The Best Of Chuck Berry: 20th Century Masters Of The Millennium Collection
Chuck Berry
Geffen Records (USA), 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: MCA184360
EAN: 0602517231290
UPC: 602517231290
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Recorded between May 21, 1955 and March 26, 1964. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, California).
This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series.
Composer: Chuck Berry.
Rock & roll ground zero, which is to say that Chuck Berry may not have invented the music (there being no first rock record any more than there's a first romantic novel) but he definitely invented its grammar (comparisons with D. W. Griffith are thus totally appropriate). A one-CD, 11-song collection clearly doesn't do justice to the man's oeuvre, but there's nothing here that's less than classic, with the exception of his 1972 novelty hit "My Ding-a-Ling." As for the rest, it's all wit, wordplay, sly sexual allusions, and great guitar riffs--what more could anyone want?
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Chuck Berry
Many would agree that without Chuck Berry, there would not have been rock 'n' roll. Berry's 1955 debut single, "Maybellene," was an energetic smash hit, and led to a slew of successful late-'50s songs. Influencing such future big names as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (to name but a few), Berry effectively put boogie and blues into rock. And as demonstrated by his trademark "duck walk," he was also one of rock's original showmen.
