Awards & Winners

Chuck Berry

Date of Birth 18-October-1926
Place of Birth St. Louis
(Missouri, United States of America, Area code 314, Area code 557)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Berry, Chuck, BERRY Chuck, Charles Edward Anderson Berry, The Prime Minister of Rock 'n' Roll, Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry, チャールズ・エドワード・アンダーソン・ベリー, Charles Berry
Profession Songwriter, Singer, Musician, Guitarist, Film Producer, Film Score Composer, Actor
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B. Goode", Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. Born into a middle-class family in St. Louis, Missouri, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student he served a prison sentence for armed robbery from 1944 to 1947. On his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of blues player T-Bone Walker, he was performing in the evenings with the Johnnie Johnson Trio. His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955, and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess of Chess Records. With Chess he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red"—which sold over a million copies, reaching No. 1 on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues chart. By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star with several hit records and film appearances to his name as well as a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis-based nightclub, called Berry's Club Bandstand. But in January 1962, Berry was sentenced to three years in prison for offenses under the Mann Act—he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines.

Awards by Chuck Berry

Check all the awards nominated and won by Chuck Berry.

1998


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Johnny B. Goode / Around and Around

1989


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Roll Over Beethoven / Drifting Heart

1988


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Maybellene / Wee Wee Hours