Book excerpt: "Chuck Berry: An American Life"
A big, new biography of the father of rock 'n' roll explores what author R.J. Smith calls "the often triumphant, sometimes anguished details" of Berry's career and personal life.
Chuck Berry
Immortality in space for "Johnny B. Goode"
The Chuck Berry classic is aboard NASA's Voyager space probes, which are still sending back messages from billions of miles away. Anderson Cooper reports on Voyager 1 and 2 on this week's 60 Minutes
Immortality in space
The Chuck Berry classic is aboard NASA's Voyager space probes, which are still sending back messages from billions of miles away. Anderson Cooper reports on Voyager 1 and 2 on this week's 60 Minutes.
Fans pay tribute to Chuck Berry at funeral
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Chuck Berry's last studio album set for release in June
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Taylor Hackford on Chuck Berry
The "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" documentary director recounts the Chicago incident. Chuck Berry, a prolific singer and songwriter, died Saturday at the age of 90.
Chuck Berry 1926-2017
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Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 90
Among the first people to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Berry was one of the influential early stars of the genre
Chuck Berry releasing new album at age 90
Ninety-year-old rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry is set to release his first new studio album in more than 35 years
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