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#ChuckBerry6Music - a playlist reflecting the life, music and influence of Chuck Berry

Tom Robinson curates a Chuck Berry-inspired playlist based on listener suggestions to mark the death of the rock 'n' roll pioneer.

Chuck Berry died on Saturday at the age of 90. The hugely influential artist had many admirers as you can imagine, and they reacted to the news:

US singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen said he was "the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived".

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones said Berry "lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers".

Alice Cooper - "all of us in rock have now lost our father".

The guitarist and songwriter died in the US state of Missouri after a seven-decade career. Seen as one of the fathers of rock 'n' roll, he influenced generations of succeeding musicians, most notably The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys.

With lyrics successfully aimed to appeal to the early teenage market by using graphic and humorous descriptions of teen dances, fast cars, high school life, and consumer culture, and utilising guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.

Now Playing celebrate the father of rock and roll in the way we do by playing loads of his own music but also music by people that were influenced by him and also those that influenced him, to create a 2 hour playlist that reflects Chuck Berry.

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Sun 19 Mar 2017 18:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

    • Chess.

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's All Over Now

    • ABKCO.

  • Chuck Berry

    Pass Away

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • Charly.

  • Johnnie Allan

    The Promised Land

  • T‐Bone Walker

    Stormy Monday Blues

    • Papa Ain't Salty CD1.
    • Disky.
    • 12.

  • Chuck Berry

    Worried Life Blues

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell

    • Chess.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Strange Things Happening Every Day

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Rock And Roll Music

  • Peter Tosh

    Johnny B Goode

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

    • Chess.

  • Wanda Jackson

    Fujiyama Mama

  • Jack White

    I'm Shakin'

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

    • Atlantic.

  • Chuck Berry

    Nadine (Is It You)

    • MCA.

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Back In The U.S.A. (Live)

  • Chuck Berry

    Memphis, Tennessee

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.

  • Bob Dylan

    Subterranean ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔsick Blues

    • CBS.

  • Chuck Berry

    Too Much Monkey Business

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Nina Simone

    Brown Eyed Handsome Man

  • The Beatles

    Come Together

  • Louis Jordan

    Saturday Night Fish Fry

  • The Beach Boys

    Surfin' USA

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.

  • Carl Perkins

    Blue Suede Shoes

    • The Sun Years.
    • Sun.

  • Muddy Waters

    I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

    • Charly.

  • Big Mama Thornton

    Hound Dog

  • Chuck Berry

    Around And Around

  • Chuck Berry

    Reelin' And Rockin'

    • Chess.

  • Chuck Berry

    Roll Over Beethoven

    • Chess.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Mar 2017 18:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music