Yup, Chuck Berry was The King of Rock. This song was selected to be put on a golden record and placed aboard the Voyager Spacecraft. In a million years we may we may all be gone, but somewhere in the universe Chuck Berry will remain imprinted on cold, one the last remnants of humanity.
huck Berry was the king of guitar rock. Every guitarist worth his salt TODAY knows how to play his music. I was blessed to see Chuck Berry at a small club in San Diego back in 1990. He was insanely entertaining! We sat through both shows that night.
Chuck Berry is known as the godfather of Rock. Now if you want to know who I think the godmother of Rock N Roll is I would have to say Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Check out her guitar playing. AMAZING!!!
Chuck Berry is considered the king of rock n roll guitar. Rock guitarists are still using his licks. I got the privilege of seeing him at a club in San Diego 28 years ago. We sat through both shows. He is so entertaining!
Oh sweetie, 1958 is a year after I graduated from HS! (yes, that makes me 79 years old :0 ) and I so enjoy your reactions! Seems like yesterday to me, but then that's my perspective, not yours. Elvis was just getting started, he even came to my hometown, Daytona Beach FL to perform and I think he was only 17 or 18 years old himself. Keep up the good work, you are special. :)
Thank you, it is easy to appreciate his personality. The memories he shares and appreciate touch each of us in different ways depending on what experiences we attach to each song.
Chuck Berry really was the greatest he had lots of great hit songs as well as the songs that weren't hits were great as well he wrote almost all of the songs he played.
Many of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest guitarists list Chuck Berry as one of their influences. As do many other musicians.Keith Richards famously said he lifted all of Berry’s licks.John Lennon said: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’”
Chuck Berry's catalog of songs literally contains dozens of tunes considered to be rock and roll standards and covered by thousands of bands from kids playing in the garage to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. (and Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Elvis, David Bowie and many, many other top bands) Stones guitarist Keith Richards idolized Chuck his whole life as did John Lennon and Paul McCartney. There is a documentary movie (Hail, Hail Rock and Roll) of Keith Richards and Chuck playing and rehearsing and talking music and even bickering that is fascinating, enlightening and hugely entertaining. Chuck Berry's entire life was amazing. He was born and raised and died in his hometown of St. Louis, MO and I was privileged once to see him play. I doubt any single human will ever approach his legacy in the annals of Rock & Roll. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction: www.rockhall.com/inductees/chuck-berry#keith-richards-inducts-chuck-berry-into-the-rock-hall-1986
When NASA sent the Voyager into space, they put a solid gold record on it with directions on how to listen to it. It had something like 50 languages saying Hello and music. CHUCK BERRY singing Johnnie be B. Goode was on that record. So I guess you could say that Chuck Berry is the best in the universe. Lol 😆
you hit the nail on the head....this is the original king of rock.... they sent Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" song into outer space along with Beethoven and a few other pieces of music to explain Our World
I admire you for exploring music. Yes, you are correct Chuck berry was the true king of rock and roll. Chuck berry started in 1952 Elvis Presley started in 1954. It's just that Elvis Presley was televised and exposed to America and the world. Chuck berry took some time, but he got his recognition.
I should assume you have revisited the history of rock and roll but let me tell you some facts: 1) Elvis Presly said that "Rock and Roll is a combination of Gospel and Rythm n' Blues" Historically, this was Elvis's spin on it, and people believed it. In truth, the hits were coming from two well known artists in the early 50's from "Bill Haley and the Coments" (Rock around The Clock) and a fellow whose music was predominantly Rythm n' Blues - and who Elvis told "You are the Real King of Rock n' Roll" Fats Domino. However, Domino didn't write or first record "Blueberry Hill" It was first recorded by Gene Autrey in the early `940's a famous country singer. The writers were Larry Stock, Al Lewis and music by Vincent Rose all of East Europeon origin. Domino, rerecorded it in 1956. Most people believe Domino wrote it. Haley and the Comets like the writers of Blueberry Hill and Gene Autrey who 1st recorded it, were white. However, Bill Haley came from a song style not talked about today which was born our of country music called "Rock a Billy" that was the original half of what we know as Rock n' Roll, though Rock is very different than anyone in the 1950's. The second half of Rock n' Roll's influence was Rythm n' Blues. The two together merged importantly Black and white cultures. A coming together only able to be synthesized in America. Elvis hit a flame igniting the hatred of whtie racists who tried to destroy him. They believed, and there are many stories not just some you have seen footage, of how destructive their hatred was for bringing the white and Black teenagers together - which is what inspired the civil rights movement. It was the youth, who were brought together to enjoy the same music (Elvis) who just wanted to "Enjoy the music" whithout being segregated. This brought an army together to march with Dr. King who came out of the same Memphis where Elvis finally in his teens moved into government housing and spent his precious time on Beale Street. Elvis learned to play the guitar while he was living in the Black section in Tupalo, MI called "The Hill" from Muddy Waters. Waters lived in a section of Tupalo that was smack next to The Hill called Shake Rag. Elvis was the "Bottom of the Barrel" as they called it being kind of white (mixed) essentially the whites in Mississippi designated Elvis as "Black." Here is a interesting part most people don't know about unless they know a little history about Chuck Berry. Check was doing Rythm n' Blues too. Then Berry moved to the white country section of town. His friends said "His music is gonna change" and it did! Berry was influenced by white country music like Rock a Billy. Out of that he wrote "Johnny B. Goode" and "Mabelline" two big hits. Like his other hits after moving to the coutnry side of town, are essentially country music! Elvis recorded his first hit in 1954. That was before Fats Dominio recorded Blueberry Hill. Elvis recorded Hound Dog after Big Mama Willa Mae Thorton. Elvis did a ligher, or fun version as he didn't want to record it the same way and be competition. Big Mama didn't write Hound Dog though people think Elvis stole that also. A writing duo responsible for Jailhouse Rock and Stand By Me recorded by Ben E. King. Leiber and Stoller who were like the writers of Blueberry Hillj were white Jewish men. Like James Brown, Chuck Berry will tell you that the not just "love" byt "LOVE ELVIS" "I LOVE ELVIS!" Why? Elvis opened doors for them that would have never been open at the time. They, like other Black artists at the time that they wouldn't have become famous if it were not for Elvis. Little Richard too! Jacke Wilson said that "I know everyone things Elvis stole rock and roll and Black moves, but I know Black performers who STOLE moves from Elvis!" Remember, "True is stranger than fiction" old saying. If you look for "Sam Bell Elvis's chilidhood friend" on RUclips, you will find several interviews one by Baz Lurhman. I watched them all and listened carefully, you will discover Elvis's true history with Gospel music. Sam lived next to Elvis on "The Hll" the Black section of Tupalo right nest to Shake Rag. Sam and the other boys friends with Elvis didn't care for Gospel or Spirituals - because he said "It wasn't cool" Elvis did! He was up on stage singing and dancing as a little child with Black Preachers and Gospel singers and dancers. The gang as Sam called them, didn't know where Elvis was sometimes all day long. Then, Elvis would come up onto The HIll having spent all day in Shake Rag listening and learning from Muddy Waters. I won't tell it all to you, but take some time and listen to Sam Bell. Some words are hard to hear, but I am sure you can make it out if you listen again. I listened to as many interviews he did and as well as other historical researchers of Elvis and discovered this past year, things I never would have believed. According to Sally Hodel author or Destined to DIe Young Elvis's ancestors were sharecroppers side by side with the freed slaves. That is as poor as it gets for one, and two, that means it isn't just Elvis's life that put this love of Gospel or Sprituals, Rythm n' Blues in his blood, but his ancestors. Generation after generation they lived and worked in povety alongside like one family with freed slaves. He also was part Cherokee. That is why they say he and Abraham Lincoln were the two most famous Melungeons in the world. Melungeons are a mix of 3 races. Elvis was related to Abraham Lincoln's great grandfather on his father's side. They intermarried a lot. This is why Elvis was born with 9 genetic diseases and 5 appeared at birth and 4 additional by adulthood. The old saying that "Truth is stranger than fiction" rings true! Thank you for your reaction! You are a very sweet man. Please stay that way!
react to Buddy Holly he is another guy often credited as a Pioneer of Rock who had a big influence on guys like Chuck Berry and Elvis. Unfortunately Holly died at age 27 in the late 1950s in a Plane Crash. The crash also killed Richie Valens and "the Big Bopper" who asked to take Waylon Jennings' seat (who later became a HUGE Country Music Star). Buddy Holly was one of the most creative and original artists as the time but because of the plane crash we never got to see what his Music could have evolved into. Regardless he was ahead of the game and he influenced almost all the early Rock and Roll legends. Some of his classic hits "Oh Boy" , "Peggy Sue" or dozens of other top Hits from the 1950s.
I was 14 in 1958, and loved this song so much, that era was just getting into rock 'n roll with all the new music and stars like Elvis, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and so many greats, just getting started. We really were lucky to be witness to it all. Now I can relive those times when I see people like yourself, reacting in such a wonderful way to "my" music! Thank you!
My ding a ling is NOT a typical Chuck Berry song and it is not a song I would recommend that anyone should listen to. Its total rubbish, not to mention sexist...
@@lorddaver5729 Lol, well you are certainly entitled to your opinion sir. But here's a fun fact. It was Chuck Berrys ONLY number one hit! And it's a very cute way of describing how a little boy discovered, his ummm... well you know, 😂😂😂😂
@@kimberlycaldwell3124 No. 1 doesn't mean it is musically worth a damn. Secondly, if you are trying to impress upon someone who's never heard a Chuck Berry number the reason he was such a huge influence on the world of rock n roll, there are far more appropriate songs, such as the studio versions of Johnny B Goode or Sweet Little Sixteen. My Ding A Ling, whatever else it might be, is NOT a rock n roll song. You may as well suggest to a Beatles "virgin" that they listen to "Yellow Submarine" as a serious example of what The Beatles were all about. Come on...
@@lorddaver5729 Like I said, that's a matter of opinion. I happen to like silly songs just a much as sad songs, happy songs, love songs, etc...music is about making one feel something. Silly songs make you feel good. They make you laugh. Ray Stevens, Wierd Al, and others made a killing off songs like that. Millions of people enjoy silly songs.
See Chuck in 1995, at the UNO Lake Front Arena, in New Orleans, and he was awesome and his playing set the amplifier on fire, he brought the house down. He was the founder, the chairman of the board the King Of Rock.
You're right about that. I was never into Elvis. Chuck Berry was King. He was so cool, was his own man, he was funny with his stage antics, and his lyrics were great. He also fused blues with country and made it into his own style.
All of the old legends, are important to rock and roll. They all contributed so much. Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, Buddy Holly, and more. They all gave so much to the music world, and all deserve the praise they receive.
The father of guitar rock! My mother was a teenager when Chuck came out. Back in '89 I had the privilege of taking my mother and a lady from my work to see Chuck Berry at a small club in San Diego. As the band warmed up Chuck came strolling through the back door and onto the stage. He always drove himself to his gigs in an old beater car. He set his guitar case on the floor by the drums and then pulled out that legendary guitar. Total silence. The anticipation was nuts. He casually plugged the guitar into a small Fender amp that was waiting for him. There were a lot of crackling and buzzing noises. One of the band members came over to help him figure out where it was coming from. We were all practically wetting our pants at this point. They discovered that his guitar cord was trashed. They gave him a new one. He plugged it in, faced us, and then let go with both barrels. Damn near knocking us off our seat, starting with Roll Over Beethoven. The excitement didn't stop until he left the stage. Even his exit was amazing. He invited everyone in the club to come up on the stage and dance. Of course they did and the stage was jam packed with dancers. Chuck held the guitar above his head and kept on playing as he made his way to the exit. He played two shows that night. We stayed through both. Oh JB, if you could only have been there. I was born in '62, so by the time that I knew who he was he was already practically a legend. He was like a hero to me from the time I was a little boy, so getting to see him so close (he got his sweat on us when he shook his head) was one of the most exciting times of my life.
Trevon Womack Little Richard is great mention. That said I'm tired of hearing about "stealing music". Nobody stole anything. Everyone has a right to be influenced by anyone they want. Covering songs is as old as time and in America if someone has the copyright rights to a song they have control or get paid. America needs to stop with the "multi-cultural" crap with the "black music" "white music" bullshit and get back to the MELTING POT which was what made America the great nation it is today. There is a complete difference in those two philosophies.
Thomas DeMay actually The Beach Boys stole music from Chuck berry. He was going to sue them but back then he would’ve had no chance of winning as our system was corrupt as hell. And I’m white but even I know that rock music evolved from blues and jazz which were primarily black musicians. Not trying to be disrespectful or anything just sayin. Have a good day.
evolve is something completely different than "stealing". having influence from someone is common no matter what the race. I understand where Rock evolved from but what does anyone care about the race for? only for politics because it can be called "stealing" to act like it's some race crime. whole debate is a sham.
Thomas DeMay true as some of that may be The Beach Boys flat out STOLE from Chuck berry it’s very common knowledge. And back in the day a lot of black artists were way better and were not allowed to play in certain areas and venues. That’s why sometimes race has to be brought into it. I’m not trying to be difficult or ill tempered just stating what I believe is true.
I’ll recommend: Jerry Lee Lewis’ High School Confidential 1964 Live version- ruclips.net/video/sDxR9MV5RmY/видео.html Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally- ruclips.net/video/eFFgbc5Vcbw/видео.html Ritchie Valens’ Ooh My Head- ruclips.net/video/ESuU-FFBigQ/видео.html Carl Perkins’ Matchbox- ruclips.net/video/nMFNj9j1EUY/видео.html Johnny Burnette- You’re Sixteen- ruclips.net/video/Hz58VUCWVns/видео.html
Chuck Berry is the REAL deal! Elvis was pretty with a beautiful voice but never wrote his own music; he was a great performance artist and that’s it. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis; now those were rockers!
Elvis is the king of rock n roll because he BROUGHT the change to the world. There were lots of rockers but Elvis changed the face of music all over the globe. They wouldn't even show him below the waist on TV because his style of dance was "indecent"! LOL Elvis is king.
i was born in 1976 we were raised on his music my daddy loved him and so do we he melts my heart when i hear him i watch his lives all the time his last one i cried but he still rocked that guitar
This took me back my dad was a huge fan of Chuck Berry. Dad passed away in 2010. Love your channel, the reactions are cool and you really listen and go into it with a open mind. Wish you all the best you will be very successful!
My father got to see all the greats from the early wave of rock like Chuck, Little Richard, et al. He was a 19 year old kid in 1958, going to the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia to see the originals with my uncle. What lucky guys they were...💚🦅🏈 #FlyEaglesFly
Not to take anything away from Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, who were definitely HUGE players in early rock 'n' roll, but if you really want to get back to the ROOTS, rock 'n' roll started out as piano music, and didn't really feature guitar. The original daddies of rock are guys like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. It's odd to think that rock 'n' roll was not originally guitar based music, but it's true. And there's still nothing like a boogie-woogie piano.
As a wise man once said: "You can't know where you're goin', till you know where you been." I love watching young people react to older music. Trips through history can teach you not just about old music, but also where modern music comes from, how the techniques grew and developed. And you can learn about yourself, too. The things that move you, the things the music make you feel. Some of those are timeless. When you bop your head to "Johnny B. Goode", you're doing the same thing your great-great-grandfather did. These are pieces of who *everybody* is, deep down.
About 7 years ago this came on while I was in a big waiting room at the doctors. Every single person reacted to it. Kids started dancing old ladies tapped their cane. This is perfect song. I am still testing my theory that everybody loves this! New music... You gotra listen to more indie. Still a mot of good stuff around😊 Radiohead man radiohead!!
This really made me smile.😁To see you discover the joys of Chuck Berry’s music, just great. You may know this by now but he was called “The Father of Rock’n’Roll”. He wrote SO many incredible songs, a few of them covered by Elvis over the years. I agree with others who’ve suggested Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, two MORE pioneers of the first rock era.
Chuck Berry started in 1955, after Elvis started the year before. Chuck saw Elvis's very early shows, before the rest of the country knew of Elvis - and Chuck was very impressed. At some point that year, he gave up his day job and became the Chuck Berry we see on that film. But they were both great beyond great, and they both took their styles from both R&B and from Country music. Elvis was more into gospel music and spirituals, though. Chuck Berry was awesome! And he was strictly rock and roll, not ballads or anything else. He was THE influence on surf music. The Beach Boys and all of those California surf groups, the sound was straight Chuck Berry. The Beatles also did a few of his songs. Oh, and clearly, Elvis's favorite Chuck Berry song was "Promised Land." In the 70s, Elvis would go to a Chuck Berry show and yell out "do "Promised Land"!" He finally recorded it himself and it was his last great record in his lifetime. And then there was Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard . . . the whole first group of rock and roll hall of famers. Don't stop exploring Elvis though! You haven't heard, I don't think, his gospel and spiritual songs! "Peace In The Valley": you gotta hear that! If nothing else, you gotta hear that. His gospel singing is something you should do a reaction video for. Elvis sang almost EVERY type of music. Whereas most of the other pioneers stuck with rock and roll.
I grew up listening to this and a lot of other 50's and 60's music on my mom's old 45 records. My dad listened to classic country, and my grandmother listened to gospel and very early country. My teenage aunt and her friends all listened to 70's classic rock and pop. I think I had a very priveleged childhood, musically speaking. I appreciate music of all genres and generations, and I see that you do too. 👍👍
I think this is the best era for music because you can hear ALL of it - any music, from any era at your fingertips because of RUclips and the internet. The only obstacle is lack of curiosity and close-mindedness. Take yourself...you only listened to rap before. Now the entirety of humanity's musical history library is available to you. Just go listen.
I believe rock and roll had four fathers: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, and Buddy Holly. They all wrote great songs, they were all great performers, and they were truly originals - inventing a blend of gospel, blues, country, and folk.
That was recorded the year I was born.. There are a few of his songs on my play list. "Maybelline", "You never can tell", "Mean old world" and "No money down"..
In 1958 I was a 10 year old white boy living in a white neighborhood going to a white school. But me and my white friends would listen in on the music that our older brothers and sisters were starting to play on their radios and record players....and a whole new world opened up to me.....the world of rock and roll, the world of blacks, the world of music as a universal language. It was transforming for me, now having black music icons as well as white, and it would prepare me to be on the right side over the next several years as the Civil Rights movement started to end segregation. And you're right....it was an entire court of "Kings of Rock and Roll", all of them, black and white, influencing each other and borrowing from one another, whether it was music or gyrations. I don't think you can discount the African and Caribbean origin, though, to what evolved in to rock and roll. By the way, you said you felt like getting up to dance while you were listening....I did get up and start dancing while I was watching! And at 71 years old I think I still have some pretty good moves. On the other hand, no one was watching me. Hey, keep doing what you're doing. You do it very well!
You were born in your own time. My teens love these songs. You will find happiness because I have been watching you for months. Not weird, had ankle surgery. Layed up
there were alot of men JELIOUS of ELVIS Presley but he never knocked anyone he believed that there were room enough for everybody that wanted to stand up a chase their dreams he believed we are all God children. Elvis never forgot where he came back a how he was raised to be kind to your fellowman a thank God for your blessings.
Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard are all from around the same time and any one of them could have used the nickname the King. All are amazing, but if you really want to see amazing you need to look at who inspired them. She was an amazing woman named Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Two of her songs are Didn't it rain and That's all. :D
I'm sorry to inform you my friend that Chuck Berry is fantastic and he is one of the founding fathers of the rock and roll era but he was never considered the King Elvis Presley came out July 5th 1954 Chuck Berry first made his debut in 1955 but not taking away from Chuck Berry he is one of my favorites and he is considered one of the founding fathers of the rock and roll era
Oops! I hit my send button accidentally. Anyway, about Sister Rosetta - she was doing some great rock-n-roll guitar riffs 10 years before Chuck Berry. Check her out live in London in 1964 doing “Didn’t It Rain “ or another great one is “Up Above My Head”. There’s a good video on RUclips of her guitar solos(for film) and a fantastic documentary about her life and career. She was very influential and way ahead of her time, yet many people have never heard of her. She was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 or 2018 (I think). Keep up with your great reactions and know that this subscriber will be traveling with you on your musical journey.
you mean a white man was the first in a white industry to expose the general population of music that could only be found in Black Gospel churches and black communities? Do your research on Sister Rosetta Tharpe and you'll realize where Elvis/Jerry Lewis/johnny cash got "their" music from.
@@BagoPorkRindsskewed stolen with inspiration?? To be inspired is to give credit.....to ignore or just purposely never say where your "inspiration" originated is straight up lying. Direct us to a reliable source where Elvis publicly gave credit to black gospel/blues singers. Seriously...I'd love to see it and "learn"
@@csandovalbosox Prove it that he stole from anyone? Name one artist. Don't be a damn cad because a person is of a different ethnicity that he/she should stay in his/her own lane and music genre based and due to skin color. One doesn't have to give credit to be inspired to just a person, only he/she has to do is follow what he/she loves and most based what is being moved by. In Elvis's case it was gospel, blues, and country. Seriously people like you who criticize Elvis because you have this misconception that he also is the creator of particular genres. You act like Elvis just upped and decided do to Gospel and Blues and completely ignore that grew up with music in itself since childhood, never sang in church, never sang before his rise into stardom, or nevervcomplained that he was also inspired by country music as well but will not because it's whites only music. Pathetic. Btw he did give credit to those he was inspired and love by. theconversation.com/amp/champion-or-copycat-elvis-presleys-ambiguous-relationship-with-black-america-82293 thegrio.com/2011/08/11/why-african-americans-are-ambivalent-about-elvis/amp/ "In spite of the facts that Nat King Cole had the #7 song in 1959, and the #1 song in 1961, and Chuck Berry had a major hit with "Maybellene" in 1955, in the United States in the 1950s legal segregation and discrimination against African Americans was common, especially in the Deep South. *Presley would nevertheless publicly cite his debt to African American music, pointing to artists such as B. B. King, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Fats Domino*. The reporter who conducted Presley's first interview in New York City in 1956 noted that he named blues singers who "obviously meant a lot to him. He was very surprised to hear him talk about the black performers down there and about how he tried to carry on their music." Later that year in Charlotte, North Carolina, Presley was quoted as saying: "The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin' now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints and nobody paid it no mind 'til I goosed it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and I said if I ever got to a place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." Little Richard said of Presley: "He was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let black music through. He opened the door for black music." B. B. King said he began to respect Presley after he did Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup material and that after he met him, he thought the singer really was something else and was someone whose music was growing all the time right up to his death." - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Elvis_Presley
Big Mama Thornton wrote Hound Dog and recorded it in 1952. Elvis paid no money to cover her song and did not give her credit. Janis Joplin, on the other hand, covered Ball and Chain. She then invited Big Mama Thornton to open for her. Lastly, there were black music stations in this country. The fact that most white folks didn't want to listen to "colored music" says a helluva lot about white people. So, they stole music from the likes of LIttle Richard, had Pat Boone strip it entirely of anything interesting or funky, and regurgitate it out for white audiences to appreciate. That. Happened. That is, in part, the history of Rock 'n Roll in this country. Further, white musicians from England, who were not afraid to listen to that "colored music", listened to American blues music, electrified it, and brought it BACK to the States for white audiences. That would be everyone from the Beatles, to the Stones, to The Who to Led Zeppelin. ALL of them worshiped Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Albert King, Buddy Guy and B.B. Fucking King. THEY are the inventors of Rock 'n Roll. White boys like Elvis appropriated it/were influenced by it/profited off it. But he is NOT the King of Rock 'n Roll. Sorry, dudes. That's the history.
As a California long haired hippie with flowers in my hair i didn't like Elvis as a teen.But I do now. Yet even back in 1958 when I was 7 I loved Chuck Berry and esp.as a Louisiana native Johnny B Good! It has been so fun watching a sampling of your reactions of all types artist tonight. I subbed earlier for Tom MacDonald,but even if (Gof forbid) you gave upon Tom, I'll still be watching you,
Ahhhh the 50's, the music, the cars, man I was definitely born in the wrong era. I mean 1970 was great, but those 50's must have been some fuuuun times
Too many young people are locked into genres and that is sad. I listened to everything growing up! Bluegrass, country, old rock, new rock, Funk and R&B! I love it all!
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Chuck is the real king, don't let anyone twist the facts this man is the original!
Yup, Chuck Berry was The King of Rock. This song was selected to be put on a golden record and placed aboard the Voyager Spacecraft. In a million years we may we may all be gone, but somewhere in the universe Chuck Berry will remain imprinted on cold, one the last remnants of humanity.
huck Berry was the king of guitar rock. Every guitarist worth his salt TODAY knows how to play his music. I was blessed to see Chuck Berry at a small club in San Diego back in 1990. He was insanely entertaining! We sat through both shows that night.
The REAL King of Rock and Roll 🤩
It’s funny...you’re discovering this music for the first time and most of us are reliving it. Such a joy to see you appreciate the older music.
Also from that time, check out Little Richard doing either Lucille or I hear you knocking.
Little Richard singing Long Tall Sally at the start of Predator as they fly into the jungle.
Chuck Berry is known as the godfather of Rock. Now if you want to know who I think the godmother of Rock N Roll is I would have to say Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Check out her guitar playing. AMAZING!!!
You are right she was doin this way before chuck and elvis and keith richards took most of his riffs from chuck berry
Chuck Berry is considered the king of rock n roll guitar. Rock guitarists are still using his licks. I got the privilege of seeing him at a club in San Diego 28 years ago. We sat through both shows. He is so entertaining!
I was born in 1951 and was blessed to have grown up through all this type of wonderful music.
Oh sweetie, 1958 is a year after I graduated from HS! (yes, that makes me 79 years old :0 ) and I so enjoy your reactions! Seems like yesterday to me, but then that's my perspective, not yours. Elvis was just getting started, he even came to my hometown, Daytona Beach FL to perform and I think he was only 17 or 18 years old himself. Keep up the good work, you are special. :)
you are super sweet. thank you for the kind words to this young man
Thank you, it is easy to appreciate his personality. The memories he shares and appreciate touch each of us in different ways depending on what experiences we attach to each song.
Chuck Berry really was the greatest he had lots of great hit songs as well as the songs that weren't hits were great as well he wrote almost all of the songs he played.
Many of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest guitarists list Chuck Berry as one of their influences. As do many other musicians.Keith Richards famously said he lifted all of Berry’s licks.John Lennon said: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry.’”
Chuck Berry's catalog of songs literally contains dozens of tunes considered to be rock and roll standards and covered by thousands of bands from kids playing in the garage to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. (and Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, Linda Ronstadt, Elvis, David Bowie and many, many other top bands) Stones guitarist Keith Richards idolized Chuck his whole life as did John Lennon and Paul McCartney. There is a documentary movie (Hail, Hail Rock and Roll) of Keith Richards and Chuck playing and rehearsing and talking music and even bickering that is fascinating, enlightening and hugely entertaining.
Chuck Berry's entire life was amazing. He was born and raised and died in his hometown of St. Louis, MO and I was privileged once to see him play. I doubt any single human will ever approach his legacy in the annals of Rock & Roll. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction: www.rockhall.com/inductees/chuck-berry#keith-richards-inducts-chuck-berry-into-the-rock-hall-1986
When NASA sent the Voyager into space, they put a solid gold record on it with directions on how to listen to it. It had something like 50 languages saying Hello and music. CHUCK BERRY singing Johnnie be B. Goode was on that record. So I guess you could say that Chuck Berry is the best in the universe. Lol 😆
you hit the nail on the head....this is the original king of rock....
they sent Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" song into outer space along with Beethoven and a few other pieces of music to explain Our World
Dude! Chuck Berry's Hail, Hail, Rock-n-Roll!!
This guy was literally still rocking the house, doing shows well into his 80s. Fucking rock god. RIP Chuck.
Chuck berry was way ahead of his time man. He was definitely the creator of rock. Without chuck berry there would no Angus from acdc
I admire you for exploring music. Yes, you are correct Chuck berry was the true king of rock and roll. Chuck berry started in 1952 Elvis Presley started in 1954. It's just that Elvis Presley was televised and exposed to America and the world. Chuck berry took some time, but he got his recognition.
I should assume you have revisited the history of rock and roll but let me tell you some facts: 1) Elvis Presly said that "Rock and Roll is a combination of Gospel and Rythm n' Blues" Historically, this was Elvis's spin on it, and people believed it. In truth, the hits were coming from two well known artists in the early 50's from "Bill Haley and the Coments" (Rock around The Clock) and a fellow whose music was predominantly Rythm n' Blues - and who Elvis told "You are the Real King of Rock n' Roll" Fats Domino. However, Domino didn't write or first record "Blueberry Hill" It was first recorded by Gene Autrey in the early `940's a famous country singer. The writers were Larry Stock, Al Lewis and music by Vincent Rose all of East Europeon origin. Domino, rerecorded it in 1956. Most people believe Domino wrote it.
Haley and the Comets like the writers of Blueberry Hill and Gene Autrey who 1st recorded it, were white. However, Bill Haley came from a song style not talked about today which was born our of country music called "Rock a Billy" that was the original half of what we know as Rock n' Roll, though Rock is very different than anyone in the 1950's. The second half of Rock n' Roll's influence was Rythm n' Blues. The two together merged importantly Black and white cultures. A coming together only able to be synthesized in America.
Elvis hit a flame igniting the hatred of whtie racists who tried to destroy him. They believed, and there are many stories not just some you have seen footage, of how destructive their hatred was for bringing the white and Black teenagers together - which is what inspired the civil rights movement. It was the youth, who were brought together to enjoy the same music (Elvis) who just wanted to "Enjoy the music" whithout being segregated. This brought an army together to march with Dr. King who came out of the same Memphis where Elvis finally in his teens moved into government housing and spent his precious time on Beale Street.
Elvis learned to play the guitar while he was living in the Black section in Tupalo, MI called "The Hill" from Muddy Waters. Waters lived in a section of Tupalo that was smack next to The Hill called Shake Rag. Elvis was the "Bottom of the Barrel" as they called it being kind of white (mixed) essentially the whites in Mississippi designated Elvis as "Black."
Here is a interesting part most people don't know about unless they know a little history about Chuck Berry. Check was doing Rythm n' Blues too. Then Berry moved to the white country section of town. His friends said "His music is gonna change" and it did! Berry was influenced by white country music like Rock a Billy. Out of that he wrote "Johnny B. Goode" and "Mabelline" two big hits. Like his other hits after moving to the coutnry side of town, are essentially country music!
Elvis recorded his first hit in 1954. That was before Fats Dominio recorded Blueberry Hill. Elvis recorded Hound Dog after Big Mama Willa Mae Thorton. Elvis did a ligher, or fun version as he didn't want to record it the same way and be competition. Big Mama didn't write Hound Dog though people think Elvis stole that also. A writing duo responsible for Jailhouse Rock and Stand By Me recorded by Ben E. King. Leiber and Stoller who were like the writers of Blueberry Hillj were white Jewish men.
Like James Brown, Chuck Berry will tell you that the not just "love" byt "LOVE ELVIS" "I LOVE ELVIS!" Why? Elvis opened doors for them that would have never been open at the time. They, like other Black artists at the time that they wouldn't have become famous if it were not for Elvis. Little Richard too! Jacke Wilson said that "I know everyone things Elvis stole rock and roll and Black moves, but I know Black performers who STOLE moves from Elvis!"
Remember, "True is stranger than fiction" old saying. If you look for "Sam Bell Elvis's chilidhood friend" on RUclips, you will find several interviews one by Baz Lurhman. I watched them all and listened carefully, you will discover Elvis's true history with Gospel music. Sam lived next to Elvis on "The Hll" the Black section of Tupalo right nest to Shake Rag. Sam and the other boys friends with Elvis didn't care for Gospel or Spirituals - because he said "It wasn't cool" Elvis did! He was up on stage singing and dancing as a little child with Black Preachers and Gospel singers and dancers. The gang as Sam called them, didn't know where Elvis was sometimes all day long. Then, Elvis would come up onto The HIll having spent all day in Shake Rag listening and learning from Muddy Waters.
I won't tell it all to you, but take some time and listen to Sam Bell. Some words are hard to hear, but I am sure you can make it out if you listen again. I listened to as many interviews he did and as well as other historical researchers of Elvis and discovered this past year, things I never would have believed.
According to Sally Hodel author or Destined to DIe Young Elvis's ancestors were sharecroppers side by side with the freed slaves. That is as poor as it gets for one, and two, that means it isn't just Elvis's life that put this love of Gospel or Sprituals, Rythm n' Blues in his blood, but his ancestors. Generation after generation they lived and worked in povety alongside like one family with freed slaves. He also was part Cherokee. That is why they say he and Abraham Lincoln were the two most famous Melungeons in the world. Melungeons are a mix of 3 races. Elvis was related to Abraham Lincoln's great grandfather on his father's side. They intermarried a lot. This is why Elvis was born with 9 genetic diseases and 5 appeared at birth and 4 additional by adulthood.
The old saying that "Truth is stranger than fiction" rings true!
Thank you for your reaction! You are a very sweet man. Please stay that way!
If it weren't for Chuck Berry the Rolling Stones would never have got started.
react to Buddy Holly he is another guy often credited as a Pioneer of Rock who had a big influence on guys like Chuck Berry and Elvis. Unfortunately Holly died at age 27 in the late 1950s in a Plane Crash. The crash also killed Richie Valens and "the Big Bopper" who asked to take Waylon Jennings' seat (who later became a HUGE Country Music Star). Buddy Holly was one of the most creative and original artists as the time but because of the plane crash we never got to see what his Music could have evolved into. Regardless he was ahead of the game and he influenced almost all the early Rock and Roll legends. Some of his classic hits "Oh Boy" , "Peggy Sue" or dozens of other top Hits from the 1950s.
Buddy Holly was only 22 when he died. Excellent choice for a reaction.
Holly was actually 22
I was 14 in 1958, and loved this song so much, that era was just getting into rock 'n roll with all the new music and stars like Elvis, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and so many greats, just getting started. We really were lucky to be witness to it all. Now I can relive those times when I see people like yourself, reacting in such a wonderful way to "my" music! Thank you!
You CANNOT ignore Chuck Berrys, "My Ding-a-ling". You HAVE to react to that! 😂
LOL
My ding a ling is NOT a typical Chuck Berry song and it is not a song I would recommend that anyone should listen to. Its total rubbish, not to mention sexist...
@@lorddaver5729 Lol, well you are certainly entitled to your opinion sir. But here's a fun fact. It was Chuck Berrys ONLY number one hit! And it's a very cute way of describing how a little boy discovered, his ummm... well you know, 😂😂😂😂
@@kimberlycaldwell3124 No. 1 doesn't mean it is musically worth a damn. Secondly, if you are trying to impress upon someone who's never heard a Chuck Berry number the reason he was such a huge influence on the world of rock n roll, there are far more appropriate songs, such as the studio versions of Johnny B Goode or Sweet Little Sixteen. My Ding A Ling, whatever else it might be, is NOT a rock n roll song. You may as well suggest to a Beatles "virgin" that they listen to "Yellow Submarine" as a serious example of what The Beatles were all about. Come on...
@@lorddaver5729 Like I said, that's a matter of opinion. I happen to like silly songs just a much as sad songs, happy songs, love songs, etc...music is about making one feel something. Silly songs make you feel good. They make you laugh. Ray Stevens, Wierd Al, and others made a killing off songs like that. Millions of people enjoy silly songs.
See Chuck in 1995, at the UNO Lake Front Arena, in New Orleans, and he was awesome and his playing set the amplifier on fire, he brought the house down. He was the founder, the chairman of the board the King Of Rock.
Ask any of the band's in the ,60:s, 70's and they will always say Chuck Berry was their inspiration
You're right about that. I was never into Elvis. Chuck Berry was King. He was so cool, was his own man, he was funny with his stage antics, and his lyrics were great. He also fused blues with country and made it into his own style.
Nailed it. Enough credit to go around to his contemporaries, but Chuck was the original real deal.
All of the old legends, are important to rock and roll. They all contributed so much. Little Richard, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, Buddy Holly, and more. They all gave so much to the music world, and all deserve the praise they receive.
I’ve always said if Elvis is the King of Rock and Roll, then Chuck is the GOD of Rock and Roll
The balls he had! Chuck is the king of rock!
Chuck Berry, a legend
Chuck Berry was a showman! I have no problem with Chuck being credited with being the original King of modern Rock & Roll. Elvis was great too.
Berry was a HUGE influence on The Beatles, the best selling band in history.
The father of guitar rock! My mother was a teenager when Chuck came out. Back in '89 I had the privilege of taking my mother and a lady from my work to see Chuck Berry at a small club in San Diego. As the band warmed up Chuck came strolling through the back door and onto the stage. He always drove himself to his gigs in an old beater car. He set his guitar case on the floor by the drums and then pulled out that legendary guitar. Total silence. The anticipation was nuts. He casually plugged the guitar into a small Fender amp that was waiting for him. There were a lot of crackling and buzzing noises. One of the band members came over to help him figure out where it was coming from. We were all practically wetting our pants at this point. They discovered that his guitar cord was trashed. They gave him a new one. He plugged it in, faced us, and then let go with both barrels. Damn near knocking us off our seat, starting with Roll Over Beethoven. The excitement didn't stop until he left the stage. Even his exit was amazing. He invited everyone in the club to come up on the stage and dance. Of course they did and the stage was jam packed with dancers. Chuck held the guitar above his head and kept on playing as he made his way to the exit. He played two shows that night. We stayed through both. Oh JB, if you could only have been there. I was born in '62, so by the time that I knew who he was he was already practically a legend. He was like a hero to me from the time I was a little boy, so getting to see him so close (he got his sweat on us when he shook his head) was one of the most exciting times of my life.
"If you had to give Rock 'n' Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry"
John Lennon (with Chuck Berry)
Mike Douglas TV Show, 1972
Loved the Mike Douglas Show! He brought on so much great talent.
By FAR.....THE ORIGINAL KING of ROCK & ROLL!!!!!
You right. Both Elvis & Chuck Berry were pioneers of Rock & Roll!
now he just has to do Buddy Holly
Trevon Womack Little Richard is great mention. That said I'm tired of hearing about "stealing music". Nobody stole anything. Everyone has a right to be influenced by anyone they want. Covering songs is as old as time and in America if someone has the copyright rights to a song they have control or get paid. America needs to stop with the "multi-cultural" crap with the "black music" "white music" bullshit and get back to the MELTING POT which was what made America the great nation it is today. There is a complete difference in those two philosophies.
Thomas DeMay actually The Beach Boys stole music from Chuck berry. He was going to sue them but back then he would’ve had no chance of winning as our system was corrupt as hell. And I’m white but even I know that rock music evolved from blues and jazz which were primarily black musicians. Not trying to be disrespectful or anything just sayin. Have a good day.
evolve is something completely different than "stealing". having influence from someone is common no matter what the race. I understand where Rock evolved from but what does anyone care about the race for? only for politics because it can be called "stealing" to act like it's some race crime. whole debate is a sham.
Thomas DeMay true as some of that may be The Beach Boys flat out STOLE from Chuck berry it’s very common knowledge. And back in the day a lot of black artists were way better and were not allowed to play in certain areas and venues. That’s why sometimes race has to be brought into it. I’m not trying to be difficult or ill tempered just stating what I believe is true.
if it wasn't called Rock and Roll it would be called Chuck Berry music
The very definition of Rock n Roll!
You got it...this man was the original
I’ll recommend:
Jerry Lee Lewis’ High School Confidential 1964 Live version- ruclips.net/video/sDxR9MV5RmY/видео.html
Little Richard’s Long Tall Sally- ruclips.net/video/eFFgbc5Vcbw/видео.html
Ritchie Valens’ Ooh My Head- ruclips.net/video/ESuU-FFBigQ/видео.html
Carl Perkins’ Matchbox- ruclips.net/video/nMFNj9j1EUY/видео.html
Johnny Burnette- You’re Sixteen- ruclips.net/video/Hz58VUCWVns/видео.html
Chuck Berry is the REAL deal! Elvis was pretty with a beautiful voice but never wrote his own music; he was a great performance artist and that’s it. Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis; now those were rockers!
R.I.P Chuck Berry, He is the True King Of Rock & Roll
Elvis is the king of rock n roll because he BROUGHT the change to the world. There were lots of rockers but Elvis changed the face of music all over the globe. They wouldn't even show him below the waist on TV because his style of dance was "indecent"! LOL Elvis is king.
So hard to listen to this while sitting down. :)
For me Chuck will always be the King of Rock 'n' Roll ! I was two years old when this was filmed. I saw him doing his thing in London in 1976.
i was born in 1976 we were raised on his music my daddy loved him and so do we he melts my heart when i hear him i watch his lives all the time his last one i cried but he still rocked that guitar
You younger people need to start a revolution and bring back this kind of music and to hell what anybody thinks! :)
The father of all guitar solos
The original KING of Rock. If you don't know where your from how do you know where you're going or who you are
Chuck Berry paved the way for many great artists who came after him...both black and white.
He was like the Jackie Robinson of music.
This took me back my dad was a huge fan of Chuck Berry. Dad passed away in 2010. Love your channel, the reactions are cool and you really listen and go into it with a open mind. Wish you all the best you will be very successful!
My father got to see all the greats from the early wave of rock like Chuck, Little Richard, et al. He was a 19 year old kid in 1958, going to the Uptown Theater in Philadelphia to see the originals with my uncle. What lucky guys they were...💚🦅🏈
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To put it simply: No Chuck Berry No Rock and Roll.
Yes he was the real king of rock in my humble opinion.
Can't wait until a time machine is built. Glad you enjoyed Chuck Berry. So much fun.
Everyone after Chuck was influenced by him. He set the trend for years to come.
Not to take anything away from Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley, who were definitely HUGE players in early rock 'n' roll, but if you really want to get back to the ROOTS, rock 'n' roll started out as piano music, and didn't really feature guitar. The original daddies of rock are guys like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. It's odd to think that rock 'n' roll was not originally guitar based music, but it's true. And there's still nothing like a boogie-woogie piano.
Let's be honest. Chuck Berry was held back then because of his skin color. Pioneer.
As a wise man once said: "You can't know where you're goin', till you know where you been." I love watching young people react to older music. Trips through history can teach you not just about old music, but also where modern music comes from, how the techniques grew and developed. And you can learn about yourself, too. The things that move you, the things the music make you feel. Some of those are timeless. When you bop your head to "Johnny B. Goode", you're doing the same thing your great-great-grandfather did. These are pieces of who *everybody* is, deep down.
Check out some Etta James! Especially at last or I who have nothing.❤️
Bee Snort Yes, Etta James, At Last!
She was amazing !
About 7 years ago this came on while I was in a big waiting room at the doctors. Every single person reacted to it. Kids started dancing old ladies tapped their cane. This is perfect song. I am still testing my theory that everybody loves this!
New music... You gotra listen to more indie. Still a mot of good stuff around😊
Radiohead man radiohead!!
This really made me smile.😁To see you discover the joys of Chuck Berry’s music, just great. You may know this by now but he was called “The Father of Rock’n’Roll”. He wrote SO many incredible songs, a few of them covered by Elvis over the years. I agree with others who’ve suggested Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, two MORE pioneers of the first rock era.
Real authentic women; Sister Rosetta Tharpe!!!
You're the first person that I've seen mention Sr Rosetta!! Gotta share her with the WORLD !!
Deserves the title of High King.
Chuck Berry started in 1955, after Elvis started the year before. Chuck saw Elvis's very early shows, before the rest of the country knew of Elvis - and Chuck was very impressed. At some point that year, he gave up his day job and became the Chuck Berry we see on that film. But they were both great beyond great, and they both took their styles from both R&B and from Country music. Elvis was more into gospel music and spirituals, though.
Chuck Berry was awesome! And he was strictly rock and roll, not ballads or anything else. He was THE influence on surf music. The Beach Boys and all of those California surf groups, the sound was straight Chuck Berry. The Beatles also did a few of his songs. Oh, and clearly, Elvis's favorite Chuck Berry song was "Promised Land." In the 70s, Elvis would go to a Chuck Berry show and yell out "do "Promised Land"!" He finally recorded it himself and it was his last great record in his lifetime.
And then there was Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard . . . the whole first group of rock and roll hall of famers.
Don't stop exploring Elvis though! You haven't heard, I don't think, his gospel and spiritual songs! "Peace In The Valley": you gotta hear that! If nothing else, you gotta hear that. His gospel singing is something you should do a reaction video for. Elvis sang almost EVERY type of music. Whereas most of the other pioneers stuck with rock and roll.
I grew up listening to this and a lot of other 50's and 60's music on my mom's old 45 records. My dad listened to classic country, and my grandmother listened to gospel and very early country. My teenage aunt and her friends all listened to 70's classic rock and pop. I think I had a very priveleged childhood, musically speaking. I appreciate music of all genres and generations, and I see that you do too. 👍👍
I think this is the best era for music because you can hear ALL of it - any music, from any era at your fingertips because of RUclips and the internet. The only obstacle is lack of curiosity and close-mindedness. Take yourself...you only listened to rap before. Now the entirety of humanity's musical history library is available to you. Just go listen.
A copy of this song is aboard the Voyager spacecraft which has now left our solar system so it could actually last for eternity. Now that's an honor.
Im 11 and i love this type of music i agree with others this type of music should come back
That's right bro
I am 15 (soon 16 years) old from Bulgaria and....Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll
@Randy Rome I'm still listening!
@@nikolayyanev9148 Hope your birthday went well
We were jazzing back then baby! Rock and roll will never die!
React to some James Brown - The hardest working man in showbiz.
Chuck Berry was an incredible guitar player and incredible songwriter this man was genius through and through
Chuck Berry was so great, he has such enthusiasm, Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's impossible to sit still listening to this, lol! That was fun 😄
I believe rock and roll had four fathers: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, and Buddy Holly. They all wrote great songs, they were all great performers, and they were truly originals - inventing a blend of gospel, blues, country, and folk.
Chuck brought the guitar to the forefront in rock....as it still stands today!
Such a classic, I never get tired of listening to all the great artist from the past. Try Patsy Cline's Crazy, written by Willie Nelson.
This was my teenage years! Yea I'm in my eighties
That was recorded the year I was born.. There are a few of his songs on my play list. "Maybelline", "You never can tell", "Mean old world" and "No money down"..
Everyone who anderstand Rock'n Roll music knows that Chuk Berry is the foundation of that music!
It's so amazing how you are just discovering all these older singers. I love you!
Saw Chuck Berry in concert in the 70s. It was awesome.
In 1958 I was a 10 year old white boy living in a white neighborhood going to a white school. But me and my white friends would listen in on the music that our older brothers and sisters were starting to play on their radios and record players....and a whole new world opened up to me.....the world of rock and roll, the world of blacks, the world of music as a universal language. It was transforming for me, now having black music icons as well as white, and it would prepare me to be on the right side over the next several years as the Civil Rights movement started to end segregation. And you're right....it was an entire court of "Kings of Rock and Roll", all of them, black and white, influencing each other and borrowing from one another, whether it was music or gyrations. I don't think you can discount the African and Caribbean origin, though, to what evolved in to rock and roll. By the way, you said you felt like getting up to dance while you were listening....I did get up and start dancing while I was watching! And at 71 years old I think I still have some pretty good moves. On the other hand, no one was watching me. Hey, keep doing what you're doing. You do it very well!
You were born in your own time. My teens love these songs. You will find happiness because I have been watching you for months. Not weird, had ankle surgery. Layed up
there were alot of men JELIOUS of ELVIS Presley but he never knocked anyone he believed that there were room enough for everybody that wanted to stand up a chase their dreams he believed we are all God children. Elvis never forgot where he came back a how he was raised to be kind to your fellowman a thank God for your blessings.
Elvis, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard are all from around the same time and any one of them could have used the nickname the King. All are amazing, but if you really want to see amazing you need to look at who inspired them. She was an amazing woman named Sister Rosetta Thorpe. Two of her songs are Didn't it rain and That's all. :D
You’re thoughts spot onllll
I'm sorry to inform you my friend that Chuck Berry is fantastic and he is one of the founding fathers of the rock and roll era but he was never considered the King Elvis Presley came out July 5th 1954 Chuck Berry first made his debut in 1955 but not taking away from Chuck Berry he is one of my favorites and he is considered one of the founding fathers of the rock and roll era
You were around during Chuck Berry lifetime. He passed away just 2 years ago.
Oops! I hit my send button accidentally. Anyway, about Sister Rosetta - she was doing some great rock-n-roll guitar riffs 10 years before Chuck Berry. Check her out live in London in 1964 doing “Didn’t It Rain “ or another great one is “Up Above My Head”. There’s a good video on RUclips of her guitar solos(for film) and a fantastic documentary about her life and career. She was very influential and way ahead of her time, yet many people have never heard of her. She was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 or 2018 (I think). Keep up with your great reactions and know that this subscriber will be traveling with you on your musical journey.
Dusty Springfield- Son of a Preacher man
OMG I LOVE this song! I'm glad that Pulp Fiction brought it back.
FYI - Elvis had his first top ten record in 1955. So he is still the KING. (Haha) Chuck could be the first king of electric guitar.
you mean a white man was the first in a white industry to expose the general population of music that could only be found in Black Gospel churches and black communities? Do your research on Sister Rosetta Tharpe and you'll realize where Elvis/Jerry Lewis/johnny cash got "their" music from.
Funny how people have ignorantly skewed inspiration with stolen.
@@BagoPorkRindsskewed stolen with inspiration?? To be inspired is to give credit.....to ignore or just purposely never say where your "inspiration" originated is straight up lying. Direct us to a reliable source where Elvis publicly gave credit to black gospel/blues singers. Seriously...I'd love to see it and "learn"
@@csandovalbosox Prove it that he stole from anyone? Name one artist. Don't be a damn cad because a person is of a different ethnicity that he/she should stay in his/her own lane and music genre based and due to skin color. One doesn't have to give credit to be inspired to just a person, only he/she has to do is follow what he/she loves and most based what is being moved by. In Elvis's case it was gospel, blues, and country. Seriously people like you who criticize Elvis because you have this misconception that he also is the creator of particular genres. You act like Elvis just upped and decided do to Gospel and Blues and completely ignore that grew up with music in itself since childhood, never sang in church, never sang before his rise into stardom, or nevervcomplained that he was also inspired by country music as well but will not because it's whites only music. Pathetic.
Btw he did give credit to those he was inspired and love by.
theconversation.com/amp/champion-or-copycat-elvis-presleys-ambiguous-relationship-with-black-america-82293
thegrio.com/2011/08/11/why-african-americans-are-ambivalent-about-elvis/amp/
"In spite of the facts that Nat King Cole had the #7 song in 1959, and the #1 song in 1961, and Chuck Berry had a major hit with "Maybellene" in 1955, in the United States in the 1950s legal segregation and discrimination against African Americans was common, especially in the Deep South. *Presley would nevertheless publicly cite his debt to African American music, pointing to artists such as B. B. King, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Fats Domino*. The reporter who conducted Presley's first interview in New York City in 1956 noted that he named blues singers who "obviously meant a lot to him. He was very surprised to hear him talk about the black performers down there and about how he tried to carry on their music." Later that year in Charlotte, North Carolina, Presley was quoted as saying: "The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I’m doin' now, man, for more years than I know. They played it like that in their shanties and in their juke joints and nobody paid it no mind 'til I goosed it up. I got it from them. Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now and I said if I ever got to a place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." Little Richard said of Presley: "He was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn't let black music through. He opened the door for black music." B. B. King said he began to respect Presley after he did Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup material and that after he met him, he thought the singer really was something else and was someone whose music was growing all the time right up to his death."
- en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Elvis_Presley
Big Mama Thornton wrote Hound Dog and recorded it in 1952. Elvis paid no money to cover her song and did not give her credit.
Janis Joplin, on the other hand, covered Ball and Chain. She then invited Big Mama Thornton to open for her.
Lastly, there were black music stations in this country. The fact that most white folks didn't want to listen to "colored music" says a helluva lot about white people.
So, they stole music from the likes of LIttle Richard, had Pat Boone strip it entirely of anything interesting or funky, and regurgitate it out for white audiences to appreciate.
That. Happened. That is, in part, the history of Rock 'n Roll in this country.
Further, white musicians from England, who were not afraid to listen to that "colored music", listened to American blues music, electrified it, and brought it BACK to the States for white audiences. That would be everyone from the Beatles, to the Stones, to The Who to Led Zeppelin. ALL of them worshiped Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Albert King, Buddy Guy and B.B. Fucking King.
THEY are the inventors of Rock 'n Roll. White boys like Elvis appropriated it/were influenced by it/profited off it. But he is NOT the King of Rock 'n Roll.
Sorry, dudes. That's the history.
As a California long haired hippie with flowers in my hair i didn't like Elvis as a teen.But I do now. Yet even back in 1958 when I was 7 I loved Chuck Berry and esp.as a Louisiana native Johnny B Good! It has been so fun watching a sampling of your reactions of all types artist tonight. I subbed earlier for Tom MacDonald,but even if (Gof forbid) you gave upon Tom, I'll still be watching you,
Ahhhh the 50's, the music, the cars, man I was definitely born in the wrong era. I mean 1970 was great, but those 50's must have been some fuuuun times
Thank you for doing a video on this song!! Yes it's super old, but its one of my favourites. Especially for karaoke :)
I wish the 50's would come back, the music, the fashion, even the old movies and t.v. shows were good.
Canadian Girl - Don’t forget about the cars.
Beatles Queen and a lot of others loved chuck Berry
Too many young people are locked into genres and that is sad. I listened to everything growing up! Bluegrass, country, old rock, new rock, Funk and R&B! I love it all!