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BERRY Chuck
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:	18.10.1926	(San Jose, California, USA, as Charles Edward Anderson Berry)
Died:	18.03.2017	(natural causes)

Appearances:

cca 1952

Johnnie Johnson Trio

Line-Up:

Chuck Berry - voc,g
Lafayette Leake - p
Johnnie Johnson - p
Fred Below - ds

Former Members:

Willie Dixon (bg, cca 1955-1957)
Jasper Thomas (ds, cca 1955)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Rock Rock	1957
2.	After School Session	1958	Chess
3.	One Dozen Berry's	11/1958	Chess
4.	Chuck Berry Is On Top	1959	Chess
5.	Rockin' At The Hops	1960	Chess
6.	New Juke Box Hits	1961	Chess
7.	Chuck Berry Twist	1962	Chess		12
8.	Chuck Berry	5/1963			12
9.	Chuck Berry On Stage	8/1963	Chess		6	29
10.	More Chuck Berry	12/1963	Chess		9
11.	His Latest And Greatest	5/1964	Pye		8
12.	Greatest Hits	5/1964	Chess			34
13.	You Never Can Tell	9/1964	Pye		18
14.	Two Great Guitars & Bo Diddley	11/1964	Chess
15.	St. Louis To Liverpool	12/1964	Chess
16.	In London	3/1965	Chess
17.	Fresh Berrys	11/1965	Chess
18.	Chuck Berry	2/1966	Golden Guinea
19.	Original Oldies Vol 1 & 2	1967	2LP
20.	Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits	2/1967	Marble Arch
21.	Golden Hits	3/1967	Mercury
22.	In Memphis	12/1967	Mercury
23.	Live At The Fillmore Auditorium	4/1968	Mercury
24.	From St. Louis To Frisco	11/1968	Mercury
25.	Greatest Hits	5/1969	Chess
26.	Concerto In B Goode	11/1969	Mercury
27.	Back Home	1970	Chess
28.	San Francisco Dues	1971	Chess
29.	London Sessions	1972
30.	Golden Decade Vol. 1	5/1972	Chess			72
31.	The London Chuck Berry Sessions	6/1972	Chess		8	23
32.	Back In The U.S.A.	1973	Philips
33.	Golden Decade Vol 2 (2LP)	26.01.1973	Chess
34.	Chuck Berry Bio	8/1973	London
35.	Bio	10/1973	Chess
36.	Golden Decade Vol. 3	6/1974	Chess
37.	All Time Greatest Rock'N'Roll Party Hits	11/1974	Chess
38.	St. Louis To Frisco To Memphis (2LP)	28.02.1975	Philips
39.	Chuck Berry '75	14.03.1975	Chess
40.	I'm A Rocker	5/1975	Contour
41.	Sweet Little Sixteen Rock'n'Roll Hits	16.07.1976	Sonic
42.	Motorvatin'	1/1977	Chess		7
43.	Live In Concert	1978
44.	Boxen Hits	1979
45.	Louisiana	1979
46.	The Best Of Chuck Berry	1979
47.	Chuck Berry 1	1979
48.	Chuck Berry 2	1979
49.	Chuck Berry & Friends	1979
50.	20 Golden Greats	9/1979	Hammer
51.	Rock It	10/1979	Atlantic
52.	Volume 1 & 2	1980	2LP
53.	Second Coming	1980
54.	Wild Berrys	1980
55.	America's Hot Wax	1980
56.	Flashback	1980
57.	Mods And Rockers	2/1980	Mercury
58.	Spotlight On Chuck Berry	10/1980	Spotlight
59.	Greatest Hits 1	1981
60.	Tokyo Session	1981
61.	Rockin' With Chuck Berry	1981	Mercury
62.	Live In Toronto	1982
63.	Live	7/1982	Everest
64.	The Greatest Hits - Live	1983	Spot
65.	Rock'n'Roll Hits	1983
66.	Chuck Berry	3/1983	Chess
67.	Chess Masters	3/1983	Chess
68.	Alive And Rockin'	5/1983	Stack-O-Hits
69.	Duck Walking	7/1983	Chess
70.	Reeling, Rolling & Rocking	27.01.1984	Magnum
71.	Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller	1984
72.	20 Super Hits	12/1985	P.R.T.
73.	More Rock'n'Roll Rarities	1986
74.	Two Dozen Berry's	1986	Vogue
75.	Greatest Hits	4/1986	Castle
76.	The Collection - 20 Rock'n'Roll Greats	7/1986	Deja Vu
77.	Best Of Chuck Berry	12/1986	Vogue
78.	Let It Rock	1987	Checkmate
79.	21 Greatest Hits	5/1987	Bescoli
80.	Reeling And Rocking	8/1987	Topline
81.	Roll Over Beethoven Vol. 1	1988	Joker
82.	Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll	2/1988	MCA
83.	Chess Masters	3/1988	Stylus
84.	Decade 55-65	4/1988	Platinum
85.	The Collection (2LP)	6/1988	Castle
86.	Chuck Berry's Rock'n'Roll Party	7/1988	Driving Wheel
87.	20 Greatest Hits	12/1988	Fun
88.	Roll Over Beethoven	6/1989	Ocean
89.	Rock & Roll Music	7/1989	Instant
90.	The Chess Box (3CD) produced by: Andy McKaie	9/1989	Chess/MCA
91.	Chuck Berry Box Set	11/1989	Charly
92.	Rock'n'Roll Rarities	2/1990	MCA			110
93.	Rock & Roll Music	3/1990	Roots
94.	The Best Of Chuck Berry Vol. 1 1955-57	4/1991	Vogue
95.	The Best Of Chuck Berry Vol. 2 1959-60	4/1991	Vogue
96.	The Best Of Chuck Berry Vol. 3 1960-65	4/1991	Vogue
97.	The Chess Years	5/1991	Magnum Force
98.	The EP Collection	6/1991	See For Miles
99.	Sweet Little Sixteen Vol. 2	8/1991	Provogue
100.	The Chess Masters Vol. 2: 1958-65	12/1991	Magnum Force
101.	Mr. Rock'n'Roll	4/1993	Laserlight
102.	On The Blues Side	9/1993	Ace
103.	Poet Of Rock'n'Roll	5/1994	Charly
104.	Two On One & Bo Diddley	5/1994	Charly
105.	Oh Yeah	11/1994	Charly
106.	Legends In Music	1/1995	Wisepack
107.	The Collection	6/1995	Collection
108.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry	23.03.1999	MCA			134
109.	Anthology 2 (2CD)	27.06.2000	MCA
110.	Johnny B. Goode	09.10.2001	Columbia River
111.	Crown Prince Of Rock'n'Roll	04.03.2003
112.	Rock and Roll Music	27.04.2004	Dynamic
113.	Gold	26.04.2005	Geffen
114.	Father of Rock and Roll	11.10.2005	American Legends
115.	Live Goode	25.10.2005	Universe
116.	The Definitive Collection	18.04.2006	Chess			33
117.	Best of Chuck Berry	01.08.2006	Direct Source
118.	You Came a Long Way from St. Louis: The Many Sides	14.11.2006	Umvd
119.	Maybellene	27.03.2007	Golden Stars
120.	Platinum Collection	27.03.2007	Platinum Prime
121.	Yow	15.05.2007	Primo
122.	18 Greatest	31.07.2007	Direct Source
123.	Colour Collection	15.10.2007	Spectrum
124.	Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings	19.02.2008	Hip-O Select
125.	Rock N' Roll Legends	08.04.2008
126.	Best of Chuck Berry: Green Series	29.04.2008
127.	Rock'N'Roll Music	03.06.2008	Magic
128.	You Never Can Tell: The Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966 (4CD)	31.03.2009	Hip-O Select
129.	Rock 'N' Roll All-Star Jam 1985 & Chuck Negron	28.04.2009	Angel Air
130.	Rock N' Roll Allstar Jam & Bo Diddley	02.06.2009	Universal
131.	Rock and Roll Music / Ultimate 50's Collection	06.10.2009	Jasmine
132.	You Can't Catch Me	09.03.2010	Snapper
133.	Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings (1969-1974) (4CD)	23.03.2010	Hip-O Select
134.	Rollin Till the Break of Dawn	13.07.2010	Ais
135.	Chuck Berry in London	28.09.2010	Universal
136.	Fresh Berry's	28.09.2010	Universal
137.	My Ding-A-Ling, The London Sessions	28.09.2010	Universal
138.	Icon	01.03.2011	Geffen
139.	Five Classic Albums Plus	08.11.2011
140.	Rocks	22.11.2011	Bear Family
141.	In the 1950s	07.02.2012
142.	Best of Chuck Berry	26.06.2012	Universal
143.	Best Of The Chess Years: 73 Original Recordings The Best Of The Chess Years From 1955-1961 (3CD)	29.09.2012	Not Now Music
144.	The Great Twenty-Eight	09.10.2012	Geffen
145.	The Ultimate Doubles & Bo Diddley (2CD)	26.03.2013	AAO Music
146.	The Essential Tracks	13.05.2014	Vintage Vinyl
147.	Rock 'n' Roll Legends	12.08.2014	One & Only Rock'n'Roll
148.	Rock 'n' Roll Masterworks	02.09.2014	Vinyl
149.	Lo Mejor de Chuck Berry	02.09.2014	Universal
150.	Rock and Roll Music: Any Old Way You Choose It	28.10.2014	Bear Family
151.	The Complete Chess Singles As & Bs: 1955-61	10.03.2015	Acrobat
152.	Icon: Chuck Berry	10.07.2015
153.	Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry	24.07.2015	Performance
154.	Greatest Hits	16.09.2016	1oTen Media
155.	Rock 'n' Roll Legends & Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard & Gene Vincent	11.11.2016	One Louder
156.	The Singles Collection: 1955-1961	16.12.2016	Not Now Music
157.	Chuck Berry vs. Little Richard & Little Richard	03.02.2017	ZYX Music
158.	Chuck	16.06.2017	Dualtone		9	49

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours	23.07.1955	Chess		5
2.	Thirty Days / Together We Will Always Be	10/1955	Chess
3.	The Downbound Train / No Money Down	2/1956	Chess
4.	Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart & His Combo	5/1956	Chess		29
5.	Too Much Monkey Business / Brown Eyed Handsome Man	8/1956	Chess
6.	You Can't Catch Me / Havana Moon	11/1956	Chess		29
7.	After School Session EP (School Day / Deep Feeling / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Too Much Monkey Business)	1957	Chess
8.	Rock And Roll Music EP (Rock And Roll Music / Oh Baby Doll / La juanda / Blue Feeling)	1957	Chess
9.	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) / Deep Feeling	3/1957	Chess	24	3
10.	Oh Baby Doll / La Jaunda	6/1957	Chess		57
11.	Rock And Roll Music / Blue Feeling	9/1957	Chess		8
12.	Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' And Rockin'	1/1958	Chess	16	2
13.	Sweet Little Sixteen EP (Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin' And Rockin' / Rock At The Philharmonic / Guitar Boogie)	1958	Chess
14.	Johnny B. Goode / Around And Around	31.03.1958	Chess		8
15.	Beautiful Delilah / Vacation Time	6/1958	Chess		81
16.	Carol / Hey Pedro	8/1958	Chess		18
17.	Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Joe Joe Gun	10/1958	Chess		47
18.	Run Rudolph Run / Merry Christmas Baby	12/1958	Chess		69
19.	Anthony Boy / That's My Desire	1/1959	Chess		60
20.	Pickin' Berries EP (Beautiful Delilah / Vacation Time / Carol / Hey Pedro)	1959	Chess
21.	Sweet Little Rock And Rollers EP (Johnny B. Goode / Around And Around / Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Jo Jo Gunne)	1959	Chess
22.	Almost Grown / Little Queenie	3/1959	Chess		32
23.	Back In The U.S.A. / Memphis, Tennessee	6/1959	Chess		37
24.	Childhood Sweetheart / Broken Arrow	10/1959	Chess		108
25.	Let It Rock / Too Pooped To Pop	1/1960	Chess		44
26.	Bye Bye Johnny / Worried Life Blues (v USA)	4/1960	Chess
27.	Bye Bye Johnny / Mad Lad (v GB)	6/1960	Chess
28.	Mad Lad / I've Got To Find My Baby	6/1960	Chess
29.	Jaguar And Thunderbird / Our Little Rendezvous	9/1960	Chess		109
30.	I'm Talking 'bout You / Little Star	2/1961	Chess
31.	Go Go Go / Come On	6/1961	Chess
32.	Go Go Go / Come On	7/1963	Pye	38
33.	I'm Talkin 'bout You / Diploma For Two	8/1963	Chess
34.	Chuck And Bo Vol. 1 EP & Bo Diddley	9/1963	Pye
35.	Let It Rock / Memphis Tennessee	10/1963	Pye Int.	6
36.	Memphis Tennessee / Sweet Little Sixteen	10/1963	Chess
37.	Chuck Berry EP (Johnny B. Goode / Oh Baby Doll / School Day / Back In The U.S.A.)	10/1963	Pye
38.	Chuck And Bo Vol. 2 EP & Bo Diddley	11/1963	Pye
39.	Run Rudolph Run / Johnny B. Goode	12/1963	Pye	36
40.	This Is Chuck Berry EP (Bye Bye Johnny / Rock And Roll Music / Childhood Sweetheart / Broken Arrow)	12/1963	Pye
41.	The Best Of Chuck Berry EP (Memphis Tennessee / Roll Over Beethoven / I'm Talking 'bout You / Sweet Little Sixteen)	1/1964	Pye
42.	Nadine (Is It You?) / O Rangutang	2/1964	Chess	27	23
43.	Chuck And Bo Vol. 3 EP & Bo Diddley	2/1964	Pye
44.	No Particular Place To Go / Liverpool Drive	4/1964	Pye Int.	3
45.	No Particular Place To Go / You Two	5/1964	Chess		10
46.	You Never Can Tell / Brenda Lee	7/1964	Chess	23	14
47.	Little Marie / Go Bobby Soxer	9/1964	Chess		54
48.	Chuck Berry Hits EP (Johnny B. Good / Nadine / No Particular Place To Go / Memphis Tennessee)	10/1964	Pye
49.	Chuck's Beat / Bo's Beat & Bo Diddley	11/1964	Pye
50.	The Promised Land / Things I Used To Do	11/1964	Chess	26	41
51.	Blue Mood EP (Driftin' Blues / Lonely All The Time / Things I Used To Do / Fraulein)	12/1964	Pye
52.	I Got A Booking / Lonely Schooldays	3/1965	Chess
53.	Dear Dad / My Little Lovelight	3/1965	Chess		95
54.	The Promised Land EP (You Never Can Tell / Brenda Lee / The Promised Land / Things I Used To Do)	3/1965	Chess
55.	It Wasn't Me / Welcome Back Pretty Baby	10/1965	Chess
56.	Come On EP (Reelin' And Rockin' / Don't You Lie To Me / Around And Around / Come On)	10/1965	Chess
57.	It Wasn't Me / It's My Own Business	29.10.1965	Chess
58.	I Got A Booking EP (I Want To Be Your Driver / St. Louis Blues / Dear Dad / I Got A Booking)	2/1966	Chess
59.	You Came A Long Way From St. Louis EP (You Came A Long Way From St. Louis / His Daughter Caroline / My Little Love-light / Jamaica Farewell)	22.04.1966	Chess
60.	Ramona, Say Yes / Lonely School Days	01.07.1966	Chess
61.	Havana Moon / Memphis	8/1966	Chess
62.	Club Nitty Gritty / Laugh And Cry	11/1966	Mercury
63.	Back To Memphis / I Do Really Love You	6/1967	Mercury
64.	Feelin' It / It Hurts Me Too	11/1967	Mercury
65.	Johnny B. Goode / Sweet Little Sixteen	5/1968	Chess
66.	St. Louis To Frisco / Ma Dear	8/1968	Mercury
67.	No Particular Place To Go / It Wasn't Me	4/1969	Chess
68.	Roll Over Beethoven / Back To Memphis	5/1969	Mercury
69.	Good Looking Woman / It's Too Dark In There	8/1969	Mercury
70.	Tulane / Have Mercy Judge	8/1970	Chess
71.	Rock And Roll Music / Johnny B. Goode / School Day	3/1972	Chess
72.	Down The Road Apiece / Johnny B. Goode	8/1972	Chess
73.	My Ding-A-Ling / Johnny B. Goode	8/1972	Chess		1
74.	My Ding-A-Ling / Let's Boogie	15.09.1972	Chess	1
75.	Reelin' And Rockin' (live) / Let's Boogie	11/1972	Chess		27
76.	Reelin' And Rockin' (live) / I Will Not Let You Go produced by: Esmond Edwards	29.12.1972	Chess	18
77.	Bio / Roll 'em Pete	9/1973	Chess
78.	South Of The Border / Bio	11/1973	Chess
79.	Memphis Tennessee	7/1974	Chess
80.	Shake, Rattle And Roll / Baby What You Want Me To Do	2/1975	Chess
81.	Shake Rattle And Roll / I'm Just A Name	28.02.1975	Chess
82.	Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller / No Particular Place To Go / Back In The USA	07.05.1976	Chess
83.	Sweet Little Sixteen / Guitar Boogie	5/1977	Chess
84.	Oh What A Thrill / California	17.08.1979	Atlantic
85.	Roll Over Beethoven EP (Roll Over Beethoven / Johnny B. Goode / Sweet Little Sixteen / Maybellene / Carol / Memphis, Tennessee)	9/1979	Hammer
86.	School Day EP (School Day / Rock And Roll Music / Sweet Little Rock And Roller / Reelin' And Rockin' / Back In The U.S.A. / Thirty Days)	9/1979	Hammer
87.	No Particular Place To Go / Sweet Little Sixteen	1/1983	Flashback/Pye
88.	Memphis, Tennessee / No Particular Place To Go	6/1983	Old Gold
89.	My Ding-A-Ling / Maybellene / Reelin' And Rockin'	6/1984	S.M.P.
90.	Sweet Little Sixteen / Nadine / Johnny B. Good	6/1984	S.M.P.
91.	My Ding A Ling / School Day / No Particular Place To Go / Johnny B. Goode	6/1988	Chess
92.	No Particular Place To Go / Memphis, Tennessee	1/1989	Old Gold
93.	My Ding-A-Ling / Reelin' And Rockin'	1/1989	Old Gold
94.	Sweet Little Sixteen / Rock And Roll Music	1/1989	Old Gold
95.	Roll Over Beethoven / Johnny B. Goode	1/1989	Old Gold
96.	You Never Can Tell / Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon CD + Dropout & Urge Overkill	07.11.1994	MCA	37	59
97.	Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours (reissue)	08.08.2005
98.	No Particular Place To Go / You Can Never Tell	30.08.2012	Collectables
99.	Big Boys	3/2017
100.	Run Rudolph Run	12/2018	UMC	94	45
101.	Berry Christmas EP	12/2019			60
102.	Run Rudolph Run	12/2019	UMC	83	36
103.	Run Rudolph Run	12/2020	UMC	89	10
104.	Run Rudolph Run	11/2021	UMC	67	25
105.	Run Rudolph Run	12/2022	UMC	62	32
106.	Run Rudolph Run	11/2023	Universal	49	22

Videos:

1. The Legendary Chuck Berry (Featuring Tina Turner) - 28.03.1984, Videoform, 60 min
2. Rock & Roll All Star Jam - 09.02.1999, DVD, compilation, & Bo Diddley

Movies:

1. Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll (1987, directed by Taylor Hackford, documentary)

Awards:

1984 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1988 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Maybellene")
1989 Grammy Awards - Best Historical Album ("The Chess Box")
1990 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Roll Over Beethoven")
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Johnny B. Goode")
2000 Kennedy Center Honors

WWW Links:

http://www.chuckberry.com

Various:

1961 odsouzen na 3 roky za nezákonnou přepravu nezletilé přes gamenici (odseděl 2 roky)
1979 sentenced to 4 months jail for tax evasion
1990 sentenced to 6 months for the drugs misdemeanour

Compilation Appearances:

"Route 66" on OST "Disney/Pixar Cars" (6.6.06, Walt Disney)
"No Particular Place To Go" on compilation "The Cavern - The Most Famous Club In The World" (20.8.07)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1988	2		23	Melodie ze světa
1990	3		85	Melodie ze světa
1991	10		3	Výročí	profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	27.11.1971	31	Pop Albums	album review
1972	0	12.02.1972	24		gig review
1972	0	09.12.1972	60	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	4	27.01.1973	1
1975	9	01.03.1975	31		profile
1975	10	08.03.1975	40	Albums	album review
1976	21	22.05.1976	8
1979	28	28.07.1979	9	After Dark	interview
1979	35	15.09.1979	27	Albums	album review
1979	41	03.11.1979	48	Blue Suede News
1984	11	17.03.1984	4	Fast Forward
1993	51	18.12.1993	32	Albums - Retroactive	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1965	0	29.10.1965	4	Singles - Recommended	single review
1966	0	01.07.1966	4	Singles	single review
1972	0	16.12.1972	3	News Desk
1973	0	17.02.1973	20
1973	0	28.04.1973	42	Players
1973	0	23.06.1973	17	This Is America
1973	0	15.09.1973	37	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1973	0	15.09.1973	38	Albums	album review
1974	0	06.07.1974	20	Albums	album review
1975	0	01.03.1975	36	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	08.03.1975	9	Thrills
1975	0	05.04.1975	42	Platters	album review
1975	0	24.05.1975	19	Platters	album review
1975	0	21.06.1975	31	Information City
1976	0	29.05.1976	9		interview
1976	0	29.05.1976	36	On The Town	gig review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	1	08.01.1992	21	Čarostřelci	profile
1994	3	14.02.1994	7	Galerie
1995	17	29.08.1995	11		profile
1995	18	12.09.1995	19
2005	11		84	Blues Bar	gig review
2007	5		62	Recenze DVD
Rolling Stone
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2000	6		47