Intro to Rock & Roll explained further also known as Beat a Dead Horse, but still is the all-you-gotta-know..
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Rock & Roll Drum Intro 50s Little Richard Addendum Terry Keating
Chuck Berry – Reeling & Rocking
Chuck Berry – “Reeling & Rocking” Live 1972
Charles Edward Anderson “Chuck” Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s website, “While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.” Cub Koda wrote, “Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers.” John Lennon was more succinct: “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.”
Berry was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2000 in a “class” with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Plácido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, and Clint Eastwood. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Chuck Berry #5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was also ranked 6th on Rolling Stone’s Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest guitarists of All Time.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included three of Chuck Berry’s songs (“Johnny B. Goode”, “Maybellene”, “Rock and Roll Music”), of the 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
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Chuck Berry – Rock and Roll Music
Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard “Chuck Berry guitar intro,” the instrument’s clarion call to get the joint rockin’ in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would not have been mainstreamed into the now standard 4/4 rock & roll beat. There would be no obsessive wordplay by modern-day tunesmiths; in fact, the whole history (and artistic level) of rock & roll songwriting would have been much poorer without him. Like Brian Wilson said, he wrote “all of the great songs and came up with all the rock & roll beats.” Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock’s development as well as his place as the music’s first great creator. Elvis may have fueled rock & roll’s imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.
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Just let me hear some of that
rock and roll music,
any old way you choose it;
it’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it,
any old time you use it.
it’s gotta be rock and roll music,
if you want to dance with me,
if you want to dance with me.
I’ve got no kick againt modern jazz,
unless they try to play it too darn fast;
and change the beauty of the melody,
until they sounded like a symphony,
that’s why i go for that
rock and roll music …
I took my loved one over cross the tracks
so she can hear my man await a sax,
i must admit the have a rockin’ band,
man they were going like a hurricane
that’s why i go for that
rock and roll music …..
Way down south they gave a jubilee,
the jockey folks they had a jamboree,
they’re drinkin’ homebrew from a water cup,
the folks dancin’ they all got shook up
and started playin’ that
rock and roll music ….
Don’t care to hear ‘em play a tango,
i’m in the mood to dig a mambo;
it’s way to early for a congo,
so keep a rockin’ that piano
so i can hear some of that
rock and roll music …
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TOM JONES – ROCK N’ ROLL MUSIC
BACK TO ROCK. THIS CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL SONG BY TOM JONES WAS WRITTEN BY THE GREAT CHUCK BERRY.FOUND ON ‘THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION’, ‘DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS’, ‘THE SENSATIONAL TOM JONES’, ‘THE TIGER’ AND TOM JONES TELEVISION SHOWS’. ALSO RECORDED BY CHUCK BERRY. THE BEACH BOYS, THE ANIMALS, BO DIDDLEY, GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS, ETC………..
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The Beatles Cartoon – Rock and Roll Music
From the twenty-sixth episode of The Beatles Cartoon series which ran from 1965-1969.
Episode Summary: Mistaken for a string quartet, the Beatles are invited to give a performance at a party for a royal Duke. After attempting to make a sound with the string instruments, the Beatles decide to rattle the rafters and get the party hopping their own way.
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Chuck Berry – Rock and Roll Music (1986) (HD)
Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry’s 60th birthday. Taken from the Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll movie.
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The Beatles Rock And Roll Music (2009 Stereo Remaster)
The Beatles on Thank Your Lucky Stars December 1964 to promote the single I Feel Fine/She’s A Woman and to promote the new LP Beatles For Sale. This is a cover of a 1957 Chuck Berry song of the same title.
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Rock & Roll Music
(9/12) Chuck Berry in Concert – London 1972Etta James & Cuck Berry – Rock n’ Roll Music
Miss Etta James toring up the stage with Chuck Berry!! Performing “Rock n’ Roll Music”
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