Timeline Chuck Berry: The Father of Rock and Roll

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• 1926 Chuck Berry born in St. Louis Charles Edward Anderson Berry Grows up in The Ville, a middle-class Black neighbourhood of St. Louis.
• 1944 – 1947 Chuck Berry in reformatory Armed robbery conviction Convicted of armed robbery as a teenager, released on his 21st birthday.
• 1953 Chuck Berry joins Johnnie Johnson's trio Cosmopolitan Club, East St. Louis Joins pianist Johnnie Johnson, who becomes his long-time collaborator.
• 1955 Chuck Berry meets Muddy Waters Sent to Chess Records Muddy Waters points him to Leonard Chess in Chicago.
• 1955 Chuck Berry releases Maybellene First hit A country fiddle tune turned rock and roll, his first hit.
• 1956 Chuck Berry releases Roll Over Beethoven Rock and roll anthem A declaration that rock and roll had arrived.
• 1957 Chuck Berry releases Rock and Roll Music Top ten hit Later covered by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
• 1958 Chuck Berry releases Sweet Little Sixteen His biggest pop hit of the 50s Its melody later became the Beach Boys' Surfin' U.S.A.
• 1958 Chuck Berry releases Johnny B. Goode The rock and roll guitar song The opening riff became the template for rock guitar.
• 1962 – 1963 Chuck Berry in federal prison Mann Act conviction Serves about 20 months after a conviction under the Mann Act.
• 1964 Chuck Berry returns with Nadine and No Particular Place to Go Comeback hits Back from prison to find the Beatles and Stones playing his songs.
• 1972 Chuck Berry tops the charts with My Ding-a-Ling His only US number one A novelty song becomes his only Billboard number one.
• 1977 Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode leaves on the Voyager Golden Record Rock and roll in space The only rock and roll song on the record carried by Voyager 2 and Voyager 1.
• 1986 Chuck Berry inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame First class Among the very first inductees, introduced by Keith Richards.
• 1986 Chuck Berry's 60th birthday concerts Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Keith Richards leads the band at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, filmed for Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.
• 1996 – 2014 Chuck Berry's monthly shows at Blueberry Hill The Duck Room, St. Louis Plays a monthly show in his home town for almost two decades.
• 2017 Chuck Berry dies at 90 Wentzville, Missouri Dies at his home near St. Louis.
• 2017 Chuck Berry's posthumous album Chuck First album in 38 years His first studio album since 1979, released three months after his death.