Chuck Berry

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guitarist human musician rock and roll musician singer songwriter

Chuck Berry was a pioneering American guitarist, singer, and songwriter widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Chuck Berry canonical	59
Chuck Berry and his band	2
Charles Edward Anderson Berry	1
Chuck Berry is an American rock and roll musician	1
Chuck Berry song catalog	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ rock and roll musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
burialPlace	Bellerive Gardens Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1926-10-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2017-03-18 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Berry ⓘ
fullName	Chuck Berry self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles Edward Anderson Berry
genre	blues ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
givenName	Charles ⓘ
honor	Ranked in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists ⓘ Ranked in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists ⓘ
influenced	AC/DC ⓘ The Beach Boys ⓘ surface form: Beach Boys Bob Dylan ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Jimi Hendrix ⓘ The Beatles ⓘ The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influencedBy	Muddy Waters ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ T‑Bone Walker ⓘ surface form: T-Bone Walker
instrument	guitar ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
marriageStart	1948 ⓘ
memberOf	Chess Records artists ⓘ
movement	rock and roll ⓘ
notableAlbum	After School Session ⓘ Chuck Berry Is on Top ⓘ One Dozen Berrys ⓘ St. Louis to Liverpool ⓘ The London Chuck Berry Sessions ⓘ
notableSong	Johnny B. Goode ⓘ
notableWork	Brown Eyed Handsome Man ⓘ Carol ⓘ Johnny B. Goode ⓘ Little Queenie ⓘ Maybellene ⓘ Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ surface form: Memphis, Tennessee Nadine ⓘ No Particular Place to Go ⓘ Rock and Roll Music ⓘ Roll Over Beethoven ⓘ School Days ⓘ Sweet Little Sixteen ⓘ You Never Can Tell ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	St. Charles County, Missouri ⓘ surface form: St. Charles County, Missouri, United States
recordLabel	Atco Records ⓘ Chess Records ⓘ Mercury Records ⓘ
residence	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
songFeaturedIn	Johnny B. Goode ⓘ surface form: Johnny B. Goode – Voyager Golden Record
spouse	Themetta Suggs ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	duck walk stage move ⓘ guitar intros based on double-stops ⓘ

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American Graffiti → musicBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Keith Richards → influencedBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Chuck → usedAsStageNameBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

song "Route 66" → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

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Chuck Berry → fullName → Chuck Berry self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Edward Anderson Berry

Chess Records → notableArtist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → artist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → performer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → writer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → composer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → lyricist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny B. Goode → originallyPerformedBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Worried Life Blues → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

T‑Bone Walker → influenced → Chuck Berry ⓘ

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Chuck Berry Cadillac → owner → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Chuck Berry Cadillac → associatedWith → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Chuck Berry Cadillac → hasNotableOwner → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Alan Freed → promotedArtists → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Tharpe → influenced → Chuck Berry ⓘ

subject surface form: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Paul McCartney and Wings → hasAssociatedAct → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Artists of All Time → includesArtist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Louis Jordan → influenced → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Sister Rosetta Tharpe → influenced → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Johnny Rivers → coveredArtist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Flag → originalArtistOfCoveredSong → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Gibson ES-355 → notableUser → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Angus Young → influencedBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Tico Torres → associatedAct → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Leonard Chess → associatedWith → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Berry → hasNotableBearer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Surfin' U.S.A. → writer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Surfin' U.S.A. → composer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Maybellene → artist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Maybellene → performer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Maybellene → writer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Maybellene → firstHitFor → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Roll Over Beethoven → writer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Roll Over Beethoven → performer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Roll Over Beethoven → composer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Roll Over Beethoven → recordedBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chuck Berry and his band

Rock and Roll Music → composer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → lyricist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → performer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → originalArtist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → hasSignatureRiffBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Rock and Roll Music → hasLivePerformanceBy → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Sweet Little Sixteen → artist → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Sweet Little Sixteen → performer → Chuck Berry ⓘ

Sweet Little Sixteen → writer → Chuck Berry ⓘ