Chuck Berry's Accomplishments

Waylon Jennings left a big impact on the country music industry. His journey to fame and meeting Buddy Holly started everything. Buddy Holly gave Waylon Jennings his first hit, resulting in Jennings become an unforgettable country music artist. The Highwaymen was a country supergroup consisting of 4 of the biggest country music artist of that decade. The Highwaymen produced many hits that Waylon was a part of, making his fame rise even more. Waylon Jennings ending of career happened too soon. Waylon played until he didn’t have the health to play anymore.

Rock and roll never officially started without a true performer named Buddy Holly. Holly pioneered in the new wave of rock and roll along with Elvis Presley. No matter what Holly did, his fans seemed to never leave his side and fell in love with a style of music all his own. Forever young, buddy Holly still has a musical impact on his fans.

Not everyone is blessed with musical talent but when someone has an extraordinary ability, he or she should get the chance to please others with it. Sometimes a career can be made out of musical endowment, and that is what Billie Holiday did. Billie had a life that she may not have dreamed of since it started out rough with her mistreatment from adults and discouraging misfortunes, but she was ambitious and that showed through her singing career. Billie could usually adapt to her life’s problems except for her drug addiction and alcohol abuse, which unfortunately led to her demise. She was a talented woman who sang and helped create hit songs that aided her to rise to fame. Billie Holiday bravely stood up to racism, showed the world her talent, and inspired many of her beloved fans, all while continuing to be herself and not allowing the issues in her life hold her back.

The impact that Ray Charles has had on American culture is nearly indescribable. Although unable to see, he was successful in making his artistic visions come to life by fusing the sounds of blues, gospel, jazz, and R&B, making him one of the leading soul artists of the 1950s. The legendary musician is recognized for being a pillar in the industry, credited with making strides in desegregating musical genres. Although he composed many of his early hits, Charles is considered to be an interpreter of music, offering his distinct personal vision of many classics. Over the course of his career, which spanned five decades, he recorded over 60 albums and sold millions of records worldwide.

Blues, along with the artists that produced it, was noteworthy in the motivation of the Beatles. The Beatles had a great deal of respect for Chuck Berry and what he did for music. The Beatles credited Berry for being an important piece for creating rock and roll. Chuck Berry also prejudiced the Beatles with the lyrical content within his songs. It is easy to see that blues had an impact on rock and roll because a rock and roll band considered one of the best that ever lived, integrated it into their

What can be said for the music artist Elvis Presley, other than he is most undoubtedly the reason that Rock and Roll survived past its start, and grew to the massive popularity that it still grasps onto to this day. Although he may have been born a simple white southerner, he masterfully intertwined country music with the raw emotion of gospel and blues in order to create his own breed of unmatchable music. By him taking two vastly different genres of music from two equally different cultures, he successfully managed to blur the prominent color line that divided all of America up until the 1950s. He did all of this while enthralling the youth of America and singlehandedly caused an idea of teenage rebellion that lasted far past his popularity,

The famous athlete Bo Jackson is most well known for his share of talents in the MLB and NFL. Many recognize him due to his more than unique athletic abilities. During his early childhood and throughout his life, Bo had jaw dropping strength that no one could compare to. He could do backflips in thigh high water, and could dunk a stick through a basketball hoop like Michael Jordan.

When you hear the name Aretha Franklin what do you think? The woman of soul music, I hope! Not only did Aretha have a successful career, but she was able to maintain her personal life and accomplish what she wanted to. We are going to look at Aretha Franklin starting with her beginning and early career, the success from her career as one of the Queen’s of soul and her personal accomplishments. Let's take a look at Aretha Franklin’s beginning and early career.

Gordy released ‘Sound of Young America’ this gained popularity between both races white and black alike. This made them come together and listen to the same music. It transcended to racial boundaries and made it so revolutionary to the Motown Civil Rights. Motown's best selling and releasing albums and artist were african american they made a huge impact in this decade and in the music itself. Gordy's vision came true for there to be peace with the races and no matter what color you are it does not affect what kind of music you listen to and/ or who you listen to. The only things that matter is that we are equal and we can do things together without fighting and being racist about everything. The Civil Rights Movement brought MLK into a whole new light. They recorded his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech before he left so say it to the world. This helps because he already helped one area in the world and then he went to help so much and Motown

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was one of the most influential and important guitarists in rock n’ roll history; as a matter of fact Rolling Stone considers him the greatest guitarist of all time (Rolling Stone Jimi Hendrix: Bio). Hendrix was one of the most notable musicians in the 1960s due to his technical playing style and his unorthodox stage performing. Born in Seattle, he taught himself how to play guitar during his teen years. He was largely influenced by “...blues guitarists Muddy Waters and B.B. King and rockers such as Chuck Berry and Eddie Cochran” (Rolling Stone Jimi Hendrix: Bio). Hendrix had a preference towards the sound or rhythm and blues, and he would gain substantial experience playing in these music based bands in the early 1960s.

BB King is undoubtedly one of the greatest blues musicians, and an equally unparalleled pioneer of guitar music. Brought up in the midst of poverty, strife, and struggle of the rural Mississippi Delta, King experienced great hardships from a young age, and used this as a source of inspiration for much of his later music (King & Ritz, 1996).

James Earl Jones was born on January 17 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi USA. He is a renowned actor, basing his career not only on screen, but as well in theater, taking part in countless successful film and theater productions such as “Conan the Barbarian”, “Dr. Strangelove”, “Great White Hope” and “Otello”.

I truly believe after working on this paper that Chuck Berry was one of the most popular and influential performers of all time in the genres of rhythm-and-blues as well as rock 'n ' roll. All this had taken place during the 1950s on through the 1970s. He 's

This American guitarist, singer, and songwriter is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music and his songs are electrifying and his videos great to view. Chuck Berry whose full name is Charles Edward Anderson came out with such great hits in the 50s as “Maybellene”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Rock and Roll Music”, and “Johnny B. Goode”. He performed in such a way which left a lasting impression and greatly influenced rock music.

Throughout his music career, his influence on popular music is remarkable. Jordan is described by the Rock and Roll hall of Fame as "the Father of Rhythm & Blues and "the Grandfather of Rock 'n' Roll." Chuck Berry paid tribute to Jordan with this simple declaration: "I identify myself with Louis Jordan more than any other artists." Among his big fan, Chuck Berry, Jordan was also an obvious substantial influence on the British-based jump blues exponent Ray Ellington. Additionally, James Brown has cited Jordan as a huge influence due to his multifaceted