Chuck Berry
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"Charles Edward Anderson" ""Chuck"" "Berry" is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and Guitar showmanship/showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.

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Don't let the same dog bite you twice.

Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather.

But your attitude doesn't.

Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering "who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?" After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.

They [black and white musicians] jived between each other. All were artists, playing foolish, having fights and making love as if the rest of the world had no racial problems whatsoever.

Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news.

We are going to be obviously looking at all legislation to see how it impacts ... job creation and job retention. If we feel it's going to hurt those prospects, we'll be fighting to kill that legislation.

Julio had a great run with Atlanta. He loves Bobby Cox, loved playing with the Braves. They gave him an opportunity no one else would.

Looking hard for a drive in, searching for a corner cafe, where the hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day.