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Saturday, March 18, 2017
Chuck Berry
Guitar, singer, and songwriter; the father of rock and roll -- via ABC News. Four months before Little Richard cut "Tutti Frutti," on May 21, 1955, Chuck Berry cut "Maybelline." And everything changed. Chuck Berry was a difficult person, and had problems. By oh my God, he was Chuck Berry. He put it all together. He is America.
