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Name: Instructor: William Bobek Course: CUL255 Date: Chuck Berry Contribution to Rock and Roll Rock and roll music was originally regarded as rhythm and blues but due to Chuck Berry’s great influence it is now known as rock music. Chuck Berry is one of the earliest celebrated and influential individuals in the history of rock and roll music. Chuck Berry was born in St. Louis on October 18th 1926. He got music exposure in the church where he first showed interest in music and could sing in the choir and also in school. As a teenager Chuck Berry was jailed for a period of three years for engaging in robbery activity. He later started his music career in the 1950s. His clear prevalence of racism in the society Chuck Berry is the artist who deserved to be crowned the “King of Rock and Roll Music”. Despite the challenges faced by Chuck Berry among them being jailed for a number of times he still contributed greatly to the development of rock and roll music. Works Cited Garofalo Reebee. "Crossing over: From black rhythm & blues to white rock ‘n’ roll." Rhythm and business: The political economy of black music (2002): 112-137. Jacobson Daniel. "The Development Of Rock & Roll". Wmich.Edu 2018 wmich.edu Accessed 20 Mar 2018 Chuck Berry Biography". The Biography.Com Website 2018 www.biography.com Accessed 20 Mar 2018. Wyman Bill. "Chuck Berry Invented The Idea Of Rock And Roll". Vulture 2018 www.vulture.com 20 Mar 2018. [...]
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Biographical essay to related to key individual,event that made major impact on development of rock and roll
Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Document Type: Research Paper