that experience.
Thank you for sharing that. That's awesome.
I only ask because Jim Crow laws (and societal mindset) were still in place: Is your dad black? Or, did the Berrys live in a white neighborhood? Come to think of it, maybe this was during the Great Depression and having a place to live was more desperate? Hmmm...
Hey who knew, Amazing story👍
Chuck Berry was the first musician to be inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. 🎸🎵🎶❤️ … this song was the very first record that my brother and I had growin’ up. 😁
In 1986, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its first group of inductees: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and the Everly Brothers
Wow. What a list. That's rock and roll all there. Everyone else is 'fringe benefits'...
Chuck is a godfather to rock, speaking as a guitar player. This dude is a force
Chuck didn't have much of a singing voice though.
Nope. Link Wray and "Rumble.
Syster Rosetta Tharpe is grandmother of rocknroll before Elvis and Chuck Berry!
@@stefandanielsson2287 True.
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The godfather of rock and roll! Chuck and Little Richard really took rhythm and blues, evolved it and started it all. Legends!
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
Man fuck Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana? 😂😂😂common nah.
Don't forget about Bo Diddley!
Them and Bo Diddley
@@webbergj What about Robert Johnson?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe came before even Chuck and Little Richard, and her guitar playing was very ahead of it's time. Playing lead guitar the same way that would become synonymous with rock and roll. Crazy how rock and roll is so male dominated, but a soulful woman was pioneering it first in the 1940s.
The Rockin' Nun.
Yes. She is amazing.
Thank you. Seriously. I’ve never heard of her, but I’m going to go research as soon as I’m done here. Always looking to deepen my knowledge.
Correct.
Yes! I was about to make a post about her and I saw this. IMO she is the true inventor of rock and roll.
you are witnessing the literal BIRTH of rock & roll - it originated in the music of the black south!!! Pure talent!!!! I am a 74-year-old white women who lived through the geniuses of rock & roll - Elvis Presley brought black rock & roll to the white audience - and so the music exploded worldwide - Chuck Berry is the godfather & grandfather of rock & roll - ROCK ON!!!! He is the GOAT, an ICON, a LEGEND - he combined country, church, R&B, blues and soul into a new sound - ROCK!!!!
------- Not Exactly.... your'e hearing a 1958 song Johnny B and attributing it to the birth of rock & roll. Very incorrect. It's the same logic that is used for Rosetta Tharp's 1965 (Brit Invasion era) performances and thinking it was back in the 30s or 40s calling her the inventor of rock. Anyway, 1958 for JOhnny B is 3 yrs AFTER the Rock era officially began in 1955. Elvis recorded rock music 1 yr before Chuck. So did Bill Haily (Rock Around The Clock originally released 1st time in 1954). Elvis first recording of any kind was 1953, and then did rock in 1954. Elvis also was first to blend 2 styles: Country Music, Bluegrass, Pop with R&B and got a unique sound of his own, as Rufus Thomas said. But he was NOT exclusively a blues artist, as his lifetime music catalog was only a fraction of that genre, along with other styles. Elvis even had more R&B hits than chuck did,. Elvis was the man. But I certainly understand that some folks may like chuck better, that's subjective, but imperical data shows elvis above any other solo act. He's the one who fought the fight and thereby desegregated our music... for all other who coexisted or followed.
@@scsu5085 I like Chuck better because he was an accomplished guitarist and a prolific songwriter. Elvis was neither.
One of the greatest rock songs of all time. Going down the Chuck Berry rabbit hole is a long and enjoyable journey. "Maybellenne" is my favorite
No particular place to go is brilliant.
Never Can Tell was played at my wedding 😂
Once upon a time many moons ago I asked my music professor what the best Rock song ever was. This was the song he said because it just was so incredibly influential. In the history of music (no joke, the history of music) ya can't really find any one song which straight up changed the way people approached and thought about it quite like this. This song is an all time great.
Rumble. Communication Breakdown. Day tripper.
This is Rock n Roll . He opened the door and everyone else followed.
Exactly!!!
Greatest Guitarists ever:
#1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) th-cam.com/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/w-d-xo.html
#2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) th-cam.com/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/w-d-xo.html
#3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) th-cam.com/video/m9S-4ab14sk/w-d-xo.html
#4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) th-cam.com/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/w-d-xo.html
#5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) th-cam.com/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/w-d-xo.html
#6 - Chuck Berry
#7 - Jimmy Page
#8 - Eric Clapton
#9 - Eddie Van Halen
#10 - Alex Lifeson
#11 - Angus Young
#12 - Randy Rhodes
Jack White>Randy Rhodes
@@nathanlindahl8336
Please… JWhite not in the top 100 players.
Be serious.
There was a slew of great early rocknrollers, and Berry was a leader. Check out Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard as well
He did the best Christmas song too! Run, Run Rudolph. You guys are fantastic 😅
Chuck Berry and Little Richard were the creators of rock ‘n’ roll. They influenced everybody from Elvis Presley, to the Beatles, to today’s artists. I never felt they got the respect that was owed them. You watch some of Chuck’s shows, and he does his dance that Angus Young from AC/DC now does and you watch Little Richard and he is just a n absolute trip to watch. I love both of these guys the music world would not be the same without either one of them.
Chuck and Richard were not the creators of R&R.
@@timcarr6401 they might not have made it but they defined
@@NoRockinMansLand Those two were completely different in the way they expressed themselves in music.
If anyone deserves credit for started the R&R wave then Bill Halley and his band get the nod. Bill and the boys made an international splash. Bill was the first Rock star. He toured the globe and crowds came running. Bill recorded his songs in various languages too.
@@timcarr6401 popularity is not a good way to determine who started something and if we're being honest no one really invented it, it gradually moved towards the direction of rock & roll from earlier genres. There are artists in the 30s and 40s who already started this sound, like Sister Aretha for example. The point is that Little Richard and especially Chuck Berry defined what rock & roll is. He's literally the greatest of his genre, he's inspired quite literally everyone in his genre and the subsequent rock genre that would come after it. Just one question, if he's not the greatest then why is he called the "father of Rock & Roll"? Do you think he got that nickname by being any average rock & roll artist? No
@@NoRockinMansLand "Sister Aretha" was not singing in the 30s and 40s. You probably meant Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She could be consider the godmother of R&R. But Bill Haley and his boys put R&R on the map in a most powerful and significant way. It cannot be denied intellectually.
Chuck is at best a grandson of R&R, just as Elvis LR, Jerry Lee and others are.
Elvis was doing Rockabilly/R&R more than a year before Chuck released Maybelline.
Chuck wrote some popular music and played excellent guitar (he was certainly influenced by Sister Tharpe), but his voice was subpar. He wasn't a gifted vocalist.
Saw him when he was about 80. Still doing the duckwalk and playing the HELL out of that guitar!
I have enjoyed you all discovering the music legends. Now here is one to add for your viewing pleasure, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. She is the foundation of a lot of these guitar moves you are impressed by. 😉
Unfortunately there isn't much footage of her to watch, but there is just enough to get an idea of how influential she must have been.
Yes.
She doesn't do anything Robert Johnson didn't to first and better.
And he didn't even do his most famous move. The Duck Walk! He's one of the Grand-daddies of Rock n Roll. An ORIGINATOR. A LEGEND.
You have to say Elivs and chuck are 1 a and 1 b as kings of rock and roll, without these two we would not enjoy the music and sounds we have today, they kept the sound from being pasteurized. thanks to you guys for bringing this back to the forefront. Chuck Berry's play style and riffs influenced so many. check out never can tell, my personal favorite. Props.
Elvis was a puppet.
Elvis sang some rock but was mainly a cover singer. Never wrote a song in his life.
Chuck is #1. The best thing Elvis ever did was Blue Suade Shoes, which he stole the song and arrangement from Carl Perkins. Buddy Holly came in at #2. Elvis had a great publicist he was all hype.
Chuck's songwriting was a template for others to follow. Listen to the Beach Boys "Fun Fun Fun" and it runs directly to Chuck's influence.
@@Lu-MingPan-b5w That is true but Elvis had one of the greatest voices ever and it never let him down. Chuck never won the awards he should have gotten but he was awesome as well. I love both of them!
The first time I heard this song was in the first Back to the Future movie. My father then educated me on the history of this song and I have have been a fan ever since.
Little Richard helped The Beatles tremendously over the years & Chuck Berry had a huge influence on John Lennon specifically. There is a live gig of them together if you’re interested.
Didn’t John record this song too?
Most rock and roll was influenced by Chuck Berry not just John Lennon thank Ted Nugent used to play with Chuck Berry when Ted Nugent was young
@@bobmclemore sure. Same with Little Richard-the king of rock and roll. They both influenced many musicians. I just mentioned the Beatles specifically because they did in their reaction.
Definitely had a big impact on John Lennon. Love Chuck!
The real king of Rock n Roll
ALPHA-OMEGA of R n R.
The ONLY King of Rock n Roll. Others are imposters
Elvis attended a black church when he was young where he learned gospel music and allot of his phrasing. Drugs didn't start in black USA. Or the USA for that matter. Find an anthropology professional and ask him/her how many centuries/millennium/continents drugs go.
@@barbaraburton8914 Most of his "Gospel Roots" stemmed from white quartets.
@@timcarr6401 according to Elvis himself he spent a great deal of time in black churches. Look it up. He talked about it. I didn't make it up. He was not a bigot at all, which was unusual in those days. He was devastated when MLK was killed.
Chuck Berry was easily one of the best singers and performers. I'm 52 years old and have been listening to him since I started listening to music. He was from St. Louis, Missouri and just as famous for his "duck walk" as he was for his singing and guitar playing. My husband and I got the chance to see him perform in Blueberry Hill when Chuck Berry was 84 years old. He played concerts 1-2 times a month until about a year before he passed away. What a memorable and fantastic night it was to be able to see him live. If you look up Delmar Loop in St. Louis, you'll see a statue they put up of him. He was and still is loved and celebrated. So glad you all gave this song look and listen!
...I was born in St. Louis and grew up in Webster Groves, with parents that had over 2000 forty-five records and 1000 albums. I recall both Chuck Barry and Ike & Tina Turner very fondly....
I was fortunate enough to be in Blueberry Hill in the loop when he got on stage with Billy Peek. Never forget
There is not a guitar player living or dead that doesn't speak Chuck Barry's name with complete reverence. This man was the inventor of rock and roll.
I would love to see you guys react to Cab Callaway. Jumpin' Jive, featuring the Nicholas Brothers. No context, just watch and be amazed
I second that. 👍
He (Cab Calloway) was also in The Blues Brothers, the second one when they were getting the band back together...
Thanks guys for doin this Chuck Berry❤Over th years he added to it and perfected it even more 💫There’s other videos (down th road) same song, different dance. You’ll recognize it 🤩🔥💯
Sister Rosetta was wonderful to watch and hear. I was a young person when rock and roll first began. And now I'm here to watch a new generation enjoy entertainers from my youth. It just never gets old.
She's buried in the same cemetery as my wife, Anne Marie. When I stop by her tombstone I leave aguitar pick on the top of the tombstone.
@@harvey1954 Your post makes me smile and I bet Rosetta would smile, too.
Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis are the Holy Trinity of rock & roll roots. Add a pinch of James Brown for some funk and soul and you're good to go! 😆
Replace James with Jerry Lee Lewis and you've got it.
Chuck Berry the roots of rock n roll thanks Chuck muddy Waters
😎 Now you are seeing why everyone of these artists had something to contribute to the "evolution of music" and the "invention" of different music genere! We can ❤ them ALL! 😯
A national treasure! Bless his heart, he lived to the age 0f 93. Chuck is my man! I can listen to him all day!
I live in Saint Louis....Chuck would play at a club called Blueberry Hill well into his 80's and he STILL sounded good and could move!.. When he passed, all of Rock and Roll royalty came to his funeral .. Keith Richards, Eric Claption, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Paul McCartney, and many many more..... Chuck was the KING and a lot of these artists learned how to play guitar listening to Chuck Berry....
Elvis may have been the KING of rock and roll.....But CB was one of the FATHERS of rock and roll.
FyI. Rock and Roll began among the black churches along the Mississippi Delta over 100 years ago
I AM 70 YEARS OLD & BEEN LISTENING TO MR. CHUCK BERRY SINCE I WAS 15 !!! I CAN ASSURE YOU HE IS THE REAL KING OF ROCK & ROLL !!! LOOK AT ALL THE ARTISTS THAT HAVE COVERED HIS MUSIC & ARRANGED TO PLAY WITH HIM !!! A TRUE AMERICAN TREASURE !!! MY FAVORITE SONG IS BACK IN THE U.S.A
!!! TIMELESS MUSIC , THANKS CHUCK !!!
Awesomeness!
Peter TOSH made th-cam.com/video/L_k0_GkopSM/w-d-xo.html song into a whole new ting.
Don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
Ricordati che il Re del Rock è Elvis Presley
Nope. It was !ink Wray and "Rumble."
No one has more influence on Rock and Roll than Chuck Berry. His music was that powerful to young and experienced musicians of that era.
Sorry, but chuck is no elvis. Elvis had more gold/platinum/multi than any other solo artist. Elvis could sing sucessfully any genre of his day often outdoing the original artists. Elvis blended Country Music with R&B and got his own unique style (as Rufus Thomas elaborated, he injected something new into black music). Elvis even recorded rock before chuck did. Johnny B from 1958 (a great song written by chuck, came out after the Rock era began in 55. Lots of folks see chucks vids and all attribute the songs being pushed back to the beginning of the rock era, which they were not, same with rosetta tharp, her early music sounded more like blues jazz than rock, yet they see her performances from 1965 (brit invasion era) and erroneously call it rock from the 1930s.
My man hit the nail on the head!!! Elvis WAS NOT doing this. Y'all gotta check out Chuck Berry My Ding a Ling! Classic Song!!!!
Him and Elvis have something else in common besides music, they’re sex offenders.
It is, but not particularly representative of his style. Funny af though.
Well what Elvis did do seemed to work out pretty well on it's own right.
Chuck was a much better guitar player and Elvis was a way better singer.
@@louieflash7190 Facts
Listen to Prince, while my guitar gently weeps live rock and roll hall of fame!! Y’all not gonna regret it
Yes. That is a brilliant performance and Prince nailed the guitar weeping part like no other.
Chuck Berry himself said, ‘I listened to Frank Sinatra, and…other white people, so I wrote songs about school, and about cars…’ You need to hear👉🏾Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, then skip up to Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters if you want to get into the blues. Black people also invented JAZZ.
Please react to the Movie : Back to the future! The boy have to get up and play this song, to be able to be born and his parents fall in love at prom, (time travel amazing comedy) it is one of the icon movies of the 80s!
If there was any justice in the world, Chuck would have been the king of rock and roll.
I didn’t know that Chuck Berry was black until my grandfather called him a racial slur when he heard me listening to him at age 7. “Listen to Elvis if you like rock n roll.” I’d learn later in life just how ironic and idiotic his statement was. How dare you listen to run dmc. Now check out this vanilla ice character. 🤦♂️
Chuck berry is known as the father of rock. Without a father there is no king.
@@ReignMan716 that was deeply scary and Ignorant of him. The whole Reality distortion field of ignorance people live in.
He and Muddy Waters.
If there's justice in the world be would have been arrested for being a peadophile
Chuck Berry was the original electric guitar god!! This performance is from before I was born! And I'm almost 64!! 🎸😇🙏
You HAVE to listen to Jimi Hendrix’s cover of this. DO IT it’s a life show
chuck does much more foot work in other performances. His one bent leg while one one foot playing guitar is his trade mark move. ✌️❤️
You guys connected the dots but don't realize it. You did a reaction to AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and were wowed by Angus Young, and his movements. Angus just copied Chuck. I love both AC/DC and Chuck, but Chuck is the foundation of everything that came after. I remember seeing AC/DC back in 1977 on TV. All my friends thought he was so cool, I was like, "He likes Chuck! He's doing Chuck!" and none of my friends knew who Chuck was. I knew. I knew because my Dad gave me the first thing I ever remember being able to say "this is mine", A Chuck Berry Record, "Reelin' and Rockin'". Chuck wrapped his waxy brown hands around my heart and I haven't been right since. Heard the opening chords to Johnny B. Goode and it was over for me. I was born in 1964. Right across the river from Detroit Michigan. Motown was huge. I remember seeing The Temptations doing "My Girl". I remember hearing (and I was 5 years old) Otis Redding doing "Dock Of The Bay" and I knew HE was black. My parents bought the first album that ever sold a million copies, Harry Belafonte's "Calypso". I was 4. On the cover, a black man wearing a green shirt. Some people are into sports, I was always a music guy. All my earliest idols were black. Every last one. I thought Black people were from outer space and were supreme beings sent here. Then life throws you out on the playground at school. Kindergarden gives way to Grade 1, then 2 and the racist jokes started creeping in out on the playground, but... You ever been out and someone tells a joke, *any* kind of joke, and for whatever reason, you just don't understand the joke? That was me out on the playground. "Black people like watermelon. Black people like fried chicken". "Tommy, you have it in your lunch today, I don't get it." Didn't get it then, don't get it now.
Chuck Berry toured the Southern U.S. on what was called the "Chitlin Circuit". Forced to use a "Blacks Only" entrance. They gave him a janitor's closet as a dressing room. And he was the headliner. They divided the audience in the South using velvet ropes to divide the Black People from the White people. They kids were having none of that shit, they tore the ropes down and danced together. Chuck Berry is a God. He (and my Dad) pointed me in the right direction. Racism is bullshit. Chuck Berry led the way to all modern Rock and Roll. Every guitarist on Earth can lay their guitars down at Chuck's feet and thank him. And to this day when someone cracks a racist joke, I show them my back and walk away. You guys may wanna check out Elmore James "Dust My Broom". Robert Johnson "Sweet Home Chicago".
Peace Cartier Family. Ken Hewitt, a 60 year old white guy from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
He was famous for his "duck walk" great entertainer for sure
Imagine playing this in your '58 Plymouth Fury. You really felt like you were in the future.
Chuck Berry was actually known for his duck walk! As for the music he’s known for: everything he recorded!!!!
Please check out "My Ding a Ling" by Chuck Berry if you haven't already! It's a total banger!
I appreciate you all its refreshing to see you brothas embracing many of our greats.
Chuck started it all, and everyone else followed. He was a Legend.
Chuck certainly did not start it all.
@@timcarr6401 He was one of the founders of rock n roll.
@@ramondwilliam1307 Nope.
@@timcarr6401 Opinions Vary. And your opinion doesn't override anyone else's. I say different, and that's what makes Opinions just Opinions. To each their own.
@@ramondwilliam1307 You know comparatively little of Musical History.
He plays it live with Bruce Springsteen...throughout the whole performance you can see it in his eyes..."The Boss" is completly star struck!
If that doesn't say a lot about how legendary Chuck is, I don't know what will!
Agree and here is the link to the video
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Please check out Chuck Berry performing My Ding-a-Ling live in London.
Also remember that Chuck Berry was the innovator of the Duck Walk that Angus Young from AC/DC performed.
Nothing against Elvis, but Chuck Berry will always be the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll in my opinion.
Rock on Boys!
🤘🏼🎸🎶
Here we go! Yeah Chuck is called the father of rock n roll maybe not quite accurately. He didn’t invent it, but he took it to another level.
He was a St. Louis boy. I got the chance to meet him in ‘93 when he came back stage at a Paul McCartney concert. He was an amazing person.
liar
Y’all should check out Jackie Wilson, one of the most underrated rock and roll singers!
I saw Chuck live and he brought a bunch of people on stage for his last song to dance. Then he disappeared while the song played. It was pretty awesome.
Chuck Berry is the father of Rock N Roll, it all started wiht his first big hit called Maybellene.
He practiced every day to be like the King Elvis.
Just about everyone has covered Johnny be good and did a better job
Alright! Now you guys are tapped in! However, Jimmi does a cover of this and absolutely kills it. Please check it out. There is a good version on TH-cam
Here th-cam.com/video/ss_rk-RITts/w-d-xo.html
My parents loved him! He changed everything in music history and the way all kids danced at that time . ❤️ He was highly respected for he was a Rock ICON! I have some of his original albums and 45’s from my parents.
This song in particular by Chuck Berry is part of a recording NASA included on a gold plated album of various artistic and cultural representations of our world at the time on a Voyager Space Craft. It will truly and literally live on forever!!!
"Send more Chuck Berry" SNL skit
In later performances he gets to doing the duck walk in the solo section for which everyone has done during the playing of that song as a extra nod of respect to Mr. Chuck Berry...
Angus young obviously loved this artist. Chuck is the man.
This man created Elvis. Defiantly added to him.
I was fortunate enough to see Chuck Berry live and do the "Duck Walk" ! Yeah also there was no lip sycin or auto tune back then. That Shit was LIVE !
I'm gonna suggest Jeff Healey (R.I.P.) as another one of the great players. Check out the song See The Ligt by him, and then you'll know.
Chuck Berry, BB King and Little Richard the founders of rock-n-roll.
I’m so glad you guys actually “feel” music. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Chuck Berry always made sure he was paid upfront before he stepped on stage 😊
I love how much you guys loved this!!! One of the best songs ever written and we have this man to thank for all rock and blues. He’s on Mount Rushmore of the greatest of all time!
Chuck Berry a gift from St. Louis, Missouri. I just want to tell you guys how much I enjoyed your reaction and discovery of Chuck Berry. This was from the mid 1950's. The birth of Rock&Roll. I was just a little kid when this came out and I still love it.
I can't believe this is your first time hearing Chuck Berry! He was awesome!
👆👆👆ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗᵘˡᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵒⁿ🏆 ᵀᵉˡᵉᵍʳᵃᵐ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᶜˡᵃⁱᵐ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʳⁱᶜᵉ🎁...💝.
Chuck Berry is iconic! I would love for you guys to react to Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers' "Jumpin Jive". It was filmed in 1943 and you will be amazed at the music, the scatting, and the Nicholas Brothers' dancing skills (link below). This video will blow your mind, I promise! Thanks for this great reaction!
Jumpin' Jive (Cab Calloway & Nicholas Bros) - th-cam.com/video/_8yGGtVKrD8/w-d-xo.html
Yes! I was going to comment and suggest the same thing. That dance sequence is over the top.
@@mledbetter - So GOOD! 💙
Love when Chuck gave a big concert when he was inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame. The E Street Band served as the house band, and Bruce Springsteen's awe and terror at being on stage with the legend is fun to watch.
Chuck couldn't sing like Elvis (nobody could), but Chuck is one of the greatest guitar players of all time and he is definitely one of the great pioneers of rock-n-roll. A true legend! Other great ones from this era you might want to check out are Fats Domino and Little Richard.
Elvis and Tom Jones attended a Chuck Berry show during some off time in Vegas, and Elvis told Tom, that Chuck was the true King of Rock n Roll.. Of course, Elvis has also said that about Fats Domino. My opinion, they were all great performers and all have their place in Rock n Roll history.
Man yall never seen Back to the Future 😂😂😂
And another song chuck really shreds on is roll over Beethoven
Marty Mcfly did it first lol
I can't believe Chuck isn't a part of black curriculum. He's the GOAT for rock 'n roll. You see his style and music clearly in today's rock 'n roll. .Do more!
Chuck Berry, musician, performer, invented Rock & Roll...simple as that
True king of Rock and Roll......
Great reaction fellas, I grew up next to St. Louis, the home of Chuck Berry. I actually got to meet him years ago, and of course grew up knowing that Chuck was one of the inventors of Rock n Roll. Along with Little Richard and other black artists. Elvis has said himself that Chuck was a huge influence on him.
You can’t deny Chuck Berry that dude is the riff master he’s phenomenal❤
Y'all should listen to "My Ding a Ling" by Chuck Berry...hysterical!!!
Chuck Berry made music color blind. So did Little Richard. It was a transitional time and stars like Sammy Davis Jr and Nat King Cole, shoot Jacky Robinson were breaking down the color barrier. Not to mention Willie Mays. Shit I can go on.
Brings me so much joy the new generation discovering the true GOAT. He created modern rock. Arguably the first rapper too. His flow. 1958 too!!!
I want to suggest a couple of other early amazing songs by an even earlier artist Cab Calloway.
"Jumpin Jive' by Cab Calloway and the Nikolas Brothers (1943 I'm stilled amazed at the performance)
"Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway 1931
Not rock and roll but an artist that helped set the stage for people like Chuck Berry. Great reaction.
Chuck was the pebble hitting the water he made the waves. Without him a lot of great music might not exist
I gotta find the video with John Lennon and Chuck Berry..... its so damn funny.... because Lennons wife Yoko screeches in it because its not singing... and when she starts doing it... the look on Chuck Berrys face is PRICELESS.... OMG
Love your family…now that you’ve seen Chuck Berry find Bill Burr commenting on John Lennon playing Johnny B Goode with his idol CB…hilarious (chuckle would fire you if you were late, drunk, drunk, or made mistakes) he was a savage!!!RIP Chuck
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So great! I love seeing your reaction to this legend! If you haven’t reacted to Al Green yet, please do! You have to see Al Green live. Or… wearing hot pants and pirate boots on Soul Train. It makes me so happy to see you guys discover the amazing music I grew up on. ❤
I saw Al Green at a festival. We weren’t even there to see him but I’m glad we got to hear him. He was the second performance and he was great. Had his family up there doing the dancing too.
Im glad yall discovered uncle chuck :) hope you liked it. We sung my ding a ling at our last birthday party together back in 2015. our bdays are 2 days apart, im the 16th hes the 18th and my drummers the 20th of october. Chuck and Johnny where an amazing team. There where 2 parts of this song thay where changed for this recording. when johnny wrote the song it was about him and his piano but was made to fit a guitar instead. origanally it was left with a piano in a caddilac. hope you travel down this fun musical rabbithole. if you need help trying to figuer any of his metophores out just let me know and ill explain them. good luck and keep up the great reaction vids. Ive been following ya'll for a while and as you"ve been finding out that alot of rock, country and hip hop have deep messages hidden within lyrics that dont always come out on the first listen.
OMG, I love this gentleman! So talented!!! I have his vinyl record albums in my collection. At 74 yrs I still want to dance to his music. I still feel young listening to him. Love him! ❤️❤️❤️
Sorry. Black people did not invent Country music. Country music comes from mostly Ireland, Scotland and Wales/England. All the other genres you mentioned sounds about right.
Hey don't take this the wrong way, but you guys are black and have never listened to Chuck Berry before? That's sad. Chuck Berry is not the first to play rock and roll, read about Rosetta Tharpe, she did it first. Also, Jackie Wilson was known for being the black king of rock and roll. Glad you guys like Chuck. I've been listening to him and others since the 60s, oh and I'm a white girl.
Love Chuck B!