The music legend, who died Saturday at 90, is recalled by the director of 1987's 'Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock n' Roll' as a difficult talent who demanded cash in a paper bag but earned the title of ...

Rock n’ roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to raise questions their parents never ...

Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry backstage at London's Wembley Stadium, September 1972. Credit: Photo from the Bill Greensmith Collection Chuck Berry was a complicated man. He craved love, attention, and ...

The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous. So John Lennon may have been exaggerating when he said: “If you tried to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There’s a reason why John Lennon famously said, “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’” The first-ever Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee ...

Berry's family also said on Monday that they still plan to release the late musician's final album Iconic musician Chuck Berry’s cause of death has reportedly been revealed. The “Johnny B. Goode” ...

Jon Brewer’s documentary about the musical legend is far more traditional than its subject. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...

Frank Gatson Jr. is Beyoncé’s creative director, and he danced in Michael Jackson’s video for “Smooth Criminal.” He knows what era-shaking stage moves look like. But even he marvels at the wild, sexy ...

It's a well-known fact that Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355 semihollow electric guitar to keep him company in the afterlife. But the story of how the guitar came to join Chuck in his ...

Adam Behr receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council The process by which new genres emerge from previous music forms is complex and muddy, and the boundaries between them porous.