In 1972, he reached a new level of achievement when a rendition of ' My Ding-a-Ling' became his only record to top the charts. However, these did not achieve the same success or lasting impact of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgia performer, playing his past material with local backup bands of variable quality. After his release in 1963, Berry had several more successful songs, including ' No Particular Place to Go', ' You Never Can Tell', and ' Nadine'. He was sentenced to three years in prison in January 1962 for offenses under the Mann Act-he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines for the purpose of having sexual intercourse. īy the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star, with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. With Chess, he recorded 'Maybellene'-Berry's adaptation of the country song ' Ida Red'-which sold over a million copies, reaching number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart. His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955 and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess, of Chess Records. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of the blues musician T-Bone Walker, Berry began performing with the Johnnie Johnson Trio. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. While still a high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947. Louis, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School.

īorn into a middle-class black family in St. Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.

Nicknamed the ' Father of Rock and Roll', he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as ' Maybellene' (1955), ' Roll Over Beethoven' (1956), ' Rock and Roll Music' (1957) and ' Johnny B. Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.

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