While Chuck Berry was an icon of the 1950s, he never quite reached the same musical heights as his rock and roll companion. Read more here.

The music pioneer's career highlight came with a surprising twist.

"Chuck was not only a brilliant guitarist, singer and performer, but most importantly, he was a master craftsman as a songwriter." By Ashley Iasimone, Billboard The Rolling Stones, who launched their ...

From the Boss to Slash, stars praised the rock icon. — -- Some of the music world's biggest stars tweeted tonight singing the praises of one of the legends of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry, who died ...

Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll's founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music's joy and rebellion in such classics as "Johnny B. Goode," ''Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven," ...

When Kiss star Gene Simmons went to the funeral of Chuck Berry, he hadn’t planned on making a speech – but that’s how it turned out. And as he now tells MusicRadar, he was disappointed that other ...

With the passing of Chuck Berry on Saturday, popular music lost one of its true legends and rock ‘n’ roll lost its founding father. Berry died at his home in St. Louis, Missouri after spending his ...

In 1985, some friends and I drove from my hometown, Springfield, Ill., to St. Louis, as we often did, to see a show. We went to see Hüsker Dü, who had just released Flip Your Wig, their last album on ...

Two more titles are joining Chess Records’ Acoustic Sounds Series: Chuck Berry's 'St. Louis To Liverpool' and Etta James's 'Tell Mama.' ...

From ZZ Top to Jimmy Page to Susan Tedeschi, B.B. King has been a significant influence on rock and blues artists who came after him. Yet, when we think of the most ubiquitous musicians of either ...