I remember the first time that I saw Chuck Berry on the television. It was 1957 and I was eight years old. He was playing his hit, "Rock and Roll Music". When he did the duck walk, my jaw dropped. He had me. I've been a fan for life.
Just think..... that old guy that's a door greeter at Walmart was rocking and rolling to this kind of music as a young teen. Mad respect for the musicians of the former generations.
My older sister saw him play in the late 50's. Right before he went on stage he threw his cigarette down & stepped on it. She picked it up & carried it in her wallet for years haha.
@@mattjohn4731 i was a few years younger & i loved Elvis. My mother loved rock n roll so she kept the radio tuned in to the local rock station all day, on the AM radio haha. Roy Orbison was the first to catch my young ears.
A lot of folks recognize Elvis as the King of Rock..and I love Elvis myself so this is no shade thrown...but this man Chuck Berry is the true owner of that title. Imagine all the rock music that stemmed from this
@@leescarpelli3515Chuck berry is amazing. Im a huge fan of him, i absolutely love him and his music. Hes the best rock musician to live. However, Jimi hendrix was the best guitarist. He played a solo with his teeth, and behind his head while performing “hey joe”… who else did that… Even look up greatest guitarists who ever lived, jimi is first on the list💁🏽
Along with his legendary songwriting, Chuck Berry was famous for the 'duckwalk', but he got it from T-bone Walker. He also got a lot of his guitar inspiration (not from Marty McFly, but) from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the awesome Gospel artist.
Many moves were borrowed from various sources...the Nicholas Brothers dancing team comes to mind....where they jump and land on the stage floor sliding for example, or Cab Calloway spinning around...even those guys probably borrowed these from someone lol. I borrowed my moves from when I fell on my a** after mom waxed the kitchen floor😂
Come on now that’s true rock and roll Chuck Berry was awesome. He could play sing and dance with showmanship in Spades. The background dancing…they could shake i5 back in the day. I was 8.
Kids, I was there when Rock and Roll was born and IT'S SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE FATHERS OF ROCK AND ROLL. You MIGHT even learn some licks that the artists came up with... Rock on....
Rock's greatest songwriter. Chuck was a hairdresser from St. Louis with no real background in rhythm and blues. He arrived at Chess in Chicago with a song about a girl and a car race, based on the old "Ida Red". It was "Maybelline". The rest is rock history.
..."Class of 76"...Sister Rosetta Tharp (The mother/grandmother of Rock n Roll, born in 1911) was his inspiration...she invented the RIF while performing with her electric guitar in Church...To react to her pull up...Rosetta Tharp - Guitar Solo' in Motion Picture....
The piano player was Johnnie Johnson, who played on all of Chuck's big hits, and his piano style complemented Chuck's guitar playing. Chuck actually took over Johnnie's R&B band, which included horns, so Chuck wrote most of his songs in B flat and E flat (keys more suitable for horns and piano) than in the standard A and E keys for guitar.
Super correct! Chuck was one of the few rock and roll musicians who played in flat keys. Most bands can not even play in "flat keys" on guitars....if they ever had to backup Chuck Berry they were in deep do-do with him if they couldn't play in Bb lol.
In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft - Voyager 1 and 2 - to explore Jupiter, Saturn and FAR, FAR BEYOND. Each carried a 12-inch gold plated record that contained music, sounds and images picked to represent the great diversity of life on Earth. The idea was maybe one day extraterrestrial life far away would stumble on the records and learn something from us. Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode'" was embedded with the likes of: Beethoven's; Fifth Symphony; Stravinsky's' Rite of Spring; and Bach's, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. No other rocker made the cut (not the Beatles, not Elvis, not the Stones, not Hendrix, Joplin, or Morrison). This song is literally "far out" among the stars. Now that's immortality. Who knows, maybe a billion years from now some alien being will be tapping their tentacle to Johnny B. Goode.
Probably my favourite rock and roll song, great guitar great beat great lyrics great performer song writer, chuck berry absolute at the forefront of the birth of rock and roll, enormously influential
Such a classic, I grew up on this because my mom was born in 1948 so she grew up in the 50’s with the classic rock n roll and raised me on it, she was 36 when she had me after having my two sisters so I was her miracle boy
In 2017 at the age of 90 before his death, Chuck Berry was still touring. Angus, guitarist for AC/DC and others such as Rolling Stones were influenced by Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry had another song called My Ding-a-ling. Funny song especially, he did this song live with the audience participation.
I think this song performed by Chuck Berry is on the gold record attached to The Voyager craft that has left our solar system and is traveling around the galaxy. Go Johnny B Goode!!!
It'll take ~ 300 years to reach the solar system's Oort Cloud, & ~ 30,000 years to clear it. THEN, it will be completely out of the solar system. And, that's w/ it traveling ~ 1 million miles a day.
Good question. The answer is the fact that his suits would get wrinkled on the way to his gigs. So he would do the duck walk to kind of get the wrinkles out. He did it at one show, the crowd loved it and it became a trademark.
This song has been covered by every Rock Band that was ever formed in a garage, or played in 30,000 seat stadiums over the last 65 years. Remember, Elvis, Chuck Barry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and many more, started this thing called Rock'n'roll, way back in 1955. These are the pioneers of this music. They inspired The Stones, Beatles, and all of the American artists of tthe 1960s.
You Guys are so much fun to watch. You’re doing great learning about the amazing history of music and the unbelievably talented artists that brought it forward. Unfortunately,there was such a massive amount of talent and creativity from these artists of all genres, that today’s music pales in comparison. Still waiting for the next Elvis, Michael J , Chuck , Jerry Lee, and many more.
There would be no metal. There would be no Rock N Roll without Chuck Berry! Bob Seger wrote a song: Rock n Roll never forgets. The one line: All of Chuck's Children are out there playing his licks get into your kicks.
I will always remember having a drink with chuck Barry and sadly didn’t know who he was at the time. Late 90’s stone park Illinois ( don’t know the rules of naming places)
LOVE It !!! &&&& Think you Guys are FIRE !!...I/m a 64 yr old ROCK Chick....met Unreal amounts of the Famous by friends in Bands or making stage clothes......I met Chuck in THE 80'S .....had friend Rob Hyman ( Met Cyndi Lauper while they were working on Time after Time in Manayunk near Philly Pa...did tequila shots.....She was AWESOME !!!!!!)....a promoter I met through booking Rob's Band The Hooters got me backstage........
My Most CRAZY Rock " meet" Summer 1981 Wildwood N.J. .....friend's band Syn were house band at a place called the Playpen.....sitting in backstage room before The Ramones were to play ...were told to leave before they came in....I was sitting next to door.... bent over &stood up as door opened ...I.m 5 ft 1....as standing my head hit Joey Ramone in the stomach as he came in....we fell & rolled around a bit...got nicknamed Chihuahua for a bit because friend's Bass player said it looked like a Great Dane & a Chihuahua wrestling.....I just got up said " SORRY" & ran out......LOL
Thank you for reviewing this particular song. I know you will have heard it a million times, so this is a of course more of a review. This is pretty much considered the ultimate ancestor of almost all rock & roll as we know it today. This applies to a number of Berry's songs, and there are a lot of rock songs written by white rockers of the 60s which are pretty much rewrites of them. In fact Berry sued the Beach Boys over one of their early hits. It's worth checking out some of the subsequent covers of this song: Johnny Winter: Fast and Furious. Gawd knows what he was on, but it is insanely fast and awesome. Hendrix: It's Hendrix. Nuff said. Living Colour: If you can find it, this is one of the most mind-bending covers I've ever heard.
If you get the chance, watch the documentary "Hail, hail, rock-and-roll!" about Chuck. Keith Richards got it made and is also featured in it extensively.
Angus Young from ACDC was who you were thinking of. In the movie Back to the Future, Michael J Fox (Marty McFly) pays tribute to Chuck Berry at a school dance or prom.
You Never Can Tell Roll Over Beethoven Memphis Johnny B. Goode My Ding-A-Ling No Particular Place To Go Sweet Little Sixteen Carol School Day Around And Around Come On and Maybelline
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.’”
yes,check out the movie Back to the Future where Michael J Fox goes back in time and plays this at a 50's sock hop,and the kids are mind blown and confused by the sound at the same time,to which he replys,You're kids are gonne love it one day!🤯😅🎸
I remember the first time that I saw Chuck Berry on the television. It was 1957 and I was eight years old. He was playing his hit, "Rock and Roll Music". When he did the duck walk, my jaw dropped. He had me. I've been a fan for life.
Just think..... that old guy that's a door greeter at Walmart was rocking and rolling to this kind of music as a young teen.
Mad respect for the musicians of the former generations.
Chuck is top five all time for kickin' the whole thing off.
Hes one of the ones who started it all! Top five? lol.
Sorry for most people but Chuck Berry is the KING of
Rock n Roll.
i agree tota
lly
Agreed
this is pretty much the birth of rocknroll
I agree .❤
My older sister saw him play in the late 50's. Right before he went on stage he threw his cigarette down & stepped on it. She picked it up & carried it in her wallet for years haha.
Haha I don't doubt it. Rock was new, it must have felt like Chuck was The Future🎸💥
Cool story!
@@mattjohn4731 i was a few years younger & i loved Elvis. My mother loved rock n roll so she kept the radio tuned in to the local rock station all day, on the AM radio haha. Roy Orbison was the first to catch my young ears.
@@johnmcfarlan3672 Thanks.
A lot of folks recognize Elvis as the King of Rock..and I love Elvis myself so this is no shade thrown...but this man Chuck Berry is the true owner of that title. Imagine all the rock music that stemmed from this
I agree with your every word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chuck berry is the greatest guitarist off all time. Sorry jimi
@@leescarpelli3515Chuck berry is amazing. Im a huge fan of him, i absolutely love him and his music. Hes the best rock musician to live. However, Jimi hendrix was the best guitarist. He played a solo with his teeth, and behind his head while performing “hey joe”… who else did that… Even look up greatest guitarists who ever lived, jimi is first on the list💁🏽
Yes, Elvis is the king of Rock n Roll. Chuck Berry is the father of Rock n Roll.
@@maxammerman4968 Vice versa!!!!!!!
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode. "Number One song" of all time!👍💯
Fact's
Saw him in my hometown in 2005,along with son and daughter. Trani, Southern Italy. On UA-cam too!
Along with his legendary songwriting, Chuck Berry was famous for the 'duckwalk', but he got it from T-bone Walker. He also got a lot of his guitar inspiration (not from Marty McFly, but) from Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the awesome Gospel artist.
Oh yeah! They need to check out Sister Rosetta Tharpe! For example: "Up Above My Head" ... ♥
Many moves were borrowed from various sources...the Nicholas Brothers dancing team comes to mind....where they jump and land on the stage floor sliding for example, or Cab Calloway spinning around...even those guys probably borrowed these from someone lol. I borrowed my moves from when I fell on my a** after mom waxed the kitchen floor😂
The way Chuck pissed on whores was legendary too.
A true pioneer of Rock & Roll. He did things no one had ever thought of doing. Hail, Hail Rock & Roll!
Deliver me from the days of old.
Come on now that’s true rock and roll Chuck Berry was awesome. He could play sing and dance with showmanship in Spades. The background dancing…they could shake i5 back in the day. I was 8.
Kids, I was there when Rock and Roll was born and IT'S SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE FATHERS OF ROCK AND ROLL. You MIGHT even learn some licks that the artists came up with... Rock on....
Rock's greatest songwriter. Chuck was a hairdresser from St. Louis with no real background in rhythm and blues. He arrived at Chess in Chicago with a song about a girl and a car race, based on the old "Ida Red". It was "Maybelline". The rest is rock history.
In the UK, there was a time in the first half of the 1960s, when it seemed that this song was part of every rock bands repertoire
Quite right ! Going out at the week-end in 1961-6, over time you would hear the entire Berry song book...
If you are a pop or rock guitar player, THIS is your genesis, Chuck Berry.
..."Class of 76"...Sister Rosetta Tharp (The mother/grandmother of Rock n Roll, born in 1911) was his inspiration...she invented the RIF while performing with her electric guitar in Church...To react to her pull up...Rosetta Tharp - Guitar Solo' in Motion Picture....
The piano player was Johnnie Johnson, who played on all of Chuck's big hits, and his piano style complemented Chuck's guitar playing. Chuck actually took over Johnnie's R&B band, which included horns, so Chuck wrote most of his songs in B flat and E flat (keys more suitable for horns and piano) than in the standard A and E keys for guitar.
Super correct! Chuck was one of the few rock and roll musicians who played in flat keys. Most bands can not even play in "flat keys" on guitars....if they ever had to backup Chuck Berry they were in deep do-do with him if they couldn't play in Bb lol.
@@thomastimlin1724 Great to see due credit to Johnnie J, but the piano player on Johhny B Goode was Lafayette Leake...
Tony Iommi once in an interview was referred to as the riff master,he quickly interrupted to say “no,that would be Chuck Berry”
In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft - Voyager 1 and 2 - to explore Jupiter, Saturn and FAR, FAR BEYOND. Each carried a 12-inch gold plated record that contained music, sounds and images picked to represent the great diversity of life on Earth. The idea was maybe one day extraterrestrial life far away would stumble on the records and learn something from us. Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode'" was embedded with the likes of: Beethoven's; Fifth Symphony; Stravinsky's' Rite of Spring; and Bach's, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. No other rocker made the cut (not the Beatles, not Elvis, not the Stones, not Hendrix, Joplin, or Morrison). This song is literally "far out" among the stars. Now that's immortality. Who knows, maybe a billion years from now some alien being will be tapping their tentacle to Johnny B. Goode.
Amazing
Probably my favourite rock and roll song, great guitar great beat great lyrics great performer song writer, chuck berry absolute at the forefront of the birth of rock and roll, enormously influential
Chuck Berry the greatest influence on modern day guitars players, genuine guitar god.
I was born in 1950 and I never get tired of this music. Jim.
the father of rock & roll!
Fact's
R.I.P To The Father Of Rock n' Roll Chuck Berry, Still Miss You Always 😢
Greatest story teller of all time. God father of rockin roll.
all time classic! ♥
I boogied in the kitchen
I boogied in the hall
I boogied on my finger and I wiped it on the wall
--"Reelin' and Rockin'"
AMAZING SONG...LOVE THE VIBE! YOU BOTH ROCK!! ❤️
Such a classic, I grew up on this because my mom was born in 1948 so she grew up in the 50’s with the classic rock n roll and raised me on it, she was 36 when she had me after having my two sisters so I was her miracle boy
This was the music of the 50's & the TV show 'Happy days' with Fonzie. That era's music has its own sound. You two are fun to watch,
In 2017 at the age of 90 before his death, Chuck Berry was still touring. Angus, guitarist for AC/DC and others such as Rolling Stones were influenced by Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry had another song called My Ding-a-ling. Funny song especially, he did this song live with the audience participation.
my ding a ling was Chuck Berrys only number 1
Yeah, Chuck reworked Dave Bartholomew's old "party" record. The live version in London was his only Number One.
@@zynjams Super ironic really...all that inventive stuff and his only number one hit a risque novelty...
@@thomastimlin1724 right up there with CCR never having a #1 record
I think this song performed by Chuck Berry is on the gold record attached to The Voyager craft that has left our solar system and is traveling around the galaxy. Go Johnny B Goode!!!
It'll take ~ 300 years to reach the solar system's Oort Cloud, & ~ 30,000 years to clear it. THEN, it will be completely out of the solar system. And, that's w/ it traveling ~ 1 million miles a day.
Loved Michael J Fox's performance in Back to the Future.
Same Here
How did Chuck come up with the duck walk? He used to make his elder relatives laugh by doing it under the table when family would get together.
Good question. The answer is the fact that his suits would get wrinkled on the way to his gigs. So he would do the duck walk to kind of get the wrinkles out. He did it at one show, the crowd loved it and it became a trademark.
This song has been covered by every Rock Band that was ever formed in a garage, or played in 30,000 seat stadiums over the last 65 years. Remember, Elvis, Chuck Barry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard and many more, started this thing called Rock'n'roll, way back in 1955. These are the pioneers of this music. They inspired The Stones, Beatles, and all of the American artists of tthe 1960s.
You Guys are so much fun to watch. You’re doing great learning about the amazing history of music and the unbelievably talented artists that brought it forward. Unfortunately,there was such a massive amount of talent and creativity from these artists of all genres, that today’s music pales in comparison. Still waiting for the next Elvis, Michael J , Chuck , Jerry Lee, and many more.
There would be no metal. There would be no Rock N Roll without Chuck Berry! Bob Seger wrote a song: Rock n Roll never forgets. The one line: All of Chuck's Children are out there playing his licks get into your kicks.
Johnny B Goode - the song that launched 1000 careers; the duck walk is what Angus Young (AC/DC) does.
Now i want to see a live video of y'all in concert to see if you bust some of these moves on stage!
the step he makes is the one that Angus from AC DC took as his own, in honor of Berry...
Bands have been covering this song forever! From Slade to Judas Priest! Classic example of Rock & Roll in it's purest form.
A Absolute Legend.
Seen him live in So. Ca. In early 80’s , soooo cool…..
If there wasn't Chuck, there wouldnt be rock and roll. Period.
They call the godfather of rock 'n roll for a reason
Original rocknroll was a blast!
This song was sent out into space on one of the voyagers so people on other planets will know who we are. :D I wish more of us were! :)
The national anthem of the Rock n' Roll nation.
I will always remember having a drink with chuck Barry and sadly didn’t know who he was at the time. Late 90’s stone park Illinois ( don’t know the rules of naming places)
They are doing the Watusi
I wonder how many of the great guitar players started off wanting to play those Chuck berry riffs and in Particular Johnny B Goode?
LOVE It !!! &&&& Think you Guys are FIRE !!...I/m a 64 yr old ROCK Chick....met Unreal amounts of the Famous by friends in Bands or making stage clothes......I met Chuck in THE 80'S .....had friend Rob Hyman ( Met Cyndi Lauper while they were working on Time after Time in Manayunk near Philly Pa...did tequila shots.....She was AWESOME !!!!!!)....a promoter I met through booking Rob's Band The Hooters got me backstage........
My Most CRAZY Rock " meet" Summer 1981 Wildwood N.J. .....friend's band Syn were house band at a place called the Playpen.....sitting in backstage room before The Ramones were to play ...were told to leave before they came in....I was sitting next to door.... bent over &stood up as door opened ...I.m 5 ft 1....as standing my head hit Joey Ramone in the stomach as he came in....we fell & rolled around a bit...got nicknamed Chihuahua for a bit because friend's Bass player said it looked like a Great Dane & a Chihuahua wrestling.....I just got up said " SORRY" & ran out......LOL
O.G. Rock & Roll! Love it!!
Well now you guys are into the Torah of rock.
Thank you for reviewing this particular song. I know you will have heard it a million times, so this is a of course more of a review.
This is pretty much considered the ultimate ancestor of almost all rock & roll as we know it today. This applies to a number of Berry's songs, and there are a lot of rock songs written by white rockers of the 60s which are pretty much rewrites of them. In fact Berry sued the Beach Boys over one of their early hits.
It's worth checking out some of the subsequent covers of this song:
Johnny Winter: Fast and Furious. Gawd knows what he was on, but it is insanely fast and awesome.
Hendrix: It's Hendrix. Nuff said.
Living Colour: If you can find it, this is one of the most mind-bending covers I've ever heard.
The legendary Grand Daddy of Rock and Roll. Chuck Berry....John Lennon once said that Elvis Presley was his idol, but Chuck Berry was his teacher....
There's a live version of this from the 50s as well. Worth checking out. A little more exciting if you ask me.
Chuck did the duck walk before anybody else. I was 10 yrs old back then.
If you get the chance, watch the documentary "Hail, hail, rock-and-roll!" about Chuck. Keith Richards got it made and is also featured in it extensively.
Nobody and I mean NOBODY takes command of an audience better than Chuck Berry......except Angus Young!
Chuck invented the duck walk, and also Rock and Roll!
I can say I introduced you to Chuck berry. As well.
Nice Reactions Everyone
The first Rock & Roll Guitar God!
Nice. Very Nice. Nice Music too.
Hey guys Elvis also sings Johnny B. Goode 1973 live in Hawaii check it out
Everybody that plays a rock and roll guitar got it from Chuck berry
If you've seen the movie Back To The Future, the scene with Michael Fox at the prom referenced this song and Chuck Berry.
The real King Of Rock and Roll.
chuck berry father of rock n roll ......
One of the top guys in Early Rock n' Roll
Chuck Berry - "My Ding - A - Ling"
Pretty much all of the British INvasion groups held Chuck Berry as a rock god.. He influenced untold numbers of rockers.
Angus Young from ACDC was who you were thinking of. In the movie Back to the Future, Michael J Fox (Marty McFly) pays tribute to Chuck Berry at a school dance or prom.
You Never Can Tell
Roll Over Beethoven
Memphis
Johnny B. Goode
My Ding-A-Ling
No Particular Place To Go
Sweet Little Sixteen
Carol
School Day
Around And Around
Come On
and
Maybelline
The artist who you are talking about is Angus Young
The song is from 1958, but this clip is from around 1964 or later, by the dancing.
It was on Hollywood A-Go-Go, 1965. The ‘58 hit was considered an oldie on the show, which occasionally featured early rock ‘n rollers.
Hells yess
Nice hit ! Try out some ",Jerry Lee Lewis" Great Balls of fire live.Thank you two for doing this one, and have a great day
Enjoyed that u2!!!!
The true king of rock n roll
Yeah! Angústia Yong ( ACDC) is a Big fan!
Rock legend💪🏻
greetings from Guatemala 🇬🇹🤘😛🤘🇬🇹
Fog Hat , fool for the city
Many of these licks are lifted from T-Bone Walker.
Mike J Fox did play it live with cold play i think so he can play it
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.’”
Chuck berrys songs all sounded all same rubbish
But how many fools listen to shit zappa music?, thats the question
When Elvis first started our white people hated him. He worked his ass off. He has done over 2 thousand shows.
The zappa troll has all his Statements memorized
Zappa troll how long did it take you to memorize everything? 🤣
Deliver me from the days of old.
Back to the golden age and down the rabbit hole we go
Yeah!!!
You guys need to check out Cab Calloway with the Nicklaus Bros.
Enjoy!
Angus Young really does his own kind of move, though it may be similar.
Respecting the roots!
yes,check out the movie Back to the Future where Michael J Fox goes back in time and plays this at a 50's sock hop,and the kids are mind blown and confused by the sound at the same time,to which he replys,You're kids are gonne love it one day!🤯😅🎸
Salam by Alippers Indonesia 🇮🇩💝
Actually Michael J Fox really played the song.. you can find a lot of videos of him playing the song live
Go Chuck 💯💯💯
Need to react to his song Ding a Ling
What a freakin Rockstar
I wish I could of seen him live
i did - great -- but better -- Neil Diamond, believe it or not
You should check out Plastic Jesus's tribute - "Chuck Berry." It ROCKS.