Chuck Berry去世

傳奇歌星/作曲人/吉他手 Chuck Berry上周六(三月18日)在他聖路易家中去世。

Chuck Berry 1926年出生於米蘇里州聖路易，本名Charles Anderson Berry，他本來學當美容師，但他去芝加哥之後認識了藍調歌手Muddy Waters，經Muddy的牽線得到Chess唱片公司的老闆Leonard Chess的青睞，翻唱自鄉村歌曲"Ida Red"的"Maybellene"於1955年獲得了排行榜第五名，Chuck Berry此後沒有回頭，他陸續推出了"Sweet Little Sixteen" (#2-1958)、 "School Day" (#3-1957)、"Rock & Roll Music" (#8-1957) 及 "Johnny B. Goode" (#8-1958)這些暢銷曲。

有趣的是，他唯一的排行榜冠軍曲卻是 1972年在倫敦現場錄製的一首不登大雅的歌"My Ding-A-Ling"，

Chuck Berry曾於1944年因持械搶劫初次入獄，後來又因誘拐未成年少女二度入獄，1979還曾因所得稅問題三次入獄。

Chuck Berry於1984年獲Grammy 終生成就獎，1986年進搖滾樂名人堂，他的金唱片包裝"Johnny B. Goode"還創紀錄的跟航行家太空船飛上太空。

去年底Chuck Berry還籌備新唱片的錄製(請參考 2016年12月1日｢Chuck Berry九十歲出新專輯｣文)，他的不幸去世令歌迷們無限懷念。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO8aEdnHpwY

"My Ding A Ling"

CHUCK BERRY

When I was a little bitty boy

my grandmother bought me a cute little toy

Silver bells hangin' on a string

she told me it was my ding a ling

My ding a ling, my ding a ling

I want to play with my ding a ling

My ding a ling, my ding a ling

I want to play with my ding a ling

And then mother took me to Grammer School

But I stopped all in the vestibule

Every time that bell would ring

catched me playin' with my ding a ling

Once I was climbing the garden wall

I slipped and had a terrible fall

I fell so hard I heard bells ring

but held on to my ding a ling

Once I was swimming cross Turtle creek

many snappers all around my feet

Shure was hard swimming cross that thing

with both hands holdin' my ding a ling

This here song it ain't so sad

the cutest little song you ever had

those of you who will not sing

You must be playin' with your own ding a ling

My ding a ling Your ding a ling, your ding a ling

We saw you playin' with your ding a ling

My ding a ling everybody sing

I want to play with my ding a ling