Chuck Berry "Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening."   Birth Name: Charles Edward Anderson Berry Induction Year: 1982 Date of Birth: 10/18/1926 Place of Birth: St. Louis, MO Former Occupations: Medical Ward Secretary Education: Grade School--Cottage Avenue Elementary School High School--Sumner High School (from 1940-1944) College--Poro College (graduated in 1952) Career Milestones: 1952--formed the Chuck Berry Combo; performed in clubs in the St. Louis area 1955--met blues artist Muddy Waters in Chicago, who arranged an audition for Berry with Chess Records 1955--signed an exclusive long-term contract with Chess Records 1955--performed at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, NY 1956--released first single, "Maybellene" 1966--signed with Mercury Records 1970--returned to Chess Records 1987--biographical concert film, "Hail! Hail! Rock 'N Roll", directed by Taylor Hackford, released 1993--performed at President Bill Clinton's inauguration Awards: 1955--BMI\Pop Award\Maybellene 1955--BMI\R&B Award\Maybellene 1955--BMI\R&B Award\Thirty Days 1956--BMI\R&B Award\Too Much Monkey Business 1957--BMI\Pop Award\School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) 1957--BMI\R&B Award\School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) 1958--BMI\Pop Award\Sweet Little Sixteen 1958--BMI\R&B Award\Johnny B. Goode 1963--BMI\Pop Award\Surfin USA 1963--BMI\Pop Award\Memphis 1963--BMI\R&B Award\Memphis 1964--BMI\Pop Award\Memphis 1964--BMI\R&B Award\Nadine 1964--BMI\R&B Award\No Particular Place to Go 1964--BMI\Pop Award\No Particular Place to Go 1968--BMI\R&B Award\Sweet Little Sixteen 1971--BMI\R&B Award\Brown Eyed Handsome Man 1971--BMI\R&B Award\Johnny B. Goode 1972--BMI\R&B Award\The Promised Land 1972--BMI\Country Award\The Promised Land 1974--BMI\Country Award\Too Much Monkey Business 1975--BMI\Country Award\The Promised Land 1975--BMI\Pop Award\The Promised Land 1976--BMI\Pop Award\Rock and Roll Music 1978--BMI\Pop Award\Back in the USA 1978--BMI\Country Award\You Can Never Tell (C'est La Vie) 1979--BMI\Country Award\Maybellene 1984--Grammy\Lifetime Achievement Award 1985--Blues Foundation Hall of Fame induction 1986--Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction 1986--National Academy of Popular Music\Songwriters' Hall of Fame induction 1988--Grammy\Hall of Fame Award\Maybellene 1990--Grammy\Hall of Fame Award\Roll Over Beethoven Catalog Highlights Roll Over Beethoven Artists: Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode Artists: Chuck Berry Maybellene Artists: Chuck Berry No Money Down Artists: Chuck Berry Rock and Roll Music Artists: Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen Artists: Chuck Berry The Promised Land Artists: Chuck Berry School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) Artists: Chuck Berry Too Much Monkey Business Artists: Chuck Berry Memphis Artists: Chuck Berry Little Queenie Artists: Chuck Berry No Particular Place to Go Artists: Chuck Berry You Can Never Tell ("C'est la Vie") Surfin USA Back in the USA Brown Eyed Handsome Man Nadine Thirty Days Reelin' and Rockin' Let It Rock My Ding-a-Ling Oh Baby Doll Bring Another Drink I Really Do Love You Goodnight, Well It's Time To Go Carol Sweet Little Rock and Roller Good Lovin' Woman C.C. Rider Almost Grown Back to Memphis Comments: Once studied cosmetology Finished high school in prison Published his autobiography in 1987 Appeared in the following feature films: "Rock Rock Rock" (1957), "Mr. Rock 'N Roll" (1957), "Go Johnny Go" (1959), and "Jazz On a Summer's Day" (live concert show) (1960)