First Time Hearing Chuck Berry - Johhny B Goode

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  • @RyanTravis23
    @RyanTravis23 Год назад +1856

    “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry. '" - John Lennon, The Beatles.

    • @FreedomFighter2112
      @FreedomFighter2112 Год назад +28

      Greatest Guitarists ever:
      #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ruclips.net/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/видео.html
      #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ruclips.net/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/видео.html
      #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ruclips.net/video/m9S-4ab14sk/видео.html
      #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ruclips.net/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/видео.html
      #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ruclips.net/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/видео.html
      #6 - Chuck Berry
      #7 - Jimmy Page
      #8 - Eric Clapton
      #9 - Eddie Van Halen
      #10 - Alex Lifeson
      #11 - Angus Young
      #12 - Randy Rhodes

    • @donjohn2695
      @donjohn2695 Год назад +18

      @@FreedomFighter2112 SRV wasn't blind that was Jeff Healey

    • @jakewhitmore6046
      @jakewhitmore6046 Год назад +9

      @@FreedomFighter2112Carlos is so overrated and chuck berry ain’t a better player then Jimmy page 😂

    • @arconeagain
      @arconeagain Год назад +6

      @@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.

    • @santosmadrigal3702
      @santosmadrigal3702 Год назад +4

      Cadillac Records is one of my favorite movies . All classic guitars , amps , and cars .

  • @suzannekrause9601
    @suzannekrause9601 Год назад +416

    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.

    • @paulcooper5748
      @paulcooper5748 Год назад +9

      How could it ever be forgotten it's the best.

    • @salvador754
      @salvador754 Год назад +4

      Suz u gotta worry gnot greatmusic transcends bless these type sites checking out the old days they not gonna regret it

    • @natahliak7691
      @natahliak7691 Год назад +16

      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. ❤

    • @salvador754
      @salvador754 Год назад +2

      Good4 u n ur family i discovrred Motown music thru my stepfather ,my teens before RUclips 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

    • @salvador754
      @salvador754 Год назад +2

      @@natahliak7691 u recall late night commercials selling old music CDs

  • @kathleenfisher199
    @kathleenfisher199 Год назад +252

    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.

    • @harvey1954
      @harvey1954 Год назад +19

      What a lucky man your pop was to have that experience.

    • @normaedietrich9410
      @normaedietrich9410 Год назад +15

      Thank you for sharing that. That's awesome.

    • @ParodyKnaveBob
      @ParodyKnaveBob Год назад

      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...

    • @jeffs.692
      @jeffs.692 11 месяцев назад +2

      Hey who knew, Amazing story👍

    • @earlofmar7987
      @earlofmar7987 4 дня назад +1

      Wow, that must have been back in the 40's?

  • @robertcook9253
    @robertcook9253 11 месяцев назад +66

    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!!!

    • @southernwanderer7912
      @southernwanderer7912 6 дней назад +4

      After all, Elvis was copying the black singers when he began.

    • @earlofmar7987
      @earlofmar7987 4 дня назад

      Yes, Berry got sent to prison and Elvis stole his moves.

  • @darlenealvino8799
    @darlenealvino8799 Год назад +150

    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. 😁

    • @elvinmasih
      @elvinmasih Год назад +15

      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

    • @shashimenon1000
      @shashimenon1000 Год назад +8

      Wow. What a list. That's rock and roll all there. Everyone else is 'fringe benefits'...

  • @jeffreyj-dubburkle307
    @jeffreyj-dubburkle307 Год назад +695

    Chuck Berry was the first artist inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

    • @nunomoure197
      @nunomoure197 Год назад +22

      Didn't know that.
      Thanks!

    • @santosmadrigal3702
      @santosmadrigal3702 Год назад +28

      Chuck Berry is the artctitech of Rock n Roll . Every guitar player does a Chuck Berry lick .

    • @treydog317
      @treydog317 Год назад +24

      Elvis may have been the King of Rock and Roll but Chuck Berry is The Godfather.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Год назад +11

      @@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.’”

    • @lindarogers2271
      @lindarogers2271 Год назад +4

      @@treydog317
      Berry is the father Little Richie is the godfather . In another time they would have been " King and Queen " of Rock and Roll.😅😁🤣🤣🤣

  • @ComicHorder410
    @ComicHorder410 Год назад +411

    The godfather of rock and roll! Chuck and Little Richard really took rhythm and blues, evolved it and started it all. Legends!

    • @FreedomFighter2112
      @FreedomFighter2112 Год назад +3

      Greatest Guitarists ever:
      #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ruclips.net/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/видео.html
      #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ruclips.net/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/видео.html
      #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ruclips.net/video/m9S-4ab14sk/видео.html
      #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ruclips.net/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/видео.html
      #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ruclips.net/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/видео.html
      #6 - Chuck Berry
      #7 - Jimmy Page
      #8 - Eric Clapton
      #9 - Eddie Van Halen
      #10 - Alex Lifeson
      #11 - Angus Young
      #12 - Randy Rhodes

    • @lordmarshall642
      @lordmarshall642 Год назад

      Man fuck Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana? 😂😂😂common nah.

    • @webbergj
      @webbergj Год назад +10

      Don't forget about Bo Diddley!

    • @RyanLBrown9396
      @RyanLBrown9396 Год назад +5

      Them and Bo Diddley

    • @williamroper5422
      @williamroper5422 Год назад +2

      @@webbergj What about Robert Johnson?

  • @VZ935
    @VZ935 Год назад +105

    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

  • @hollypinkley
    @hollypinkley 10 месяцев назад +37

    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!!!!

    • @scsu5085
      @scsu5085 4 месяца назад +2

      ------- 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.

    • @jefflyons6157
      @jefflyons6157 3 месяца назад +1

      @@scsu5085 I like Chuck better because he was an accomplished guitarist and a prolific songwriter. Elvis was neither.

  • @simiangripcollective
    @simiangripcollective Год назад +324

    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.

    • @mikehollingworth2262
      @mikehollingworth2262 Год назад +2

      how stoned are you!

    • @mikeysan01
      @mikeysan01 Год назад +9

      Dude, that is freaking awesome!

    • @gregwil694
      @gregwil694 Год назад +14

      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.

    • @jeffduflo8204
      @jeffduflo8204 Год назад +7

      Wow, American Icon. You're lucky

    • @ericskivers6643
      @ericskivers6643 Год назад +7

      One great story brother 🎵

  • @fatsuperfly
    @fatsuperfly Год назад +213

    Chuck is a godfather to rock, speaking as a guitar player. This dude is a force

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад

      Chuck didn't have much of a singing voice though.

    • @jereuter01
      @jereuter01 Год назад

      Nope. Link Wray and "Rumble.

    • @stefandanielsson2287
      @stefandanielsson2287 Год назад +2

      Syster Rosetta Tharpe is grandmother of rocknroll before Elvis and Chuck Berry!

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +2

      @@stefandanielsson2287 True.

    • @keeper9090
      @keeper9090 Год назад

      Faccccctttttttsssssssss

  • @ToySoldierman
    @ToySoldierman Год назад +268

    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.

    • @maybedrinkin3241
      @maybedrinkin3241 Год назад +4

      I didn't know 'Johnny B. Goode' is on that record. Thanks for the info.

    • @bluetopguitar1104
      @bluetopguitar1104 Год назад +5

      You can't get much cooler than that!!

    • @davewildermuth7519
      @davewildermuth7519 Год назад +5

      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.

    • @DJDJDJ22
      @DJDJDJ22 Год назад +1

      That’s insane

    • @therealsamho
      @therealsamho Год назад +8

      @@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

  • @cassieandkrisslifeadventur334
    @cassieandkrisslifeadventur334 Год назад +23

    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!

    • @roboguillory
      @roboguillory Год назад +1

      ...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....

    • @teresadevall8063
      @teresadevall8063 10 месяцев назад

      I was fortunate enough to be in Blueberry Hill in the loop when he got on stage with Billy Peek. Never forget

  • @albertamodia294
    @albertamodia294 9 месяцев назад +7

    Chuck Berry the roots of rock n roll thanks Chuck muddy Waters

  • @summonerswar3228
    @summonerswar3228 Год назад +221

    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 !!!

    • @EastCoastGal66
      @EastCoastGal66 Год назад

      Awesomeness!

    • @LaurenLawDawg
      @LaurenLawDawg Год назад

      Peter TOSH made ruclips.net/video/L_k0_GkopSM/видео.html song into a whole new ting.

    • @terrymeddings5563
      @terrymeddings5563 Год назад

      Don't let facts get in the way of a good story.

    • @dinosilvagni
      @dinosilvagni Год назад +4

      Ricordati che il Re del Rock è Elvis Presley

    • @jereuter01
      @jereuter01 Год назад

      Nope. It was !ink Wray and "Rumble."

  • @terryallen345
    @terryallen345 Год назад +142

    Chuck Berry inspired most guitar players and rock bands. Beatles, Rolling stones, AC/DC to start with. Love your work gentlemen

    • @bridgetanderson2480
      @bridgetanderson2480 Год назад +2

      Yeah. Angus Young does the Chuck Berry walk with the guitar.

  • @AB-ef7ud
    @AB-ef7ud Год назад +184

    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

    • @williamroper5422
      @williamroper5422 Год назад +6

      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.

    • @Robin.2226
      @Robin.2226 Год назад +3

      T.Bone Walker was the first to do the Duck walk, Chuck Berry copied him!

    • @justdone1068
      @justdone1068 Год назад

      Yeeees

    • @EastCoastGal66
      @EastCoastGal66 Год назад

      You know it!🔥

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Год назад

      Yeah well I listen to Link Wray so that's BS.

  • @wolfganghumboldt4830
    @wolfganghumboldt4830 Год назад +283

    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.

    • @wallacecallow2255
      @wallacecallow2255 Год назад +8

      The Rockin' Nun.

    • @riverlove6820
      @riverlove6820 Год назад +9

      Yes. She is amazing.

    • @Wyl7
      @Wyl7 Год назад +15

      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.

    • @littlechap100
      @littlechap100 Год назад +5

      Correct.

    • @lmitchell3604
      @lmitchell3604 Год назад +14

      Yes! I was about to make a post about her and I saw this. IMO she is the true inventor of rock and roll.

  • @melissashuran391
    @melissashuran391 5 дней назад +1

    I am 71 years old and I enjoy y'all so much. It's great to see young people enjoying music I grew up on.

  • @ChRchandMayo
    @ChRchandMayo Год назад +5

    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!

  • @zacharyhumphries1707
    @zacharyhumphries1707 Год назад +100

    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.

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Год назад

      Rumble. Communication Breakdown. Day tripper.

  • @macman1469
    @macman1469 Год назад +323

    This is Rock n Roll . He opened the door and everyone else followed.

    • @FreedomFighter2112
      @FreedomFighter2112 Год назад +7

      Exactly!!!

    • @FreedomFighter2112
      @FreedomFighter2112 Год назад +1

      Greatest Guitarists ever:
      #1 - Jimi Hendrix (most guitarists consider him the best because they all learned from his new style) ruclips.net/video/qFfnlYbFEiE/видео.html
      #2 - Carlos Santana (He was the first one to make the guitar sing and make you cry) ruclips.net/video/SVI7ZDDQXKA/видео.html
      #3 - B.B King (he influenced several famous Blues electric guitarists) ruclips.net/video/m9S-4ab14sk/видео.html
      #4 - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The 2nd coming of BB King, known for playing the guitar blind and behind his back) ruclips.net/video/KC5H9P4F5Uk/видео.html
      #5 - Steve Vai - (known for making his guitar say words and for playing both guitar parts in Crossroads) ruclips.net/video/tdeZXCYtzeE/видео.html
      #6 - Chuck Berry
      #7 - Jimmy Page
      #8 - Eric Clapton
      #9 - Eddie Van Halen
      #10 - Alex Lifeson
      #11 - Angus Young
      #12 - Randy Rhodes

    • @nathanlindahl8336
      @nathanlindahl8336 Год назад

      Jack White>Randy Rhodes

    • @stevegirardmedia2255
      @stevegirardmedia2255 Год назад +3

      @@nathanlindahl8336
      Please… JWhite not in the top 100 players.
      Be serious.

    • @stevegirardmedia2255
      @stevegirardmedia2255 Год назад +4

      There was a slew of great early rocknrollers, and Berry was a leader. Check out Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard as well

  • @suetipping4841
    @suetipping4841 Год назад +65

    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.

    • @harvey1954
      @harvey1954 Год назад +1

      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.

    • @suetipping4841
      @suetipping4841 Год назад

      @@harvey1954 Your post makes me smile and I bet Rosetta would smile, too.

  • @Hopefull60
    @Hopefull60 7 месяцев назад +13

    He did the best Christmas song too! Run, Run Rudolph. You guys are fantastic 😅

  • @scottbaron121
    @scottbaron121 Год назад +21

    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.

  • @daz_n
    @daz_n Год назад +52

    Saw him when he was about 80. Still doing the duckwalk and playing the HELL out of that guitar!

  • @nanook8721
    @nanook8721 Год назад +137

    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.

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +5

      Chuck and Richard were not the creators of R&R.

    • @NoRockinMansLand
      @NoRockinMansLand Год назад +2

      @@timcarr6401 they might not have made it but they defined

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +2

      @@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.

    • @NoRockinMansLand
      @NoRockinMansLand Год назад +5

      @@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

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +2

      @@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.

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb8474 Год назад +43

    A national treasure! Bless his heart, he lived to the age 0f 93. Chuck is my man! I can listen to him all day!

  • @PattyMcqG
    @PattyMcqG Год назад +1

    I was born in the 50s, in Miss & my daddy had every Chuck Barry & Little Richard record. He played them over & over. RIP daddy & thank you for giving us the best music ever.

  • @elodie_k221b
    @elodie_k221b Год назад +2

    "I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it." ;)

  • @PatmanXGames
    @PatmanXGames Год назад +42

    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.

  • @thomasmanning829
    @thomasmanning829 Год назад +39

    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.

    • @scsu5085
      @scsu5085 4 месяца назад

      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.

  • @classic-kool
    @classic-kool Год назад +19

    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....

  • @luigipasquale3938
    @luigipasquale3938 Год назад +3

    The Godfather of Rock right there.. Chuck is a legend.. I was weaned on his music.. great talent

  • @arvinternationalinc.7350
    @arvinternationalinc.7350 Год назад +7

    I appreciate you all its refreshing to see you brothas embracing many of our greats.

  • @justineapril7922
    @justineapril7922 Год назад +21

    Chuck Berry was the original electric guitar god!! This performance is from before I was born! And I'm almost 64!! 🎸😇🙏

  • @ramondwilliam1307
    @ramondwilliam1307 Год назад +59

    Chuck started it all, and everyone else followed. He was a Legend.

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +5

      Chuck certainly did not start it all.

    • @ramondwilliam1307
      @ramondwilliam1307 Год назад

      @@timcarr6401 He was one of the founders of rock n roll.

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +4

      @@ramondwilliam1307 Nope.

    • @ramondwilliam1307
      @ramondwilliam1307 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @timcarr6401
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +3

      @@ramondwilliam1307 You know comparatively little of Musical History.

  • @autumnsnow8467
    @autumnsnow8467 Год назад +68

    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.

    • @savsmiles3042
      @savsmiles3042 Год назад +1

      Didn’t John record this song too?

    • @bobmclemore
      @bobmclemore Год назад

      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

    • @autumnsnow8467
      @autumnsnow8467 Год назад

      @@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.

    • @eileendill933
      @eileendill933 Год назад +1

      Definitely had a big impact on John Lennon. Love Chuck!

  • @stevesnow315
    @stevesnow315 Год назад +14

    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.

  • @christinehomer2185
    @christinehomer2185 Год назад +1

    Me and my husband used to rock and roll to this.This song always got everyone up dancing.

  • @SunUp-l3h
    @SunUp-l3h Год назад +45

    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 🤩🔥💯

  • @lhhimani
    @lhhimani Год назад +45

    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. 😉

    • @williamroper5422
      @williamroper5422 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @riverlove6820
      @riverlove6820 Год назад

      Yes.

    • @redrick8900
      @redrick8900 Год назад

      She doesn't do anything Robert Johnson didn't to first and better.

  • @ronlowney4700
    @ronlowney4700 Год назад +37

    😎 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! 😯

  • @douglassellers7528
    @douglassellers7528 Год назад +4

    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.

  • @ceciliamasters5972
    @ceciliamasters5972 Год назад +1

    Love watching you guys!! Chuck Berry was the man! So much talent over the decades with this awesome music I grew up with. I love seeing you all being impressed with these great musicians whom everybody loved. They left a legacy for our young people to be proud of. Their music is timeless!! 👏👏👏

  • @Kegan420
    @Kegan420 Год назад +92

    The real king of Rock n Roll

    • @satanlaffing
      @satanlaffing Год назад +3

      ALPHA-OMEGA of R n R.

    • @devJOE-Man
      @devJOE-Man Год назад +10

      The ONLY King of Rock n Roll. Others are imposters

    • @barbaraburton8914
      @barbaraburton8914 Год назад +1

      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
      @timcarr6401 Год назад +2

      @@barbaraburton8914 Most of his "Gospel Roots" stemmed from white quartets.

    • @barbaraburton8914
      @barbaraburton8914 Год назад +1

      @@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.

  • @EastCoastGal66
    @EastCoastGal66 Год назад +19

    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.

  • @ameyer1970
    @ameyer1970 Год назад +16

    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.

  • @rksando1
    @rksando1 2 дня назад

    Johnny B Goode was one of the first songs I learned to play on my guitar back in 1973. I always loved Chuck Berry.

  • @deborjhablackwell6162
    @deborjhablackwell6162 Год назад +1

    I love y’all. 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️ I was 10 in 1958 and my older sisters played the grooves off this record.

  • @maryanngarrimone1153
    @maryanngarrimone1153 Год назад +4

    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! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @JackyHapy
    @JackyHapy Год назад +11

    I’m so glad you guys actually “feel” music. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 Chuck Berry always made sure he was paid upfront before he stepped on stage 😊

  • @GerardoHernandez-hb6qp
    @GerardoHernandez-hb6qp Год назад +15

    Listen to Prince, while my guitar gently weeps live rock and roll hall of fame!! Y’all not gonna regret it

    • @riverlove6820
      @riverlove6820 Год назад +3

      Yes. That is a brilliant performance and Prince nailed the guitar weeping part like no other.

  • @BronO46
    @BronO46 Год назад +2

    My mother was a teenager in Australia the 50's and she loved Chuck Berry. He wasn't only famous in America. Aussies loved him too!

  • @mariamelvin5061
    @mariamelvin5061 11 месяцев назад +1

    Guys I am a 71 year old white lady and I just love you guys and I love the reactions to the different music you listen to.

  • @tiffanypalmer9918
    @tiffanypalmer9918 Год назад +12

    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.

  • @gamerunner53
    @gamerunner53 Год назад +51

    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.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Год назад

      Elvis was a puppet.

    • @Lu-MingPan-b5w
      @Lu-MingPan-b5w Год назад +4

      Elvis sang some rock but was mainly a cover singer. Never wrote a song in his life.

    • @williamirelan9332
      @williamirelan9332 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @harvey1954
      @harvey1954 Год назад +2

      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.

    • @zzeus43
      @zzeus43 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@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!

  • @maryerpenbach9517
    @maryerpenbach9517 Год назад +12

    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.

  • @yougotmossed3592
    @yougotmossed3592 Год назад +1

    That was a great performance! Loved it! No wonder he was such a big influence on so many other musicians that followed.

  • @tzarinaruths.2610
    @tzarinaruths.2610 3 месяца назад

    Always the show man & boy did he put on a show!!! Glad u guys found this artist, I grew up listening to Chuck Berry!!!
    Dancing our butts off with the stereo turned all the way up!

  • @nunomoure197
    @nunomoure197 Год назад +21

    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!

    • @globetrotter88
      @globetrotter88 Год назад +1

      Agree and here is the link to the video
      ruclips.net/video/6swgiM9vSEE/видео.html

  • @krisjones3496
    @krisjones3496 Год назад +7

    Chuck was the pebble hitting the water he made the waves. Without him a lot of great music might not exist

  • @bigdaddyruffluv4290
    @bigdaddyruffluv4290 Год назад +6

    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.

  • @patrickbennett9120
    @patrickbennett9120 Год назад +1

    Chuck Berry was a great performer.... you see a little moon walk... and serious guitar riffs... sing along lyrics everyone understands... def an innovator...

  • @lisadimarco828
    @lisadimarco828 Год назад +10

    I can't believe this is your first time hearing Chuck Berry! He was awesome!

    • @offiacial_cartierfamily7567
      @offiacial_cartierfamily7567 Год назад

      👆👆👆ᶜᵒⁿᵍʳᵃᵗᵘˡᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵒⁿ🏆 ᵀᵉˡᵉᵍʳᵃᵐ ᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᶜˡᵃⁱᵐ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖʳⁱᶜᵉ🎁...💝.

  • @jeremyengland2752
    @jeremyengland2752 Год назад +16

    I would love to see you guys react to Cab Callaway. Jumpin' Jive, featuring the Nicholas Brothers. No context, just watch and be amazed

    • @Lynn705Hal
      @Lynn705Hal Год назад

      I second that. 👍

    • @judithjanes5738
      @judithjanes5738 Год назад

      He (Cab Calloway) was also in The Blues Brothers, the second one when they were getting the band back together...

  • @brianborowski7892
    @brianborowski7892 Год назад +7

    You can’t deny Chuck Berry that dude is the riff master he’s phenomenal❤

  • @ATLTomcat
    @ATLTomcat 4 дня назад

    I'm 63 years old, and I saw CB twice. First time in 1977 with my mom after dad passed away a few months earlier and then again 1985. It is a privilege to see him, and he showed us all to Rock.

  • @jamesjohnston1935
    @jamesjohnston1935 Год назад +8

    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.

  • @wendyt7958
    @wendyt7958 Год назад +11

    He was famous for his "duck walk" great entertainer for sure

  • @agent4705
    @agent4705 Год назад +4

    This man's sphere of influence is gargantuan ..... so, so many musicians / bands covered his songs (still do), took his riffs , song structure (foundation of 3 chord rock) ....one of the pillars of rock & roll ...a legend.... true pioneer.

  • @winnelson1135
    @winnelson1135 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for sharing your big smiles and enthusiasm watching Chuck Berry! He’s an amazing musician, dancer and storyteller!

  • @ChefDuane
    @ChefDuane 3 месяца назад +1

    The reason we listen to what we listen to today is because of Chuck Berry. Chuck is in heaven right now teaching the angels how to rock and roll.

  • @maxwollman7420
    @maxwollman7420 Год назад +16

    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!!!

    • @yaakemet9408
      @yaakemet9408 Месяц назад

      The very first rap was much earlier than that with: The Jubalaires - Noah in the late 40s or early 50s

  • @stevenmonte7397
    @stevenmonte7397 Год назад +106

    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!!!!

    • @PapeySapote
      @PapeySapote Год назад

      Him and Elvis have something else in common besides music, they’re sex offenders.

    • @stephenelliott1135
      @stephenelliott1135 Год назад +4

      It is, but not particularly representative of his style. Funny af though.

    • @williamroper5422
      @williamroper5422 Год назад +7

      Well what Elvis did do seemed to work out pretty well on it's own right.

    • @louieflash7190
      @louieflash7190 Год назад +12

      Chuck was a much better guitar player and Elvis was a way better singer.

    • @williamroper5422
      @williamroper5422 Год назад +4

      @@louieflash7190 Facts

  • @PorscheRacer14
    @PorscheRacer14 Год назад +21

    Imagine playing this in your '58 Plymouth Fury. You really felt like you were in the future.

  • @reviewer8778
    @reviewer8778 10 месяцев назад

    it's the absoulte comfort you can see in his face as he tears this one up. That's when you know you've seen something special.

  • @revdto
    @revdto День назад

    Chuck Berry was a legend! I saw him and Bo Diddly live when I was a teenager and it was awesome. He was 60 then and still had all the moves!

  • @jeanniewright2554
    @jeanniewright2554 Год назад +13

    Chuck Berry was actually known for his duck walk! As for the music he’s known for: everything he recorded!!!!

  • @pharaoh2537
    @pharaoh2537 Год назад +7

    True king of Rock and Roll......

  • @bobhope369
    @bobhope369 Год назад +14

    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...

    • @rogerpaulson9908
      @rogerpaulson9908 Год назад +2

      Angus young obviously loved this artist. Chuck is the man.

  • @jameskelly7782
    @jameskelly7782 15 дней назад

    Chuck was THE KING OF ROCK 'N' ROLL....society just couldn't deal with it..... favorite quote, " my first car was a new ford...'cause I coulsd Aford it"...awesome.

  • @cyrilmauras4247
    @cyrilmauras4247 4 месяца назад +1

    One of the original Fathers of Rock and Roll! And one of the greatest showmen!

  • @Itsakindamagic
    @Itsakindamagic Год назад +3

    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!

  • @solitarybee3714
    @solitarybee3714 Год назад +3

    I was a young teenage girl during the wonderful rock 'n' roll years of Chuck Berry & many other talented performers. It made no difference in the skin color of a performer, if they were good they were idolized by us all. As soon as I got home after school, the radio would be turned on for the best music ever! We couldn't afford a record player but I got that great sound the best way I could.

  • @bobnoxious8794
    @bobnoxious8794 Год назад +6

    Chuck was a huge influence on so many musicians who followed him.

  • @susanspringfield448
    @susanspringfield448 Год назад +1

    I saw Chuck Berry when he toured with Rolling Stones. He stole the show! Awesome!!!❤

  • @innovativeeditingmediagrou191
    @innovativeeditingmediagrou191 10 месяцев назад +1

    All of these guitar players you are comparing are each completely unique in their own way from different eras of time instead of putting one against another let's appreciate and celebrate their artistry and contribution to music they are all amazing. They are all GOATS...

  • @RareHarmony
    @RareHarmony Год назад +177

    If there was any justice in the world, Chuck would have been the king of rock and roll.

    • @ReignMan716
      @ReignMan716 Год назад +20

      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. 🤦‍♂️

    • @PapeySapote
      @PapeySapote Год назад +34

      Chuck berry is known as the father of rock. Without a father there is no king.

    • @devJOE-Man
      @devJOE-Man Год назад +11

      @@ReignMan716 that was deeply scary and Ignorant of him. The whole Reality distortion field of ignorance people live in.

    • @JPMadden
      @JPMadden Год назад +12

      He and Muddy Waters.

    • @jennifer3735
      @jennifer3735 Год назад

      If there's justice in the world be would have been arrested for being a peadophile

  • @mst1740
    @mst1740 Год назад +7

    You lads are great. I loved your heated debates. You are learning that there are musical gems dotted throughout the history of music. It is fun to watch you discover them.

  • @mikepisarski8210
    @mikepisarski8210 Год назад

    I saw Chuck Berry about a dozen times , always a great show .... great reaction guys .

  • @vaderjones357
    @vaderjones357 7 месяцев назад

    💜🎶💜🎶💜🎶💜🎶💜
    My pops turned me on to great music. He loved Chuck Berry...anytime this song came on pops would sing it with a seriousness. Miss my pops but ill always have his favorite music!
    It makes me happy to see young people discovering old music. .....and loving it the way us older folks do!!!

  • @AskArlene
    @AskArlene Год назад +6

    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. ❤

    • @savsmiles3042
      @savsmiles3042 Год назад +2

      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.

  • @handsolo1546
    @handsolo1546 Год назад +16

    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 RUclips

    • @mattbrown193
      @mattbrown193 Год назад

      Here ruclips.net/video/ss_rk-RITts/видео.html

  • @lissalois1822
    @lissalois1822 Год назад +5

    Y’all should check out Jackie Wilson, one of the most underrated rock and roll singers!

  • @tpenquin.
    @tpenquin. Год назад

    Excellent tune! Chuck is amazing! Listen to my ding a ling, great tune! Love you guys!

  • @darlenejohnson9700
    @darlenejohnson9700 Год назад

    You guys said country Charlie Pride. One of the best. And find Chuck Berry taking his guitar all across the stage mostly on one leg. This is MiMi I have loved soul, blues for 60 years. I can’t wait to show you to my grandchildren my great grandchildren

  • @PracticalOutdoorist
    @PracticalOutdoorist Год назад +4

    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 !

  • @henryreed5641
    @henryreed5641 Год назад +7

    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.

  • @funguy1453
    @funguy1453 Год назад +11

    You HAVE to listen to Jimi Hendrix’s cover of this. DO IT it’s a life show