Chuck Berry
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 6 years ago |
Born | St. Louis |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Died | Wentzville |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Height | 187 (cm) |
Awards | Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award |
Kennedy Center Honors | |
Grammy Hall of Fame | |
American Music Award of Merit | |
Polar Music Prize for Popular Music | |
Listen artist | www.youtube.com |
Date of birth | October 18,1926 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Spouse | Themetta Suggs |
Skos genre | Dance/Electronic |
Rock | |
Seasonal | |
Blues | |
Children | Ingrid Berry |
Charles Berry Jr. | |
Melody Exes Berry-Eskridge | |
Aloha Berry | |
Albums | Chuck Berry Live In Concert |
Chuck Berry Is on Top | |
St. Louis to Liverpool | |
One Dozen Berrys | |
Chuck Berry's Golden... | |
Chuck | |
Date of died | March 18,2017 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 410416 |
Rock, Rock, Rock!
Go, Johnny, Go!
American Hot Wax
T. A. M. I. Show
Mister Rock and Roll
Jazz on a Summer's Day
National Lampoon's Class Reunion
Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley's Rock 'n' Roll All-Star Jam
Sweet Toronto
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Masters of American Music: Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories
The London Rock and Roll Show
Jerry Lee Lewis: I Am What I Am
Chuck Berry: Rock & Roll Music
Rod Stewart: One Night Only
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey: A Journey to Music's Heart and Soul
Sid & Marty Krofft's Red Eye Express
Rock 'n' Roll Jukebox
The Big Beat
Chuck Berry
Go Johnny Go!
Rock Rock Rock
Chuck Berry Life story
Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.
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Irving Burgie: Songwriter of calypso hit Day-O dies aged 95
Irving Burgie wrote the lyrics to The National anthem of Barbados
US composer Irving Burgie, who helped to popularise Caribbean music with hit songs like Day-O, has died aged 95.
His death was confirmed by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, who called for a moment of silence for The Man who wrote its national anthem.
Mr Burgie is best known for helping singer Harry Belafonte bring calypso music to the mainstream.
The 1950s song Day-O went on to be used in films, adverts and even as a wake-up call for astronauts in space.
The calypso hit, also known as The Banana Boat Song, featured in the popular film Beetlejuice and has been sampled by rapper Lil Wayne and singer Jason Derulo .
US media reports say Mr Burgie died on Friday as a result of complications from Heart Failure .
His website says his songs have sold More Than 100 million records worldwide.
Mr Burgie wrote eight of the 11 songs on Harry Belafonte 's 1956 album Calypso, which was The First album in the US to sell More Than a million copies.
Mr Burgie wrote A Number of songs for Harry BelafonteDuring his career, the composer worked with artists including Jimmy Buffett , Chuck Berry and Sam Cooke .
His other well-known songs include Island in The Sun , Jamaica Farewell and Mary's Boy Child, which he co-wrote.
Brooklyn-born Mr Burgie did not begin pursuing a career in music until he returned from serving in an all-black US Army battalion in World War Two.
He then used the benefits he received as A War veteran to fund his studies at New York 's prestigious Juilliard Performing Arts school and went on to launch a career as a singer and guitarist before moving into writing songs for others.
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Source of news: bbc.com