fucking great solo....lol in 55!!!!!!! presley just had few sun records...by that time and he didnt show on ed sullivan yet.....chuck did those move before.!!!!!
Bought my first 'R&B record in 1952, was Fay Adams, 'Shake a Hand'. Oh, we in the DC area of Virginia were very hip, and we knew what was happin'en, one the best markets in music in those days. But, don't forget, I didn't begin to like that music until right around '52, when I all of 11 years old, so at that ripe old age of 11, I wasn't quite as hip until a couple of years later, but I made up for lost time then. It STILL wasn't called RnR until Freed popularized it. But by '54, we WERE hip.
@MrJNScott So, in actuality, rock n roll as we knew it, or know about it even today, didn't really exist until those years of the early '50's. The rest or before that, is pure conjecture, as there is no real definitive proof that it was called rock n roll, there is even a lot of questions regarding who or when it actually started, but for the sake of identification, it was in the early '50s.
@MrJNScott And, even more, did you actually KNOW who these people were? I knew a lot of old blues singers, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Lightnin Hopkins, Lead Belly, among others, simply because I listened to R&B, but some of these others, I never heard of during my High School years. No, R&R essentially began right around 1953-'54. I am so privileged to have been on the ground floor of what is known today, as 'rock n roll'! Nobody knew about rock n roll until then.
@MrJNScott Okay, let me put it this way...I don't know when you grew up, what era, but I mean, can you honestly tell me, that in your day, do you mean to tell me that you actually paid attention to all this, and knew it? When I grew up, we sure didn't, neither I nor those who were my classmates, we knew about black music (R&B), but sure didn't know who sold what and how many or what year other than what was going down at the present. It was a sound we liked, and moved away from R&B
@MrJNScott The roots, can now be traced because of the years that have passed, and there can be arguments as to who some of these then unknowns, did or didn't do, but in the end, none of us really cared, I mean, it was just about the now, and we enjoyed it.
@MrJNScott Well, you know, living it at the time, we didn't delve into any particulars, we just new it as a new sound to us, and we went with it. Looking back at history, many use their own twists on it, they look at from a historians point of view, I only know what we experienced and knew at the time, so as far as all these then unknown' singers, for the most part, who where whatever, we didn't know, nor did we actually care. And, no one else did either.
@MrJNScott However, one must realize that to us, and for the sake of identification, it was 'coined' by Alan Freed, for no one had really even heard the term used, at least no one in my generation, and may I add, probably yours either. The song's or music you refer to, were mostly what we called 'Rhythm & Blues', and again, for the most part and most people, the term 'rock n roll' did not hit the mainstream until about 1953, or thereabouts, or until Freed used it.
Bill Haley, also could fit in there with the first song to actually be classified as 'rock n roll', as he was ahead of the Big 3 (Chuck Berry, Little Richard & Fats Domino), but you could say, Fats hit the first rock n roll, in the area of 1949 or '50, with a song of his, but of course, since Alan Freed coined the phrase right around '55 or 56, Fats might not qualify.....but he could, considering his songs.
Well, I'd have to disagree with the very first rock n roll song ever. He was definitely in the first wave, but has to have the very first?.........I do not think so. I was a 14 year old in 1955, and although there could be some disagreement on the very first, it probably would boil down to who knows how many, as there was R&B before the term (rock n' roll) was actually coined by Alan Freed, and could be classified as 'rock n roll', but probably depends on one's point of view.
Look at the white people they are dumbfounded by this talented brother,,,i know there saying..how in the hell are those niggers so damn better then we are when it comes to music..lol
La même année une femme noire se permet de ne pas laisser sa place dans un bus à un blanc,une femme courageuse.Tous les blancs présents ont le coeur" noir".
Im white my self but man they seemed like a bunch of miserable jealous bastards back then coz black folk had more fucking talent hahaa and I love it! Chuck berry my biggest influence! If it weren't for him we won't have ac/dc and all the rest of the best blues guitarists! Cheers chuck ;)
This was not close to being the first rock and roll song in the world! There were other rock and roll stars before Chuck showed up. BTW, if you never got to see Bo Diddley come in from one side of the stage playing "Who Do You Love", doing the double chicken---and a tall thin black man come in from the other side shaking maracas-------if you never got to see Little Richard put on a show in his red hot hey day---you've never lived, my friend!
Great song, but whatever the very first Rock 'n Roll song was is very controversial. Rock The Joint, Rock Around The Clock, Rocket 88, and That's All Right were all recorded before Maybellene, and there were a few others that could be considered Rock 'n Roll that were recorded as early as the late 1940s.
What the fuck is it with white people and music? They like it, but have no rythem at all. Look at this crowd, they are fuckin just sitting there. Give them a fucking drink, and its on.
Pink Cadillac was the first, 1951.
minnowpd 1 day ago
this is great ,but is from mid sixties. watch the clothes hairdos and instruments etc....
dodge93city 4 days ago
fuckin sweet moves
eatafetus1 5 days ago
is this video fixed on 360p?
oniuqajohn 6 days ago
I think the crowd liked him, I think they just knew to shut the fuck up while Chuck Berry is playing.
JimmySmithWesson 2 weeks ago
where would we be without chuck berry!
DaphneRhiannon 2 weeks ago
The crowd looks like it's listening to a eulogy at a funeral.
MROSEN62 3 weeks ago
@MROSEN62
If you watch the whole set he did here, by the end they are up and clapping along like wild rock fans :).
This music was so new back then, the audience probably took a while to get it and feel the vibe.
metafis 2 weeks ago
@MROSEN62 That's the fucking French for you.
broadband0118 2 weeks ago
chuck berry = gods reincarnation!
DoktorPenis94 3 weeks ago
fucking great solo....lol in 55!!!!!!! presley just had few sun records...by that time and he didnt show on ed sullivan yet.....chuck did those move before.!!!!!
jazzy2blue 3 weeks ago
ho la pelle d'oca qui ce la storia del rock
bersa56 1 month ago
Bought my first 'R&B record in 1952, was Fay Adams, 'Shake a Hand'. Oh, we in the DC area of Virginia were very hip, and we knew what was happin'en, one the best markets in music in those days. But, don't forget, I didn't begin to like that music until right around '52, when I all of 11 years old, so at that ripe old age of 11, I wasn't quite as hip until a couple of years later, but I made up for lost time then. It STILL wasn't called RnR until Freed popularized it. But by '54, we WERE hip.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott So, in actuality, rock n roll as we knew it, or know about it even today, didn't really exist until those years of the early '50's. The rest or before that, is pure conjecture, as there is no real definitive proof that it was called rock n roll, there is even a lot of questions regarding who or when it actually started, but for the sake of identification, it was in the early '50s.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott And, even more, did you actually KNOW who these people were? I knew a lot of old blues singers, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Lightnin Hopkins, Lead Belly, among others, simply because I listened to R&B, but some of these others, I never heard of during my High School years. No, R&R essentially began right around 1953-'54. I am so privileged to have been on the ground floor of what is known today, as 'rock n roll'! Nobody knew about rock n roll until then.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott Okay, let me put it this way...I don't know when you grew up, what era, but I mean, can you honestly tell me, that in your day, do you mean to tell me that you actually paid attention to all this, and knew it? When I grew up, we sure didn't, neither I nor those who were my classmates, we knew about black music (R&B), but sure didn't know who sold what and how many or what year other than what was going down at the present. It was a sound we liked, and moved away from R&B
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott The roots, can now be traced because of the years that have passed, and there can be arguments as to who some of these then unknowns, did or didn't do, but in the end, none of us really cared, I mean, it was just about the now, and we enjoyed it.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott Well, you know, living it at the time, we didn't delve into any particulars, we just new it as a new sound to us, and we went with it. Looking back at history, many use their own twists on it, they look at from a historians point of view, I only know what we experienced and knew at the time, so as far as all these then unknown' singers, for the most part, who where whatever, we didn't know, nor did we actually care. And, no one else did either.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
@MrJNScott However, one must realize that to us, and for the sake of identification, it was 'coined' by Alan Freed, for no one had really even heard the term used, at least no one in my generation, and may I add, probably yours either. The song's or music you refer to, were mostly what we called 'Rhythm & Blues', and again, for the most part and most people, the term 'rock n roll' did not hit the mainstream until about 1953, or thereabouts, or until Freed used it.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
And you wonder why the whole damned world is jealous of our sweet America.
They say we don't have a culture,. I say damn,. we MADE modern culture.
CapnPicard 1 month ago
Bill Haley, also could fit in there with the first song to actually be classified as 'rock n roll', as he was ahead of the Big 3 (Chuck Berry, Little Richard & Fats Domino), but you could say, Fats hit the first rock n roll, in the area of 1949 or '50, with a song of his, but of course, since Alan Freed coined the phrase right around '55 or 56, Fats might not qualify.....but he could, considering his songs.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
Well, I'd have to disagree with the very first rock n roll song ever. He was definitely in the first wave, but has to have the very first?.........I do not think so. I was a 14 year old in 1955, and although there could be some disagreement on the very first, it probably would boil down to who knows how many, as there was R&B before the term (rock n' roll) was actually coined by Alan Freed, and could be classified as 'rock n roll', but probably depends on one's point of view.
sugarfoot59 1 month ago
classic run off the stage by MC..loved the expression like a hell storm was about to hit
plasticworlds 1 month ago
LOS GRANDES AUN VIVEN¡¡¡ Gpe.Lozano
rundas14 1 month ago
Rappers take note.
1954771 1 month ago
If anybody's the Father of Rock n Roll it's Chuck Berry. Maybelline STILL sounds great !
ManyGodz 1 month ago 2
rock'n'roll God
frankcgauvin 1 month ago
it's 1965 not 1955
WHALEMEATAGAIN1956 1 month ago
@MrJNScott I have a 78 rpm of Bill Haley and the Saddlemen playing "Rock the Joint". On the Essex label. Any idea what year that was?
daves543 1 month ago
At least its better than the way Jerry Lee was treated in Europe! This where the good music lives!
VilquinProductions 2 months ago
my man got the hell outa dodge in the beginning, lol. What was up with that? Anyway.. one of my favorites from Chuck
rutgersmike 2 months ago
Look at the white people they are dumbfounded by this talented brother,,,i know there saying..how in the hell are those niggers so damn better then we are when it comes to music..lol
dimpsey3 2 months ago
Man, those fans really knew how to rock, didn't they?!
oneoneone5 2 months ago
La même année une femme noire se permet de ne pas laisser sa place dans un bus à un blanc,une femme courageuse.Tous les blancs présents ont le coeur" noir".
Xtraplus92 2 months ago
Im white my self but man they seemed like a bunch of miserable jealous bastards back then coz black folk had more fucking talent hahaa and I love it! Chuck berry my biggest influence! If it weren't for him we won't have ac/dc and all the rest of the best blues guitarists! Cheers chuck ;)
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culturemix1 2 months ago
This was not close to being the first rock and roll song in the world! There were other rock and roll stars before Chuck showed up. BTW, if you never got to see Bo Diddley come in from one side of the stage playing "Who Do You Love", doing the double chicken---and a tall thin black man come in from the other side shaking maracas-------if you never got to see Little Richard put on a show in his red hot hey day---you've never lived, my friend!
MrPoetnscribe 3 months ago
During the solo Chuck treats that guitar like a five dollar hooker.... and the guitar squeals with delight and looks thankful!
young5ever 3 months ago 8
it is not!!!
rileycbaker 3 months ago
hha, great vid, look at all the stiffs in the audience,if i had been there id be jumpin all over the joint
jaypauldini 3 months ago
best song of the 50s ive ever heard!! i love the 50s!!
koen577 3 months ago 2
The best !!!! Chuck Berry.
naturexplora 4 months ago
That´s how you change the world. With rock n´roll music, anyway to use it.
malelion 4 months ago
All the white people during the solo were like
oh my god what is he doing -_-.......
MichaelxDavid 4 months ago
Ya apuntaba maneras..¿ Un monstruo del rock !
carlukiyo 4 months ago
Chuck Berry is awesome!!! I love seeing him in his prime.
CoolidgeTempleton44 4 months ago
Yeah!!!
mecagoenyoutbe 4 months ago
Great song, but whatever the very first Rock 'n Roll song was is very controversial. Rock The Joint, Rock Around The Clock, Rocket 88, and That's All Right were all recorded before Maybellene, and there were a few others that could be considered Rock 'n Roll that were recorded as early as the late 1940s.
cyberdadstl 4 months ago
A black man rocking conservative priviledged white mens party ^^
Arjetube 4 months ago
great
xxxerxxx 4 months ago
2:44 He's just Killin' it!! WOW!!
mattygeetarross 5 months ago
What the fuck is it with white people and music? They like it, but have no rythem at all. Look at this crowd, they are fuckin just sitting there. Give them a fucking drink, and its on.
tonkinshipwreck69 5 months ago
@tonkinshipwreck69 ...what's a stupid remark, just look the applause and go learn a bit of geography and sociology
themightyomega 5 months ago
@themightyomega It,s the truth though.
tonkinshipwreck69 5 months ago
Geez, tough crowd.
FetaCheese222 5 months ago 16
Géant !!!
Merci bcp pour cette vidéo
snowcase78 6 months ago
I love the way the old guy, the MC, runs off the stage before the song!
starsailor88888 6 months ago 33
Crossing over into mainstream is a big deal.. very brave and great!!!
lodre27 6 months ago
This is so inspirational.. wowowowowow!!!..
lodre27 6 months ago
Did he just say "Check Berry"?
TheRitchardgaleHater 6 months ago 2
¡ ¡ ¡ I D O L O ! ! !
selene2302 6 months ago
Sorry my error. Thanks- but this is still stunning ! Chuck is the poet of the jukebox.
The shakespeare of rock and roll.
texaspete66 7 months ago
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texaspete66 7 months ago
Berry was in prison between 1959-1964 I think. Either way this is absolutely stunning !
texaspete66 7 months ago
@texaspete66 He actually only spent one and a half years in prison, 1962-1963.
VintageburstStandard 7 months ago
FUCK YEAH!!!!! LONG LIVE ROCK'N'ROLL!
yakaroule 1 year ago
Interesting clip - but it's probably more like 1960 based on the guitar he's playing.
dougdnh 1 year ago
@dougdnh it's 1958 or 1959, great performance tho
LDZPLEN 1 year ago