For this week's musical finale, I am honoring the great Chuck Berry, who died on March 18th at the age of 90.
To understand Berry's influence on our music and culture, I offer this scene from 1985's Back to the Future:
Ironically, Johnny B. Goode only reached number 2 on the R&B charts. It was also one of the three Chuck Berry songs which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".
The other two were Rock and Roll Music and Maybellene (which was both his first hit and first to chart at number one on the R&B charts):
His only number 1 hit on the main U.S. charts came in 1972, with his double entendre-laced My Ding-a-Ling:
Without Chuck Berry, the whole rock and roll branch of the musical tree would not have grown into what it is today. He has left a legacy that will last as long as people listen to music.
That is all for me this week. I will be back Monday for more blogging. Have a "Goode" weekend.
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