The 1950s. The dawning of a new era in popular music. The birth of rock & roll. James Brown and Chuck Berry. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly. In 1958, Billboard released its first newly consolidated ...

Ever since Chuck Berry hot-wired the "jump blues" sound in the 1950s, the electric guitar has been the soul of rock-and-roll. The plugged-in, amplified twang and squeal sounded like noise to ...

In 1950s Chicago, two Polish Jewish brothers founded the hugely influential Chess Records label. Working with artists like Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf, they released some of the most important blues ...

Chuck Berry was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He and his wife, Thelmetta, primarily lived at the Whittier Street home in the 1950s. Berry died in 2017 at the age of 90.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Rock and roll legend Chuck Berry ... 15 Music stars and legends from St. Louis Berry lived here from 1950 to 1957, but now the home has fallen ...