Discover the story of the song > Maybelline – Chuck Berry

- Charles Edward Anderson Berry was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll.
- Dubbed the "father of rock and roll," he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the main elements that made rock and roll distinctive.
- He wrote about teenage life and consumerism, and developed a style of music that included guitar solos and showmanship.
He was born into a middle-class black family in St. Louis and became interested in music at an early age.
- While still in high school, Berry was convicted of armed robbery and sent to reform school, where he was held from 1944 to 1947.