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Legendary Rock & Roll pioneer Chuck Berry has passed away at the age of 90. Berry is known for his distinctive Berry bop and walk on his guitar solos and for his signature song ‘Johnny B. Goode’ (although he’s also known for several other hit singles in his lifetime).
His influence and contribution to rock & roll was obvious, and he was one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it opened in 1986.
Later in life, Berry regularly played once a month at Blueberry Hill restaurant and bar in St Louis, until he retired in 2014.
His Chuck album on Dualtone Records (Chuck Berry’s first record in 38 years) on his 90th birthday (October 18th, 2016).
Below are more deaths for the month of March - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
March (27)
[18 Mar 2017] Chuck Berry (American rock and roll musician), 90
[16 Mar 2017] James Cotton (American blues harmonica player), 81
[15 Mar 2017] Phil Garland (New Zealand folk musician), 75
[15 Mar 2017] Wojciech Młynarski (Polish poet, singer and songwriter), 75
[14 Mar 2017] Ileana Ciuculete (Romanian folklore singer), 59, cirrhosis
[13 Mar 2017] Maxx Kidd (American singer, producer and go-go music pioneer), 75
[13 Mar 2017] John Lever (British drummer for The Chameleons), 55
[13 Mar 2017] Tommy LiPuma (American music producer for Barbra Streisand), 80
[12 Mar 2017] Joey Alves (American rhythm guitarist for Y&T), 62, ulcerative colitis
[11 Mar 2017] Evan Johns (American guitarist for The LeRoi Brothers), 60, complications from surgery
[11 Mar 2017] Ángel Parra (Chilean singer and songwriter), 73, cancer
[11 Mar 2017] Don Warden (American country musician and manager of Dolly Parton), 87
[10 Mar 2017] Joni Sledge (American singer for Sister Sledge), 60
[09 Mar 2017] Barbara Helsingius (Finnish singer and Olympic fencer), 79
[09 Mar 2017] Tony Lorenzo (American guitarist for Sons of Azrael), 30
[08 Mar 2017] Dave Valentin (American jazz flautist), 64, Parkinson's disease
[07 Mar 2017] Kamran Aziz (Turkish Cypriot pianist and pharmacist), 85, pulmonary complications
[07 Mar 2017] Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (Indian folk singer), 47, traffic collision
[06 Mar 2017] Lars Diedricson (Swedish songwriter, winner of Eurovision), 55
[05 Mar 2017] Kurt Moll (German opera singer), 78
[04 Mar 2017] Edi Fitzroy (Jamaican reggae singer), 62
[03 Mar 2017] Misha Mengelberg (Dutch jazz pianist and composer), 81
[03 Mar 2017] Valerie Carter (American singer-songwriter of Howdy Moon), 64
[03 Mar 2017] Tommy Page (American singer-songwriter), 46, suicide
[02 Mar 2017] Fred Fiske (American radio broadcaster for WAMU), 96
[01 Mar 2017] Hiroshi Kamayatsu (Japanese musician for The Spiders), 78, pancreatic cancer
[01 Mar 2017] Wally Pikal (American Hall of Fame musician), 90
His influence and contribution to rock & roll was obvious, and he was one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it opened in 1986.
Later in life, Berry regularly played once a month at Blueberry Hill restaurant and bar in St Louis, until he retired in 2014.
His Chuck album on Dualtone Records (Chuck Berry’s first record in 38 years) on his 90th birthday (October 18th, 2016).
Below are more deaths for the month of March - for the full death list: Musicians who died in 2017.
March (27)
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