Chuck Berry, a singing electric blues guitarist with a remarkably limber stage presence who pioneered rock 'n' roll and single-handedly put the saxophone out of business as a lead R&B instrument in 1955, died on March 18. He was 90.
Berry's biography and his dynamic role in helping to hatch rock 'n' roll have been brightly traced in recent days in newspa…
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