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98-474: Set in the late 1890s, the title of the series refers to a boy named Corky. After his parents, "The Flying Falcons," were killed in a trapeze accident, young Corky ( Micky Dolenz – billed at the time as Mickey Braddock) was adopted by Joey the Clown ( Noah Beery, Jr. ), and the whole Burke and Walsh Circus family. When school was brought up for Corky, Joey said he was a school teacher for many years before joining

196-529: A 1972 compilation LP called Re-Focus that had been issued by Arista's previous label imprint, Bell Records, also owned by Columbia Pictures. Dolenz and Jones took advantage of this, joining ex-Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart to tour the United States. They could not use the Monkees name for legal reasons, but from 1975 to 1977, as the "Golden Hits of The Monkees" show ("The Guys Who Wrote 'Em and

294-526: A 911 operator can be heard responding to a reported cardiac arrest at Berry's home. Berry's funeral was held on April 9, 2017, at The Pageant , in Berry's home town of St. Louis. He was remembered with a public viewing by family, friends, and fans in The Pageant. He was viewed with his cherry-red Gibson ES-335 guitar bolted to the inside lid of the coffin and with flower arrangements that included one sent by

392-415: A Believer ". Dolenz purchased the third modular Moog synthesizer sold commercially. (The first two belonged to Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens .) His performance on the Monkees' song "Daily Nightly" (written by Nesmith), from the album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. , was one of the first uses of the synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman . He

490-638: A Day . The album (released on Gigitone Records) was produced by Jeffrey Foskett , who has worked extensively with Brian Wilson and played on Wilson's 2004 Grammy-winning Brian Wilson Presents Smile . King's songs "Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Sometime in the Morning", and "Porpoise Song" (Theme from Head ) have emerged as signature songs from the Monkees. As of February 2010, he was appearing on stage in London in Hairspray with Michael Ball. The show also went on tour and had

588-476: A band later credited as The Obvious. In 1965, Dolenz was cast in the television sitcom The Monkees and became the drummer and a lead vocalist in the band created for the show. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, writers of many of the Monkees' songs, observed quickly that when brought into the studio together, the four actors would try to make each other laugh. Because of this, the writers often brought in each singer individually. The antics escalated until Dolenz poured

686-427: A bandmate of Alan Matthews. In 1995, he joined Davy Jones and Peter Tork in episode eight of the third season (entitled "Rave On"), although they did not play the Monkees, per se – Dolenz's character is "Gordy", while Davy Jones is "Reginald Fairfield" and Tork is "Jedidiah Lawrence". However, at the climax of the program, the three are put on stage together and perform the classic Buddy Holly song " Not Fade Away ", and

784-475: A children's TV show called Circus Boy under the name Mickey Braddock . He played Corky, an orphaned water boy for the elephants in a one-ring circus at the start of the 20th century. The program ran for two seasons, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network television shows and pursued his education. Dolenz went to Ulysses S. Grant High School in Valley Glen and graduated in 1962. In 1964, he

882-401: A couples therapist, still using her married name. Dolenz married his third wife, Donna Quinter, in 2002. Albums Singles Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll . Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll ", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into

980-471: A cup of ice on Don Kirshner 's head. At the time, Dolenz did not know Kirshner on sight. During tension-filled times, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork voluntarily turned over lead vocal duties to Dolenz on their own compositions. Dolenz wrote a few of the band's self-penned songs, most prominently " Randy Scouse Git " from the album Headquarters . He provided the lead vocals for such hits as " Last Train to Clarksville ", " Pleasant Valley Sunday ", and " I'm

1078-459: A dog. Davy Jones says, "I thought you only trained elephants." Micky Dolenz This is an accepted version of this page George Michael Dolenz Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer and one of two primary vocalists for the pop rock band the Monkees (1966–1970, and reunions until 2021), and a co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Dolenz

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1176-613: A factory worker at two automobile assembly plants and as a janitor in the apartment building where he and his wife lived. Afterwards, he trained as a beautician at the Poro College of Cosmetology, founded by Annie Turnbo Malone . He was doing well enough by 1950 to buy a "small three room brick cottage with a bath" on Whittier Street, which is now listed as the Chuck Berry House on the National Register of Historic Places . By

1274-520: A focus on the guitar riff as the primary melodic element and an emphasis on songwriting as storytelling. His records are a rich storehouse of the essential lyrical, showmanship and musical components of rock and roll. In addition to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones , a large number of significant popular-music performers have recorded Berry's songs. Although not technically accomplished, his guitar style

1372-489: A follow-up single in the same year, was his last Top 40 hit in both the US and the UK. Both singles were included on the part-live, part-studio album The London Chuck Berry Sessions (other albums of London sessions were recorded by Chess's mainstay artists Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf ). Berry's second tenure with Chess ended with the 1975 album Chuck Berry , after which he did not make

1470-746: A home at "Berry Park", near Wentzville, Missouri where he lived part-time since the 1950s and was the home in which he died. This home, with the guitar-shaped swimming pool, is seen in scenes near the end of the film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll . He regularly performed one Wednesday each month at Blueberry Hill , a restaurant and bar located in the Delmar Loop neighborhood of St. Louis , from 1996 to 2014. Berry announced on his 90th birthday that his first new studio album since Rockit in 1979, entitled Chuck , would be released in 2017. His first new record in 38 years, it includes his children, Charles Berry Jr. and Ingrid, on guitar and harmonica, with songs "covering

1568-484: A long-time collaboration with the pianist. The band played blues and ballads as well as country . Berry wrote, "Curiosity provoked me to lay a lot of our country stuff on our predominantly black audience and some of our black audience began whispering 'who is that black hillbilly at the Cosmo?' After they laughed at me a few times, they began requesting the hillbilly stuff and enjoyed dancing to it." In 1954, Berry recorded

1666-502: A lot of twelve-year-olds new insight into the moribund concept of "dirty" when it hit the airwaves ... Berry returned to Chess from 1970 to 1973. There were no hit singles from the 1970 album Back Home , but in 1972, Chess released a live recording of " My Ding-a-Ling ", a novelty song that he had recorded in a different version as "My Tambourine" on his 1968 LP From St. Louie to Frisco . The track became his only number-one single. A live recording of " Reelin' and Rockin' ", issued as

1764-488: A mass toast at 10 pm in Berry's honor. One of Berry's attorneys estimated that his estate was worth $ 50 million, including $ 17 million in music rights. Berry's music publishing accounted for $ 13 million of the estate's value. The Berry estate owned roughly half of his songwriting credits (mostly from his later career), while BMG Rights Management controlled the other half; most of Berry's recordings are currently owned by Universal Music Group . In September 2017, Dualtone,

1862-464: A middle-class black family in St. Louis , Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School . While still a high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory , where he was held from 1944 to 1947. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by

1960-409: A new song, "Wing Walker". Meanwhile, Mike Curb left MGM and joined Warner Bros. Records . Dolenz's association with MGM then ended (and those final four songs remained unreleased). In part because of reruns of The Monkees on Saturday mornings and in syndication, The Monkees Greatest Hits charted in 1976. The LP, issued by Arista (a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures), was actually a repackaging of

2058-524: A number of Saturday-morning cartoon series including The Funky Phantom , Partridge Family 2200 A.D. , The Scooby-Doo Show , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids , These Are the Days , Devlin , and Wonder Wheels (from The Skatebirds ). Dolenz provided the voice of Arthur in the first season of the animated series The Tick . In 1972, Dolenz played Vance in the murder mystery film Night of

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2156-748: A reputation as a difficult and unexciting performer. He also played at large events in North America, such as the Schaefer Music Festival , in New York City's Central Park in July 1969, and the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival in October. Berry helped give life to a subculture ... Even "My Ding-a-Ling", a fourth-grade wee-wee joke that used to mortify true believers at college concerts, permitted

2254-474: A short film based on the sketch " Balham, Gateway to the South ", with Robbie Coltrane playing multiple roles. In the early 1980s, Dolenz directed a stage adaptation of Bugsy Malone . He was producer of the TV show Luna in 1983–84. In 1986, a screening of the entire Monkees television series by MTV led to renewed interest in the band, followed by a single, "That Was Then, This Is Now", which reached No. 20 on

2352-495: A six-month suspended jail sentence, placed on two years unsupervised probation, and was ordered to donate $ 5,000 to a local hospital. While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together. It was his particular genius to graft country & western guitar licks onto a rhythm & blues chassis in his very first single, "Maybellene". A pioneer of rock and roll, Berry

2450-476: A speaking role as himself and performed "Johnny B. Goode", " Memphis, Tennessee ", and " Little Queenie ". His performance of "Sweet Little Sixteen" at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958 was captured in the motion picture Jazz on a Summer's Day . The opening guitar riff of "Johnny B. Goode" is similar to the one used by Louis Jordan in his " Ain't That Just Like a Woman " (1946). Berry acknowledged

2548-460: A student at Sumner High School ; he was still a student there in 1944, when he was arrested for armed robbery after robbing three shops in Kansas City, Missouri , and then stealing a car at gunpoint with some friends. Berry's account in his autobiography is that his car broke down and he flagged down a passing car and stole it at gunpoint with a nonfunctional pistol. He was convicted and sent to

2646-614: A studio record until Rockit for Atco Records in 1979, which would be his last studio album for 38 years. In the 1970s, Berry toured on the strength of his earlier successes. He was on the road for many years, carrying only his Gibson guitar, confident that he could hire a band that already knew his music no matter where he went. AllMusic said that in this period his "live performances became increasingly erratic, ... working with terrible backup bands and turning in sloppy, out-of-tune performances" which "tarnished his reputation with younger fans and oldtimers" alike. In March 1972, he

2744-710: A successful run in Dublin, Ireland, during November 2010. In 2011, he rejoined Tork and Jones for An Evening with The Monkees: The 45th Anniversary Tour . After Jones' sudden death in February 2012, Dolenz and Tork reunited with Michael Nesmith for a 12-concert tour of the United States as a tribute. The three remaining Monkees toured again in 2013 and 2014 and Dolenz toured as a duo with Tork in 2015 and 2016. Following Tork's death in 2019, Dolenz toured with Nesmith as "The Mike and Micky Show" in 2018 and 2019. On May 4, 2021, Dolenz and Nesmith announced "The Monkees Farewell Tour" which

2842-479: A television special at The Roxy in West Hollywood with Tina Turner as his special guest. The concert was released a year later on home video. In November 2000, Berry faced legal issues when he was sued by his former pianist Johnnie Johnson who claimed that he had co-written over 50 songs, including "No Particular Place to Go", "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven", that credit Berry alone. The case

2940-458: Is "one of the primary sonic architects of rock and roll." According to Cleveland.com's Troy L. Smith, "Chuck Berry didn't invent rock and roll all by his lonesome. But he was the man who took rhythm and blues and transformed it into a new genre that would ever change popular music. Songs like 'Maybellene,' 'Johnny B. Goode,' 'Roll Over Beethoven' and 'Rock and Roll Music' would showcase the core elements of what rock and roll would become. The sound,

3038-421: Is distinctive—he incorporated electronic effects to mimic the sound of bottleneck blues guitarists and drew on the influence of guitar players such as Carl Hogan , and T-Bone Walker to produce a clear and exciting sound that many later guitarists would acknowledge as an influence in their own style. Berry's showmanship has been influential on other rock guitarists, particularly his one-legged hop routine, and

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3136-501: Is the last surviving member of the Monkees (after Davy Jones 's death in 2012, Tork's in 2019, and Nesmith's in 2021). He is the only member of the Monkees who was part of every lineup from the band's inception, and the only member with contemporary recordings of his vocals on all studio albums. The Moog synthesizer that Dolenz had bought proved vital when he composed a song entitled "Easy on You" in 1971; he began recording it in his home studio, playing acoustic guitar and drums, and using

3234-480: Is the last surviving member of the band. Dolenz was born in Los Angeles, the son of actors George Dolenz and Janelle Johnson . He has three sisters, Gemma Marie ("Coco"), Deborah, and Kathleen ("Gina"). Gemma's nickname, Coco, is a shortened form of "Coco Sunshine", a nickname given to her as a child by Micky. Coco was a frequent guest on the set of The Monkees TV show and sometimes a guest performer on records by

3332-679: Is the only rock-and-roll song included on the Voyager Golden Record . Born in St. Louis , Berry was the youngest child. He grew up in the north St. Louis neighborhood known as the Ville , an area where many middle-class people lived. His father, Henry William Berry (1895–1987) was a contractor and deacon of a nearby Baptist church; his mother, Martha Bell (Banks) (1894–1980) was a certified public school principal. Berry's upbringing allowed him to pursue his interest in music from an early age. He gave his first public performance in 1941 while still

3430-608: The Billboard ' s Top 100 chart, and Berry toured as one of the "Top Acts of '56". He and Carl Perkins became friends. Perkins said that "I knew when I first heard Chuck that he'd been affected by country music. I respected his writing; his records were very, very great." In late 1957, Berry took part in Alan Freed 's "Biggest Show of Stars for 1957", touring the United States with the Everly Brothers , Buddy Holly , and others. He

3528-520: The Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and No.41 in Canada, a 20th-anniversary tour, a greatest hits album, and a brand new LP, Pool It! in 1987. The band's original albums were reissued, and all hit the record charts at the same time. Beginning in 1986, Dolenz joined the other ex-Monkees for several reunion tours and toured extensively as a solo artist. On January 10, 2005, Dolenz replaced Dan Taylor as

3626-849: The Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men (now the Algoa Correctional Center) in Jefferson City, Missouri , where he formed a singing quartet and did some boxing. The singing group became competent enough that the authorities allowed it to perform outside the detention facility. Berry was released from the reformatory on his 21st birthday in 1947. On October 28, 1948, Berry married Themetta "Toddy" Suggs, who gave birth to Darlin Ingrid Berry on October 3, 1950. Berry supported his family by taking various jobs in St. Louis, working briefly as

3724-520: The Mann Act after allegations that he had had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old Apache waitress, Janice Escalante, whom he had transported across state lines to work as a hatcheck girl at his club. After a two-week trial in March 1960, he was convicted , fined $ 5,000, and sentenced to five years in prison. He appealed the decision, arguing that the judge's comments and attitude were racist and prejudiced

3822-597: The Syfy Channel film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid , alongside Debbie Gibson and Tiffany . On February 21, 2015, he had a cameo as himself in the Adult Swim TV special Bagboy . In 2017, he appeared as himself on the sitcom Difficult People . In 1980, Dolenz produced and directed the British television sitcom Metal Mickey , featuring a large metallic robot with the catch-phrase "boogie boogie". In 1981, he directed

3920-469: The " duck walk ", which he first used as a child when he walked "stooping with full-bended knees, but with my back and head vertical" under a table to retrieve a ball and his family found it entertaining; he used it when "performing in New York for the first time and some journalist branded it the duck walk." On July 29, 2011, Berry was honored in a dedication of an eight-foot, in-motion Chuck Berry Statue in

4018-537: The "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In November his compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight was ranked 21st in Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . In March 2004, Berry was ranked fifth on the list of "The Immortals – The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Joe Perry wrote in tribute, "As a songwriter, Chuck Berry is like the Ernest Hemingway of rock & roll. He gets right to

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4116-633: The 1970s (often being paid in cash by local promoters), added ammunition to the Internal Revenue Service 's accusations that Berry had evaded paying income taxes. Facing criminal sanction for the third time, Berry pleaded guilty to evading nearly $ 110,000 in federal income tax owed on his 1973 earnings. Newspaper reports in 1979 put his 1973 joint income (with his wife) at $ 374,982. He was sentenced to four months in prison and 1,000 hours of community service—performing benefit concerts —in 1979. Berry continued to play 70 to 100 one-nighters per year in

4214-406: The 1980s, still traveling solo and requiring a local band to back him at each stop. In 1986, Taylor Hackford made a documentary film, Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll , of a celebration concert for Berry's sixtieth birthday, organized by Keith Richards . Eric Clapton , Etta James , Julian Lennon , Robert Cray , and Linda Ronstadt , among others, appeared with Berry on stage and in the film. During

4312-467: The Beatles ' White Album on the "It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to the Beatles' White Album" tour. Dolenz performed the Monkees' songs " I'm a Believer " and " Pleasant Valley Sunday ". Dolenz has been married three times and is the father of four daughters. In 1967, while in the UK on tour with the Monkees, Dolenz met future wife Samantha Juste , a co-presenter on BBC TV's pop music show Top of

4410-727: The Delmar Loop in St. Louis right across the street from Blueberry Hill. Berry said, "It's glorious—I do appreciate it to the highest, no doubt about it. That sort of honor is seldom given out. But I don't deserve it." Rock critic Robert Christgau considers Berry "the greatest of the rock and rollers", and John Lennon said, "if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." Ted Nugent said, "If you don't know every Chuck Berry lick, you can't play rock guitar." Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll". Bruce Springsteen tweeted, "Chuck Berry

4508-577: The Fabric Softener Bear at that time. In 2017, Dolenz returned to voice-over, providing the voice of Wendell the Love Grub, as well as singing the featured song, in the Cartoon Network series Mighty Magiswords half-hour episode, "The Saga of Robopiggeh!". Dolenz recorded the voice-acting remotely in New York weeks before his Good Times! tour. Both Dolenz and Michael Nesmith auditioned for

4606-509: The Guys Who Sang 'Em!"), they successfully performed in smaller venues such as state fairs and amusement parks, as well as making stops in Japan, Thailand, and Singapore. They also released an album of new material, appropriately called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart , and a live album, Concert in Japan , was released by Capitol in 1976. A Christmas single (credited to Dolenz, Jones and Tork)

4704-515: The Monkees, singing background vocals or duetting with Micky. She often performs as a member of Micky's backing band during his concerts. Dolenz suffered from Perthes disease as a child, affecting his hip joint and right leg, leaving that leg weaker (and shorter) than the other. This resulted in Dolenz adapting an unorthodox drum setup – right-handed and left-footed – in his musical career. Dolenz began his show-business career in 1956 when he starred in

4802-681: The Moog like a keyboard. With that song completed, he next invited former Monkee Peter Tork over to help with more recordings. Then, a fortuitous street encounter led to former Monkee stand-in David Price joining, as well as contributing a rock song he had written called "Oh Someone". With Dolenz on drums and vocals, Tork on bass, and Price on rhythm guitar, the song was completed in only two hours; subsequently, guitarist B.J. Jones came in two days later and added lead guitar. With these two songs recorded, Dolenz contacted his former high school friend Mike Curb , then

4900-571: The Pops . They married in 1968, and their daughter Ami Bluebell Dolenz was born on January 8, 1969; she became an actress who was particularly active in the 1980s and 1990s. Dolenz and Juste divorced in 1975, but remained close friends until her death following a stroke on February 5, 2014. He married Trina Dow in 1977. They had three daughters: Charlotte Janelle (born August 8, 1981), Emily Claire (born July 25, 1983), and Georgia Rose (born September 3, 1984). They divorced in 1991. Trina Dow Dolenz has become

4998-511: The Rolling Stones in the shape of a guitar. Afterwards a private service was held in the club celebrating Berry's life and musical career, with the Berry family inviting 300 members of the public into the service. Gene Simmons of Kiss gave an impromptu, unadvertised eulogy at the service, while Little Richard was scheduled to lead the funeral procession but was unable to attend due to an illness. The night before, many St. Louis area bars held

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5096-695: The Starwood in Hollywood, California in 1977. In 1977, he performed with former bandmate Davy Jones in a stage production of the Harry Nilsson musical The Point! at London's Mermaid Theatre, playing and singing the part of the "Count's Kid" and the Leafman to Jones' starring role as Oblio (according to the CD booklet). An original cast recording was made and released. The comedic chemistry of Dolenz and Jones proved so strong that

5194-472: The Strangler . He was featured in an episode of Adam-12 , entitled "Dirt Duel" (season 5, episode 1), and an episode of Cannon , entitled "Bitter Legion" (season 2, episode 3). Dolenz provided the voice of Two-Face 's twin henchmen Min and Max in the two-part episode " Two-Face " on Batman: The Animated Series . In a September 2006 radio interview, Dolenz reported that he was the current voice of Snuggle

5292-545: The Temptations' " My Girl ". As an inside joke, actor Dave Madden , who had played the manager on The Partridge Family , cameoed as a manager; he suddenly appears, wanting to handle the "new" group, and tells them that they "could be bigger than The Beatles ", which they all scoff at. In 2007, he appeared in Rob Zombie 's remake of Halloween as Derek Allan, the owner of a gun shop. On January 29, 2011, Dolenz appeared in

5390-509: The band a set list and expected the musicians to follow his lead after each guitar intro. Berry did not speak to the band after the show. Nevertheless, Springsteen backed Berry again when he appeared at the concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.) At the request of Jimmy Carter , Berry performed at the White House on June 1, 1979. Berry's touring style, traveling the "oldies" circuit in

5488-419: The circus and could easily handle his education. The young boy quickly found a role with the circus as water boy to Bimbo, a baby elephant whom Corky would come to consider his pet. Riding Bimbo's back, Corky dealt with adolescent problems, and helped the show's adults including Joey, owner/promoter Big Tim Champion ( Robert Lowery ) and head canvasman Pete ( Guinn Williams ), keep the circus successful as

5586-557: The concert, Berry played a Gibson ES-355 , the luxury version of the ES-335 that he favored on his 1970s tours. Richards played a black Fender Telecaster Custom, Cray a Fender Stratocaster and Clapton a Gibson ES 350T, the same model that Berry used on his early recordings. In the late 1980s, Berry bought the Southern Air , a restaurant in Wentzville, Missouri . In 1982, Berry performed

5684-606: The cultures were so far apart, we would have to have a play station in order to play it. The cultures begin to come together, and you begin to see one another's vein of life, then the music came together." Among the honors Berry received were the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984 and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2000. He was ranked seventh on Time magazine's 2009 list of the 10 best electric guitar players of all time. On May 14, 2002, Berry

5782-460: The debt to Jordan and several sources have indicated that his work was influenced by Jordan in general. By the end of the 1950s, Berry was a high-profile established star with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. He had opened a racially integrated St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Club Bandstand, and invested in real estate. But in December 1959, he was arrested under

5880-437: The early 1950s, Berry was working with local bands in clubs in St. Louis as an extra source of income. He had been playing blues since his teens, and he borrowed both guitar riffs and showmanship techniques from the blues musician T-Bone Walker . He also took guitar lessons from his friend Ira Harris, which laid the foundation for his guitar style. By early 1953, Berry was performing with Johnnie Johnson 's trio, starting

5978-477: The early teenage market by using graphic and humorous descriptions of teen dances, fast cars, high school life, and consumer culture, and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. Thus Berry, the songwriter, according to critic Jon Pareles , invented rock as "a music of teenage wishes fulfilled and good times (even with cops in pursuit)." Berry contributed three things to rock music: an irresistible swagger,

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6076-636: The end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star, with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Club Bandstand. He was sentenced to three years in prison in January 1962 for offenses under the Mann Act —he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines for the purpose of having sexual intercourse. After his release in 1963, Berry had several more successful songs, including " No Particular Place to Go ", " You Never Can Tell ", and " Nadine ". However, these did not achieve

6174-545: The face." He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of harassment and paid a $ 250 fine. In 1990, he was sued by several women who claimed that he had installed a video camera in the bathroom of his restaurant. Berry claimed that he had the camera installed to catch a worker who was suspected of stealing from the restaurant. Although his guilt was never proven in court, Berry opted for a class action settlement. One of his biographers, Bruce Pegg, estimated that it cost Berry over $ 1.2 million plus legal fees. His lawyers said he had been

6272-590: The guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of the blues musician T-Bone Walker , Berry began performing with the Johnnie Johnson Trio . His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955 and met Muddy Waters , who suggested he contact Leonard Chess , of Chess Records . With Chess, he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song " Ida Red "—which sold over a million copies, reaching number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart. By

6370-764: The head of MGM Records ; after playing the songs for Curb, Dolenz was immediately signed to MGM. Dolenz recorded and released songs for MGM for about three years (with a few of the songs being credited to Starship, an ersatz group, not the later Jefferson Starship ). After the first year, Dolenz's friend Harry Nilsson contributed his song "Daybreak", also arranging and producing the recording, which included Keith Allison on guitar, former Monkees producer Chip Douglas on bass, and steel-guitarist Orville "Red" Rhodes. By early 1974, with no chart successes to date, Dolenz headed to England, and with Tony Scotti , he cut four songs for MGM: two rock classics, " Splish Splash " and " Purple People Eater ", as well as "I Hate Rock and Roll" and

6468-429: The jury against him. The appeal was upheld, and a second trial was heard in May and June 1961, resulting in another conviction and a three-year prison sentence. After another appeal failed, Berry served one and one-half years in prison, from February 1962 to October 1963. He had continued recording and performing during the trials, but his output had slowed as his popularity declined; his final single released before he

6566-470: The label which released Berry's final album, Chuck , agreed to publish all his compositions in the United States. Berry is interred in a mausoleum in Bellerive Gardens Cemetery in St. Louis. In 1987, Berry was charged with assaulting a woman at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel . He was accused of causing "lacerations of the mouth, requiring five stitches, two loose teeth, [and] contusions of

6664-463: The live album he was backed by the Steve Miller Band . Although this period was not a successful one for studio work, Berry was still a top concert draw. In May 1964, he had made a successful tour of the UK, but when he returned in January 1965, his behavior was erratic and moody, and his touring style of using unrehearsed local backing bands and a strict nonnegotiable contract was earning him

6762-399: The major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as " Maybellene " (1955), " Roll Over Beethoven " (1956), " Rock and Roll Music " (1957), and " Johnny B. Goode " (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism , and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship , Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music . Born into

6860-547: The melody of Berry's " Sweet Little Sixteen ". In 1964 and 1965 Berry released eight singles, including three that were commercially successful, reaching the top 20 of the Billboard 100: " No Particular Place to Go " (a humorous reworking of "School Days", concerning the introduction of seat belts in cars), " You Never Can Tell ", and the rocking " Nadine ". Between 1966 and 1969, Berry released five albums for Mercury Records , including his second live album (and first recorded entirely onstage), Live at Fillmore Auditorium ; for

6958-487: The morning disc jockey at oldies radio station WCBS-FM in New York. On June 3, 2005, Dolenz celebrated his 100th show with a special morning show at B.B. King's. That was also his last regular show at the station; at 5:00 pm, WCBS-FM announced that the station would replace its oldies format with a " Jack " format, eliminating the need for on-air disc jockeys. However, WCBS-FM eventually returned to its oldies format on July 12, 2007, with Taylor re-assuming his role as

7056-411: The morning disc jockey the following day. Several months later, on February 3, 2008, Dolenz was invited back to the station to present his long-postponed 101st show and final in-studio appearance there by guest-hosting a three-hour broadcast during WCBS' Sunday evening "New York Radio Greats" program. In 2009, Dolenz signed a deal to record an album of the classic songs of Carole King , titled King for

7154-1087: The point. He tells a story in short sentences. You get a great picture in your mind of what's going on, in a very short amount of space, in well-picked words   ... kids today are playing the same three chords, trying to play in that same style. Turn the guitars up, and it's punk rock . It's the Ramones and the Sex Pistols . I hear it in the White Stripes , too. People will always cover Chuck Berry songs. When bands go do their homework, they will have to listen to Chuck Berry. If you want to learn about rock & roll, if you want to play rock & roll, you have to start there." In December 2004, six of his songs were included in " Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ": " Johnny B. Goode " (#7), " Maybellene " (#18), " Roll Over Beethoven " (#97), " Rock and Roll Music " (#128), " Sweet Little Sixteen " (#272) and " Brown Eyed Handsome Man " (#374). In June 2008, his song "Johnny B. Goode"

7252-497: The right time when Afro-American music was spilling over into the mainstream pop." When Berry first saw a copy of the Maybellene record, he was surprised that two other individuals, including DJ Alan Freed had been given writing credit; that would entitle them to some of the royalties. After a court battle, Berry was able to regain full writing credit. At the end of June 1956, his song " Roll Over Beethoven " reached number 29 on

7350-520: The role of Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli on Happy Days , but neither was selected, as they were both taller than lead actor Ron Howard and co-stars Anson Williams and Don Most . In 1975, Dolenz acted in Linda Lovelace for President , starring Linda Lovelace . In 1994–95, Dolenz played in two episodes of the sitcom Boy Meets World ; in the first one (entitled "Band on the Run"), he played Norm,

7448-448: The same success or lasting impact of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgia performer, playing his past material with local backup bands of variable quality. In 1972, he reached a new level of achievement when a rendition of " My Ding-a-Ling " became his only record to top the charts. His insistence on being paid in cash led in 1979 to a four-month jail sentence and community service, for tax evasion . Berry

7546-470: The show was revived in 1978 with Nilsson inserting additional comedy for the two, plus two more songs, with one of them (" Gotta Get Up ") being sung by Dolenz and Jones together. The show was considered so good that it was planned to be revived again in 1979, but it proved cost-prohibitive. After the show's run, Dolenz remained in England and began directing for stage and television, as well as producing several of

7644-608: The shows he directed. From August to September 2006, Dolenz played Charlemagne at the Goodspeed Opera House for the revival of the musical Pippin in East Haddam, Connecticut . He also toured in that role. Also in the mid-2000s, Dolenz played the role of Zoser in the Broadway production of Elton John and Tim Rice 's Aida . After The Monkees television show ended, Dolenz continued performing providing voice-overs for

7742-401: The spectrum from hard-driving rockers to soulful thought-provoking time capsules of a life's work" and dedicated to his wife Toddy. On March 18, 2017, Berry was found unresponsive at his home near Wentzville, Missouri . Emergency workers called to the scene were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead by his personal physician. TMZ posted an audio recording on its website in which

7840-475: The theme to the series in "The Monkees at the Circus", an episode of The Monkees . When asked by Mike Nesmith "What 'is' that?", Dolenz responds "It's the theme song for an old TV series". Their song " Porpoise Song " contains references to the series, most notably with the line "riding the back of giraffes for laughs is alright for a while." In their song, "I'm Going to Buy Me a Dog", Mickey Dolenz says he can train

7938-677: The tracks "I Hope These Words Will Find You Well" and "Oh, Maria!" with the group Joe Alexander & the Cubans. The songs were released as a single on the Ballad label. Berry's showmanship, along with a mix of country tunes and R&B tunes, sung in the style of Nat King Cole set to the music of Muddy Waters brought in a wider audience, particularly affluent white people. In May 1955, Berry traveled to Chicago, where he met Muddy Waters who suggested he contact Leonard Chess , of Chess Records . Berry thought his blues music would interest Chess, but Chess

8036-604: The traveling show moved from town to town each week. Outside of an elephant being the animal companion, the series was similar to popular "boy and his dog" shows of the time, such as Lassie/Jeff's Collie , and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin . Unusually, the opening credits billed the regular actors by their character names, rather than their own names. The following cast appeared in the debut episode only. Several sources erroneously list these three, as well as Billy Barty from Episodes 1 and 2, as series regulars. Micky Dolenz sings

8134-406: The victim of a conspiracy to profit from his wealth. Reportedly, a police raid on his house found intimate videotapes of women, one of whom was apparently a minor. Also found in the raid were 62 grams of marijuana . Felony drug and child abuse charges were filed. The child abuse charges were eventually dropped, and Berry agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He was given

8232-523: Was Chuck Berry 's " Johnny B. Goode ", which he sang at his Monkees audition, resulting in his being hired as one of the cast/band members. He recorded two 45s in 1965 that went unreleased until the Monkees' success in 1967. Issued on the Challenge label, the recordings were "Don't Do It" b/w "Plastic Symphony III" and "Huff Puff" b/w "Fate (Big Ben)". Neither B-side on the Challenge 45s is by Dolenz, but rather

8330-585: Was 'definitely' no one like Chuck Berry." Rolling Stone called him "the father of rock & roll" who "gave the music its sound and its attitude, even as he battled racism—and his own misdeeds—all the way," reporting that Leonard Cohen said, "All of us are footnotes to the words of Chuck Berry." Kevin Strait, curator of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, said that Berry

8428-523: Was a guest on ABC 's Guy Mitchell Show , singing his hit song "Rock 'n' Roll Music". The hits continued from 1957 to 1959, with Berry scoring over a dozen chart singles during this period, including the US Top 10 hits " School Days ", " Rock and Roll Music ", " Sweet Little Sixteen ", and " Johnny B. Goode ". He appeared in two early rock-and-roll movies: Rock Rock Rock (1956), in which he sang "You Can't Catch Me", and Go, Johnny, Go! (1959), in which he had

8526-569: Was a larger fan of Berry's take on " Ida Red ". On May 21, 1955, Berry recorded an adaptation of the song "Ida Red", under the title " Maybellene ", with Johnnie Johnson on the piano, Jerome Green (from Bo Diddley 's band) on the maracas, Ebby Hardy on the drums and Willie Dixon on the bass. "Maybellene" sold over a million copies, reaching number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart and number five on its Best Sellers in Stores chart for September 10, 1955. Berry said, "It came out at

8624-412: Was a significant influence on the development of both the music and the attitude associated with the rock music lifestyle. With songs such as " Maybellene " (1955), " Roll Over Beethoven " (1956), " Rock and Roll Music " (1957) and " Johnny B. Goode " (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics successfully aimed to appeal to

8722-623: Was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986; he was cited for having "laid the groundwork for not only a rock and roll sound but a rock and roll stance." Berry is included in several of Rolling Stone magazine's "greatest of all time" lists; he was ranked fifth on its 2004 and 2011 lists of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and 2nd greatest guitarist of all time in 2023. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll includes three of Berry's: "Johnny B. Goode", "Maybellene", and "Rock and Roll Music". "Johnny B. Goode"

8820-747: Was cast as Ed in the episode "Born of Kings and Angels" of the NBC education drama series Mr. Novak , starring James Franciscus as an idealistic Los Angeles teacher. Dolenz was attending college in Los Angeles when he was hired for the "drummer" role in NBC's The Monkees . Dolenz originally had his own rock band called "Micky and the One-Nighters" in the early- to mid-1960s with himself as lead singer. He had already begun writing his own songs. According to Dolenz, his band's live stage act included rock songs, cover songs, and even some R&B. One of his favorite songs to sing

8918-909: Was dismissed when the judge ruled that too much time had passed since the songs were written. In 2008, Berry toured Europe, with stops in Sweden, Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, and Spain. In mid-2008, he played at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore . During a concert on New Year's Day 2011 in Chicago, Berry, suffering from exhaustion, passed out and had to be helped off stage. Berry lived in Ladue, Missouri , approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of St. Louis. He also had

9016-582: Was filmed, at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherds Bush, for Chuck Berry in Concert , part of a 60-date tour backed by the band Rocking Horse. Among the many bandleaders performing a backup role with Berry in the 1970s, were Bruce Springsteen and Steve Miller when each was just starting his career. (Springsteen related in the documentary film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll that Berry did not give

9114-459: Was honored as one of the first BMI Icons at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards. He was presented the award along with BMI affiliates Bo Diddley and Little Richard . In August 2014, Berry was made a laureate of the Polar Music Prize . Berry is included in several of Rolling Stone magazine's "Greatest of All Time" lists. In September 2003, the magazine ranked him number 6 in its list of

9212-456: Was imprisoned was " Come On ". When Berry was released from prison in 1963, his return to recording and performing was made easier because British invasion bands—notably the Beatles and the Rolling Stones —had sustained interest in his music by releasing cover versions of his songs, and other bands had reworked some of them, such as the Beach Boys ' 1963 hit " Surfin' U.S.A. ", which used

9310-511: Was produced by Chip Douglas and released on his own label in 1976. The single featured Douglas's and Howard Kaylan 's " Christmas Is My Time of Year " (originally recorded by a 1960s supergroup, The Christmas Spirit), with a B-side of Irving Berlin's " White Christmas " (Douglas released a remixed version of the single, with additional overdubbed instruments, in 1986). Tork also joined Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart on stage at Disneyland on July 4, 1976, and also joined Dolenz and Jones on stage at

9408-410: Was ranked first in the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Berry at number 96 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. The journalist Chuck Klosterman has argued that in 300 years Berry will still be remembered as the rock musician who most closely captured the essence of rock and roll. Time magazine stated, "There was no one like Elvis. But there

9506-405: Was rock's greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived." When asked what caused the explosion of the popularity of rock 'n roll that took place in the 1950s, with him and a handful of others, mainly him, Berry said, "Well, actually they begin to listen to it, you see, because certain stations played certain music. The music that we, the blacks, played,

9604-589: Was the last for the group. The tour consisted of 40 US dates from September to November. The final show was held on November 14, 2021, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. On May 21, 2021, Dolenz released a solo album, Dolenz Sings Nesmith , featuring songs written by Nesmith and produced by Christian Nesmith. On November 3, 2023 Dolenz released an EP of R.E.M. cover songs. In late 2019, Dolenz toured with Todd Rundgren , Jason Scheff , Christopher Cross , and Joey Molland of Badfinger , in celebration of

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