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  Chuck Berry | View the Music Artists Biography Online | VH1.com
Part of the secret to its originality was Berry's blazing 24-bar guitar solo in the middle of it, the imaginative rhyme schemes in the lyrics, and the sheer thump of the record, all signaling that rock & roll had arrived and it was no fad.
Berry was smart with plenty of business savvy and was already making plans to open an amusement park in nearby Wentzville.
Berry had moved with the times and found a new audience in the bargain and when the cries of "yeah-yeah-yeah" were replaced with peace signs, Berry altered his live act to include a passel of slow blues and quickly became a fixture on the festival and hippie ballroom circuit.
www.vh1.com /artists/az/berry_chuck/bio.jhtml   (1238 words)

  
  Berry (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Berry is a region located in the center of France.
Berry is notable as the birthplace of several kings and other members of the French royal family, as well as of a number of famous writers, including Balzac, George Sand, and Alexandre Dumas.
In the middle ages it was the centre of the Duchy of Berry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berry_(province)   (162 words)

  
 Berry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In botany, the berry is the most common type of simple fleshy fruit; one in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp.
In this sense, the tomato is a berry and the strawberry is not.
In common parlance and cuisine, the term "berry" refers generically to any small, sweet fruit; in this sense, the strawberry is a berry and the tomato is not.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berry   (316 words)

  
 KYLIT - A site devoted to Kentucky Writers
The farmer, poet, novelist, essayist, and teacher, Wendell Berry, is a lover of the land.
Berry was born at New Castle, Kentucky, in 1934.
According to Bryan Wooley, "Berry is the fifth generation of his father's family and the sixth of his mother's to farm in Henry County, in the neighborhood of Port Royal" (8).
www.english.eku.edu /SERVICES/KYLIT/BERRY.HTM   (1487 words)

  
 Wendell Berry: People, Land and Fidelity
Berry's work is an ongoing exploration of man's use of and relationship to the land, and his writing constitutes, as Gary Tolliver has said, one man's "continuing search for avenues of reentry into a proper state of harmony with the natural world" (13).
Berry is the fifth generation of his father's family and the sixth generation of his mother's to farm in Henry County, Kentucky.
Berry's premise, implicit, often explicit, in almost all of his work, is that we must have a particular place, must identify with it, must learn from it, must love it, must care for it.
spider.georgetowncollege.edu /htallant/border/bs10/grubbs.htm   (2149 words)

  
 Walkabout - Berry
Berry was originally called 'Broughton Creek' but the name was changed by an Act of Parliament in 1890 in honour of the entrepreneurial Scotsman Alexander Berry and his brother David Berry.
By the 1850s Berry was leasing out his Shoalhaven property to tenant farmers and it was this which enabled the true development of the area and of the township of Broughton Creek to begin.
Berry has many more buildings dating from the nineteenth century, too numerable to mention, but they are listed in great detail in a booklet, Historic Sites of Berry by Mary L. Lidbetter, which is available from the Berry Museum.
www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWBerry.shtml   (2172 words)

  
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Still, Berry contends that he did not possess the requisite culpability to be convicted of attempted aggravated battery as Gamble’s accomplice and that the sole act of driving Gamble’s vehicle was “not sufficient under [those] circumstances to impose accessory liability on [him].” Brief of Appellant at 10.
Berry next asserts that the trial court violated the new rule of law announced in Blakely when it imposed a twelve-year sentence, which is two years beyond the presumptive sentence for a Class B felony.
While Berry admitted that Lee is his cousin, it does not appear that the jury made findings regarding the reason for the altercation or the presence of neighbors outside at the time of the shooting.
www.ai.org /judiciary/opinions/archive/12160401.ewn.html   (4864 words)

  
 The Academy of American Poets - Wendell Berry
Poet, essayist, farmer, and novelist Wendell Berry was born on August 5, 1934, in Newcastle, Kentucky.
Berry is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and novels.
Berry is also the author of prose collections including Another Turn of the Crank (Counterpoint, 1995), Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community (1993), Standing on Earth: Selected Essays (1991), and A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural (1972).
www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/675   (221 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: BERRY, JOHN
Berry applied to be a Robertson colonist on November 6, 1835, but did not settle on his league of land, located about three miles northeast of Georgetown, until the winter of 1846.
Berry was a member of the Church of Christ; his third wife, Hannah, was a faithful Baptist.
Berry died on December 24, 1866, and is buried in a small family cemetery on the Berry league.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fbe58.html   (640 words)

  
 Cherie K. Berry   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Berry, a native of Catawba County, is the former business owner of LGM, Ltd., a company that produces spark plug wires for the automotive industry.
In 2003, Berry received the "Build the Best" Pinnacle Award from the Carolinas Associated General Contractors for her contributions to the betterment of the construction industry and to the economic welfare of North Carolina.
Berry served in the N.C. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000, representing the state's 45th district.
www.dol.state.nc.us /cherie.htm   (475 words)

  
 Chuck Berry
In 1944, on a joy ride to Kansas City, Berry and two friends were arrested and found guilty of armed robbery; each was sentenced to 10 years in the Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men at Algoa, near Jefferson, Missouri.
A year later, Berry married Themetta Suggs and began a series of jobs: between 1948 and 1955, Berry worked as a janitor at the Fisher Body auto assembly plant, trained to be a hairdresser at the Poro School, freelanced as a photographer, assisted his father as a carpenter, and began his career as a musician.
Berry thought his blues material would be of most interest to Chess, but to his surprise it was the hillbilly "Ida Red" that got Chess' attention.
www.history-of-rock.com /berry.htm   (991 words)

  
 The Chuck Berry Page
A year later, Berry married Themetta Suggs and began a series of jobs: between 1948 and 1955, Berry worked at the Fisher Body auto assembly plant, trained to be a hairdresser at the Poro School, freelanced as a photographer, assisted his father, and began his career as a musician.
Learning from these initial pitfalls, Berry realized that self-sufficiency and independence were keys to long term survival in the business, and from this point on, he became determined to take charge of his own affairs, sowing the seeds for the later allegations of his being difficult to work with.
A first trial, in which Berry was found guilty, was overturned after the judge was found to have uttered racist remarks; a second trial in October 1961 arrived at the same verdict, however, and Berry was sentenced to 3 years in jail and a $10, 000 fine.
departments.colgate.edu /diw/pegg/CBBiography.html   (1803 words)

  
 Mackie User Story - John Berry
Berry’s story began in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was raised and began performing at the age of 13.
Berry’s music became an integral part of the country sound of the '90s, bearing an emotional resonance that continues to spur letters from fans telling him the impact those songs made on their lives.
Berry’s complete sound system consists of Mackie Fussion Active Loudspeakers for the FOH rig, Mackie Active SRM450 Loudspeakers for the monitor foldback, and a Mackie SR40•8 console flawlessly handles the FOH mix.
www.mackie.com /products/users/articles/2002/john_berry/john_berry.html   (475 words)

  
 Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry wrote "all of the great songs and came up with all the rock'n'roll beats." Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock's development as well as his place as the music's first great creator.
One thing that made Berry so popular and original was his blazing 24-bar guitar solo in the middle of it, the imaginative rhyme schemes in the lyrics and the sheer thump of the record, all signaling that rock and roll had arrived and it was no fad.
Berry was caught up in the midst of a world-wide beat boom with his music as the centerpiece.
people.uncw.edu /rohlerl/rohler/chuck.htm   (1093 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Golden boy Jan Berry, 62, overcame a strange twist of fate   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But beneath the blithe surface of the hits there was much more to Berry, who died Friday at 62 in Los Angeles after years of health problems stemming from a 1966 auto accident.
The gifted Berry (Wilson once said, "I thought he was a genius in the studio") shifted into overdrive, fashioning six studio albums in 16 months while taking pre-med courses.
And though much of the material was formulaic, Berry's music at its peak scaled the same heights as the era's top American auteurs, Wilson and Phil Spector.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-03-27-berry-obit_x.htm   (587 words)

  
 Chuck Berry
Berry excelled on the stage, especially after his signature "duck walk" was introduced into his act in New York in 1956.
Berry was convicted to five years in prison and fined $5,000.
It should be remembered that Berry was a victim of prejudices of the time, songwriting credits were stolen from him (Freed and a Freed associate Russ Fratto were listed as a co-writers on Maybellene) and he was harassed by the government.
www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com /rock/berry.htm   (1472 words)

  
 Chuck Berry
May 13, 1957: Chuck Berry hits #1 on the RandB chart and #3 on the pop chart with “School Day” and #6 on the RandB chart and #8 (12/23) on the pop chart with “Rock and Roll Music.” Both singles are released on Chess Records.
March 17, 1958: Chuck Berry hits #1 on the RandB chart and #2 on the pop chart with “Sweet Little Sixteen” and #2 on the RandB chart and #8 (6/09) on the pop chart with “Johnny B. Goode.” Both singles are released on Chess Records.
October 24, 1964: Chuck Berry appears in the TAMI ("Teen-Age Music International") Show with the Rolling Stones, James Brown, the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and others.
www.rockhall.com /inductee/chuck-berry   (1464 words)

  
 Chuck Berry: Creator of Rock and Roll
Berry's fast-moving career was derailed in 1962 by his troubles with the law.
But Berry, a born showman, was also a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and comedian, and he was soon fronting a trio with the great boogie-woogie pianist Johnnie Johnson and the wonderful drummer Ebby Hardy playing behind him.
Berry's career was on the fast track until 1962, when he was imprisoned for violating the Mann Act for driving an underage white girl across state lines.
www.aarpmagazine.org /lifestyle/Articles/a2003-04-30-mag-chuckberry.html   (1078 words)

  
 Berry, NSW
Berry is one of the wonderful contrasts of the NSW south coast.
Berry also boasts some fine early architecture with various buildings, some beautifully restored, protected by their National Trust Classification in recognition of their significance to the heritage of the region.
Berry is named after the explorer Alexander Berry who took up land grants becoming the first white settler in the Shoalhaven area.
www.southcoast.com.au /berry   (303 words)

  
 Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Chuck Berry
Berry was bilked out of two-thirds of his royalties from the song, but in later years he would reflect upon the lesson he learned: "Let me say that any man who can't take care of his own money deserves what he gets," he told Rolling Stone.
Berry's legal troubles continued into his later years, when he was embroiled in accusations of drug possession and trafficking and various sexual improprieties in July of 1990.
Berry was also involved in a class-action lawsuit regarding videotapes made of women without their consent.
www.gale.cengage.com /free_resources/bhm/bio/berry_c.htm   (2413 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Outspoken chairwoman of U.S. Civil Rights Commission resigns
WASHINGTON – Mary Frances Berry, blunt-spoken chairwoman of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, resigned Tuesday after more than two decades of criticizing the governments, both Democratic and Republican, that she served.
Berry, an independent, and Democratic Vice Chairman Cruz Reynoso sent resignation letters to President Bush a day after the White House moved to replace the two.
Berry did not reflect in her letter on her more than two decades on the commission, during which she served under five presidents and criticized them all.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20041207-1648-civilrightscommission.html   (459 words)

  
 Chuck Berry
Berry excelled on the stage, especially after his signature "duck walk"was introduced into his act in New York in 1956.
Berry was a moody man who burned many bridges in his life and was never nice to those he did not know well.
Berry was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.
www.history-of-rock.com /berrytwo.htm   (1297 words)

  
 Chuck Berry: Biography : Rolling Stone
Berry played Chess a demo tape that included “Ida Red”; Chess renamed it “Maybellene,” and sent it to disc jockey Alan Freed (who got a cowriting credit in the deal), and Berry had his first Top 10 hit.
Late in 1959 Berry was charged with violating the Mann Act: He had brought a 14-year-old Spanish-speaking Apache prostitute from Texas to check hats in his St. Louis nightclub, and after he fired her she complained to the police.
Berry was given a six-month suspended jail sentence, placed on two years’ unsupervised probation, and ordered to donate $5,000 to a local hospital.
www.rollingstone.com /artists/chuckberry/biography   (815 words)

  
 Gibson Backstage Pass August 2006
To this day, Berry is the guitarist and songwriter all guitarists and songwriters must pass though.
Berry, already a hit in the rowdy blues bars and nightclubs of St. Louis, had traveled to Chicago to see Waters perform, and after the show introduced himself to his idol.
It was 1955, and Chuck Berry was inventing electric Shakespeare for teenagers.
www.gibson.com /backstage/200610/chuckberry.htm   (300 words)

  
 CNN.com - Actor Fred Berry -- TV's 'Rerun' -- dies at 52 - Oct. 23, 2003
The AP said the county coroner was investigating, but that Berry's friends said he had been ill because of a recent stroke.
Berry played the jolly and rotund Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the sitcom, which aired on ABC from 1976 to 1979.
Born in St. Louis in 1951, Berry told People he was a millionaire by age 29, but fell into drug and alcohol addiction.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/rerun.obit   (482 words)

  
 Johnnie Johnson, 80; teamed with Chuck Berry on rock hits - The Boston Globe
Berry, who favored a raucous, hillbilly-blues style, soon became the star presence at the Cosmopolitan.
Berry said the lyrics, which describe a country boy who ''could play a guitar just like ringing a bell," was more about himself, although some sources insist he wrote it about Mr.
It became one of Berry's greatest hits, a song so infectiously upbeat that NASA blasted it into space on a time capsule to provide a sample of Earth music.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/04/14/johnnie_johnson_80_teamed_with_chuck_berry_on_rock_hits   (800 words)

  
 Chuck Berry Bio - Chuck Berry Biography - Chuck Berry Stories
Berry's mother was a qualified principal, and his father was a contractor and a deacon for a Baptist church.
Berry and his current band mainly played love ballads and blues songs there, although the popular music of the time was hillbilly music.
Chuck Berry: Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly fl audience and some of our fl audience began whispering 'who is that fl hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at me a few times they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it.
www.tv.com /chuck-berry/person/89241/biography.html   (1022 words)

  
 Chu Berry
Had Berry's life not been cut short when he died at age 33 as the result of an automobile accident, he probably could have become the most significant jazz saxophonist of the 20th century.
"Chu" Berry was born in Wheeling on Sept. 13, 1908, the son of Brown Berry and Maggie Glasgow Berry.
Berry is survived by his wife, his mother, one sister, a step-daughter and a stepgrandson.
www.cabcalloway.cc /chu_berry.htm   (1157 words)

  
 Berry - Bulbapedia
In addition to the battle-use Berries, some of the new ones which were introduced were stat enhancers that functioned similarly to items like X Attack, but most of the Berries introduced had no further use beyond making Pokéblocks for contests.
Berries had to be replanted in loamy soil for them to grow, and only when watered once per stage can they grow the maximum possible number of Berries.
Several Berries' growth times also changed, most notably that of the Tamato Berry, which was to make it grow in the same amount of time as the other EV Berries instead of Berries of a similar flavor.
bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net /wiki/Berries   (1217 words)

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