The Chuck Berry story runs from the St. Louis clubs of the early 1950s to the Chess Records session that produced “Maybellene,” and on to the 1986 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, where Chuck Berry became the first name inducted. Known as the “Father of Rock and Roll,” Chuck Berry combined country storytelling, blues guitar, and R&B rhythm into a sound that The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, and many others covered, borrowed from, and built on. This video follows how Chuck Berry influenced rock & roll, from “Maybellene” and “Johnny B. Goode” to the artists still sampling Chuck Berry’s records today. Chuck Berry was born in St. Louis on October 18, 1926, and was
