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Rock \u2018n\u2019 roll pioneer Chuck Berry died on this day in history, March 18, 2017, at age 90.<\/p>\n

“Chuck Berry was arguably the founding father of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll,” said Neil Portnow, Recording Academy president and CEO, in an article on the Grammy Awards website<\/a> upon Berry’s death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Not just because he was one of its greatest songwriters and established some of the electric guitar’s<\/a> earliest and most memorable riffs, but also because he was one of music’s most palpably exciting entertainers and biggest personalities,” said Portnow in the same article.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Born as Charles Edward Anderson Berry on Oct. 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri<\/a>, Chuck Berry was exposed to music through his parents and his church.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His first musical performance was at his high school<\/a>, his official website notes; there, he sang a song called “Confessin’ the Blues” by Jay McShann.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was at his high school\u2019s student musical performance, when the blues was well-liked but not considered appropriate for such an event,” said the site.<\/p>\n

Despite this, Berry received “thunderous applause” for his performance \u2014 and decided he should pursue a career on stage, according to reports.<\/p>\n

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After this, Berry took guitar lessons and developed a musical style<\/a> that was fairly unique for the time period, his website says.<\/p>\n

“In 1952, he began playing guitar and singing in a club band whose song list ranged from blues to ballads to calypso to country,” says his website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Berry was becoming an accomplished showman, incorporating gestures and facial expressions to go with the lyrics.”<\/p>\n

In 1957, he released his debut album, “After School Session,” with the Chess Records label.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would go on to release an additional 18 albums during his lifetime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Among Berry’s biggest hits: “Johnny B. Goode,” “Maybellene” and “Roll Over Beethoven.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those three songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, 1990 and 1988, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berry was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th Grammy Awards in 1984, notes his website.<\/p>\n

Two years later, in 1986, Berry was the first-ever inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berry’s lengthy career, however, was not without controversy and legal woes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In 1959, he was arrested and charged with violating the Mann Act after it was found he transported a 14-year-old girl from Mexico<\/a> to St. Louis to work in his nightclub, notes the History Channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berry was convicted in 1960. He spent 20 months in federal prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A Federal Appeals Court ordered a retrial after it was found the judge had a history of disparaging racial remarks, and Berry was once again convicted of Mann Act violations in 1961, says History.com.<\/p>\n

In 1979, Berry was sentenced to four months in jail and 1,000 community service hours after he was found guilty of tax evasion, according to Famousdaily.com.<\/p>\n

In 1990, police raided his estate and discovered a trove of pornographic material, including videos that appeared to be of minors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Berry was charged with child abuse, although the charges were later dropped, according to UPI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Four years later, Berry settled a class-action suit for $830,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The suit was filed by 59 women who said they were videotaped without their knowledge while using the bathroom at Southern Air, a restaurant owned by Berry, says website Bestclassicbands.com.<\/p>\n

Berry paid an additional $310,000 to another employee of the restaurant who was videotaped without her consent while using the bathroom, that website notes.<\/p>\n

Berry’s 20th studio album, titled “Chuck,” was released posthumously on\u00a0June\u00a09,\u00a02017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/this-day-history-march-18-2017-rock-pioneer-chuck-berry-dies <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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