HIP HOP FAN'S FIRST TIME HEARING 'Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode' | GENUINE REACTION

[@jeannesmith1467]

This is real rock n roll. He started it. I am 82 and this fella started playing in the early 50's. I know because that was my music.

[@michaelallen3894]

Now we all know Chuck Berry stole this from Marty McFly😂

[@richdiddens4059]

And he was still touring and recording up until his death in 2017 at the age of 90.

[@magicbrownie1357]

Definitely one of the pioneers. I would say Little Richard had a great deal to do with the birth of rock and roll as well.

[@Macilmoyle]

@@magicbrownie1357 Don't forget Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[@jankauffman4753]

John and Paul loved Chuck Berry - they took alot from his music ❤

[@sherreecasusol1448]

And THIS is what Bob Seger is singing about when he pines for “Old Time Rock and Roll!”

[@ceejay0137]

Oh yeah!!

[@CherylHarper-o4b]

Yep! Old time rock and roll

[@SM-jg8fr]

"All of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks..." from "Rock and Roll Never Forgets". Another banger from Bob.

[@colibri1]

Also what Led Zeppelin was pining for in "Rock and Roll" from 1971, as well as a number of other popular songs from the seventies. There was kind of a nostalgia for fifties rock and roll during the seventies. And of course in the latest seventies and early eighties, you got outright fifties revival with the rockabilly revival, best known from the Stray Cats.

[@acemodez3169]

I just said that...then found this comment 😅

[@deborahsimmons784]

Chuck Berry was a major influence on almost ALL rock musicians.

[@jimsteinmanfan80]

It's good that young people get to hear him for the first time too.

[@bobknightfolk]

I doubt if there has ever been a guitarist since Chuck came along who hasn't played that opening lick at some point. A major influence on everybody who came after even if they knew it or not. This is what R&B sounded like in the 50's and 60's, virtually no resemblance to what it is now.

[@markrobertson-pd1sw]

This is what John Lennon and Paul McCartney were listening to as kids.

[@PetyrinaJaye]

I was deeply questioning this because of the timelines, but no you’re probably 100% right! “Maybelline” came out in ‘55, when John Lennon would have been only 15 and 5 years away from forming The Beatles. Thanks for the bit of music lore!! ❤❤❤

[@slcs369]

Keith Richard of Rolling Stones, etc. etc.

[@Xcris_crosX]

@@PetyrinaJayeLittle Richard took the early unknown Beatles under his wing when in Hamburg Germany. They shared a dressing room and he would pay for their meals when they couldn’t afford to. It was during this time that Paul McCartney picked up his iconic style of scream from Little Richard

[@sylviafarese8837]

It was an awesome time for American artists were hearing the British artists and there was appreciation for each other’s music and well, here we are. I always say I was born when R&R was for I was born 1955 and my earliest memories were of rock.

[@jgsrhythm100]

​@PetyrinaJaye They were, but all early American black music lead to RocknRoll. Check Louis- Jordan who began in the 30's

[@wpreite]

Chuck Berry is the REAL king of rock! His gift to rock' n' roll was bringing the guitar to the centre of the genre instead of the piano, which it had been until then. Chuck Berry changed everything!

[@SuperDaveNW]

The actual birth of Rock n Roll.

[@daniel4655]

"If you tried to give rock & roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'" - John Lennon

[@debp.25]

Never heard that before lol and so true

[@debp.25]

Never heard that before lol and so true

[@debp.25]

Never heard that before lol and so true

[@debp.25]

Never heard that before lol and so true

[@debp.25]

Never heard that before lol and so true

[@martinmckendry6244]

You can see where Angus Young got inspiration for his playing and duckwalk

[@C.Brooks2007]

Declan young man, you go absolutely anywhere you want to go with this exploration!!!!! You probably have no idea how many of us oldsters Love you & your reactions. If you dive into rock origins during the 50's &/or 60's I guarantee most of us oldsters will be along for the ride! Keep being you & doing what you do!!!!!!

[@torchape]

I saw Chuck Berry live in West Germany sometime in 1976 or '77. During the show, the venue had electrical problems and the show stopped for half-hour or 45 minutes. So Chuck finally got going again until the venue said, "Time's up!" They didn't give him more time, so Chuck finally got them to let him play one more song. Chuck Berry was a great showmen and gave his audience all he could give. That one song turned into a 45 minute medley!! They kept trying to get him to stop playing, but he got audience members up on stage to dance and Chuck mingled with them and kept playing. He gave us the best concert ever!! Love that man!!

[@roberttreborable]

Even with all the problems of the show, how lucky you were to see and hear Chuck Berry, a little envious.

[@stoneysopranoyukon9398]

Now you gotta do; Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Little Richard - Tutti Fruiti Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock p.s. The Godmother of Rock and Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe 🤘❤️🇨🇦

[@michellenew5621]

Yes all 3 of them! Awesome.

[@robinseitz6911]

Yaaaaasssssss!

[@donnasmith5942]

Definitely!!

[@vinniedixon1140]

Jerry Lee Lewis was a paedo, marrying his 13 year old cousin.

[@mjking9019]

Yes! I so want to see him reacting to Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, especially with a live performance. I'll add in Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.

[@annettedavis3338]

You need to SEE him perform.

[@KenHays-f6w]

The TV show /special from Paris from '58. Even the show from London in '70.

[@markinman8156]

This ...he performed and captivated, even on a silly song like "My ding a ling"...he brought an audience in and he owned them.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

The original chess singles are by far the best. The paris gig wasn’t even a rock band or knew how to play it. Chuck always used a pick up band. The chess records had a great and perfect band for Chuck.

[@KenHays-f6w]

@Hartlor_Tayley but can you "SEE" Chuck play on the Chess recordings. I've saw one vid where Chuck has to repeatedly correct the drummer. Chuck wasn't out for note per note perfection, but instead entertain the crowd. Plus using a "pick-up" band was cheaper than having a touring band.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@ oh Chuck is fun to watch but the sound and backing musicians are often lacking, getting the right feel for his songs was not a common skill back then

[@jimmyhackles9502]

An argument could be made that this is the most important song in all of rock and roll.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

Well, Rocket 88 was the first. Unless you want to argue that it was "Didn't it Rain" by Sister Rosetta.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I hear that. Definitely.

[@mikerickson01]

This song has been covered by everyone. The Dead, Johnny Winter, Peter Tosh, etc etc. But the thousands of garage bands who covered it is what impresses me. It was a popular song even when done by HS garage bands. That proves that as a song, it is great. It is sturdy, even when done by less skilled musicians, it's a good song. Best rock song ever.

[@ThemeOfSecrets]

@@mikerickson01 And you should hear Judas Priest’s version. It’s wicked good and very respectful.

[@Married50Yrs]

Molly boy, I so badly want you to read this comment! Dude, you are the epitome of success! You had an 82 year old praise your choice! Shoot, I’m just a pup at 70!

[@katiecollison6629]

Another 70 year old here in 🇬🇧 & Ditto to the above

[@MrCuddlyable]

@@katiecollison6629 What she said too

[@BlackGuardXIII]

Chuck Berry’s song No Particular Place To Go is worth a listen. He has a lot of great ones.

[@fgtncic4228]

You're a young old soul, that's why we love yah!

[@njg247]

Absolutely!

[@miew8204]

Indeed! something with our bro stating recently that ppl look weirdly at him when he drives around in his car listening to his newly discovered music. Like they think he's crazy. But they are the ones that are crazy, they are missing out! Great music is timeless and doesn't stick to genre's. We are proud of you Molly Boy (:

[@Married50Yrs]

Isn’t it wonderful that an 82 year old commented on this? 😆

[@vics8873]

I'm 80, saw Chuck Berry. This is it, the foundation of rock and roll electric guitar!

[@FrancisPerreux]

We are all SO jealous ❤

[@vics8873]

@@FrancisPerreux we jitterbugged to this music (practiced with our girlfriends), had a ball...

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

I saw Lil Richard! Wow!!

[@TheBarkinFrog]

Oh you think so? Listen to this. THIS is the foundation of rock and roll. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXzOi2dtiq18rck

[@keithkruse2595]

@@FrancisPerreux Don’t be jealous, live it all again for us!

[@CoLLectiNgCAtS-q2q]

His dancing with his guitar is legend.

[@danapb]

The Duck walk!!! Keith Richard’s, Pete Townshend and so many others imitated him!

[@tomroome4118]

He made the "duck walk" famous.

[@KenHays-f6w]

​@@danapbAngus Young,,,

[@williamstlouis3368]

The look on your face is exactly how we boomers felt from the birth of rock and roll throughout the 60s and 70s with our classic rock. We were so lucky. Peace out.

[@hoovgroov1571]

Every garage band in the world started by playing this tune !

[@leisastalnaker3790]

The evolution of rock from the 1950’s to 1970’s is earth changing.

[@Anaj-us4eo]

You need to see him move with his guitar…phenomenal

[@theoddityshoppe]

***BACK TO THE FUTURE*** Watch it! :)

[@rossmacintosh5652]

Yes! Not too much of a spoiler but Mollyboy will learn it was actually Marty McFly who wrote the song. 😎

[@mjking9019]

Yes! I'd love to see him react to Back to the Future!

[@danedearmond4905]

@@rossmacintosh5652 - Marvin Berry discovered a Legend. Thankfully he was willing to give the song to Marvin's cousin Chuck... ;-)

[@Scarladawn]

Chuck Berry, this is Marvin Berry your cousin, that new sound you were looking for? Listen to this. LOL

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

Now you will get the references. There are videos out there, you would learn a lot by watching him.

[@vicrodriguez8344]

Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the fathers of Rock n Roll.

[@richdiddens4059]

And don't forget Bill Halley, 1954.

[@LittleLou-vk9fm]

Can't leave out Jerry Lee Lewis, IMHO.

[@punkydoodle4774]

@@richdiddens4059, and Elvis in 1954.

[@stoneysopranoyukon9398]

@@vicrodriguez8344 The Godmother of Rock and Roll Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[@EmmaBadOne]

@@punkydoodle4774 elvis was a hero to most. but he stole everything that became elvis

[@geraldjensen6831]

I just LOVE how you kids are always so AMAZED at just how damned GOOD our music was!!!!

[@JoyceLove-m4z]

75 year old here, we had the best of it. So glad you are enjoying it again 😊

[@GeraldWalls]

I'm 62 and I trained my 23-yo daughter to like the Good Music, from the early 1980s back into the 1950s. She doesn't listen to much else, unless you count Weird Al.

[@jefffrey4844]

One of the finest opening riffs in music history right here!

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

@@jefffrey4844 I love the heavy metal cover done by Judas Priest. The opening guitar riff just rips your face off and it never lets up from there

[@James-lk2sg]

Chuck Berry is perhaps the most influential single individual in rock music history.

[@dcg4mn]

@@James-lk2sg and most widely beloved ✊🏽

[@jefffrey4844]

@@James-lk2sg agreed!

[@coyote4237]

Go, Knights, Go!

[@Markhirsh]

You found the Big Bang of modern music, my friend

[@TheBarkinFrog]

Sorry, but Rocket 88 and any guitar solo from Sister Rosetta came before that.

[@waltercrain2910]

that's the best description i've ever heard. the big bang of rock and roll. well done.

[@Straydogger]

@@TheBarkinFrog But none were bigger or more important.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

@@Straydogger But Chuck admitted it was just an impression of Sister Rosetta.

[@Jamesscearce]

@@TheBarkinFrog Fair point... but the point everyone else is making is that Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" had the greatest impact on the future. And that is correct.

[@susanliltz3875]

Need to find a video of him performing, Then you’d really get chills!!!

[@debbiethomasson2709]

He brought the guitar out front, not just part of the band. We owe him!! And the 70s music RULES! Watching you is a treat!

[@peterg219]

And that ladies and gentlemen is what inspired Angus Young of AC/DC. Angus adopted Chuck's 'duck walk' and took the tempo to another level. Cheers from Sydney, AU. (Home of AC/DC.) P.S. I saw Chuck perform at the Horden Pavillion in Sydney, back in the day.

[@ChrisKyle-om5wi]

Just about every guitarist of the 60s names him as a major influence.

[@lindalovesmusic-w7j]

This right here is why you have so many followers and are gaining more every day! We absolutely love watching you put the musical puzzle together!!!

[@danapb]

Now if he gets back to Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf and Big Mama Thornton - then he’s hooked!

[@larsbonzai]

Well said

[@wegotlumpsofitroundtheback5065]

Chuck, Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Elvis are the legit Mount Rushmore of rock n roll.

[@chrishall5141]

Minus Elvis

[@robinfra52]

Carl Perkins who was sidelined by a car wreck for while.

[@dlf1203]

Also Fats Domino and Bo Diddley

[@daveb7730]

Don't forget Jerry Lee Lewis.

[@ChrisKyle-om5wi]

@@chrishall5141agree - Elvis did very little R&R

[@manofconstantsorrow]

In my humble opinion this is the most important song ever. Without it there's no rock music. And it's traveling in the space right now, so maybe other life forms in the universe can enjoy it.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

Oh yeah? Listen to "Rocket 88." And any guitar solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

[@TillyOrifice]

@@TheBarkinFrog I second sister Rosetta, but this song is still a big deal.

[@edprzydatek8398]

And those other life forms in space are saying; "Send more Chuck Berry!"

[@kenmurchison3943]

I'm 75 and I'm enjoying watching you discover the music I've been listening to all my life. Rock on, my friend.

[@aaronmoon9207]

My friend, you've been born again! THIS is Rock and Roll. I'm so happy for you,

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

Chuck Berry is basically the Genesis of guitar-based rock & roll. He was doing things way back in the 50s that musicians are still copying today. Check out a funny song of his called "My Ding-a-Ling" 😂

[@ceejay0137]

Agree! It's hilarious, and even got banned by a lot of radio stations because the words were considered risque!

[@stoneysopranoyukon9398]

You have to give a BIG nod to Sister Rosetta Tharp as well.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Do yourself a treat and check out Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The original rock and roll guitarist ✨️🎶✨️

[@dcg4mn]

@@lesblatnyak5947 ♥️ MollyBoy you will Lose. Your. Mind. ✊🏽

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

@@stoneysopranoyukon9398 oh hell yeah! You take her iconic Gibson SG, add in Chuck Berry's leg kick and you get Angus Young!

[@thebenc1537]

Berry was one of the first people inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and deservingly so.

[@sondrafant360]

Nothing beats watching Mr Berry duck walk that electric guitar! He was for me as a now 70 year old the most exciting performer of his time and dammit he is Still exciting ❤

[@hackermusic3355]

Those guys in the 50s were the pioneers. Hard to imagine what music would have been without them.

[@bretkaiser7355]

My father is now 80 years old and listened to this as a young man. I took Dad to see Chuck live about 30 years ago (when I was 20 and was 50. Berry arrived alone with his guitar case and played his hits with a local house band because any drummer and bassist knows Chuck Berry. In a venue of about 1000 people he played flawlessly and brought the house down. Better, most pure, authentic live performance I have seen. True OG performer.

[@davidlaws3582]

The father of Rock and Roll. Remember Michael J Fox playing this in Back to the Future?

[@greekadmirer2204]

Back to the future scene makes me laugh in joy so much every time I see it …so funny ….😂❤

[@ElcsieRetakov]

That scene is what this song reminds me of. And you see the 50s style dancing.

[@greekadmirer2204]

@@ElcsieRetakov absolutely ❤️❤️❤️

[@adelaidesocki3595]

Worth another look 🎉

[@carundle-ds1op]

Yes, this is rock 'n' roll. The beginning of it all.

[@rickhshepard]

Absolutely right. I was thinking the same thing.

[@patron40silver]

The beginning of it all started years before this by a woman named Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

[@carundle-ds1op]

@@patron40silver Yes, she influenced many of the early rock 'n' rollers, but she was considered gospel first and foremost. I can't recall any song by her which is certainly on me, not her. But her style and talent notwithstanding, she is not considered rock 'n' roll.

[@patron40silver]

@@carundle-ds1op Her lyrics were definitely gospel but her sound, especially her guitar, IS Rock n Roll. All these people disagree with you as do I. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother Of Rock’N’Roll A pioneer who influenced everyone from Chuck Berry to Keith Richards. “She was playing rock’n’roll way before anyone else” Tharpe recorded her first four sides in 1938 during a session that included her first hit, “Rock Me,” along with “That’s All.” She was 28 at the time, just launching her career as gospel’s first real hitmaker, its first crossover artist and first national star. Four years later, Billboard magazine’s MH Oredenker praised her for “the rock-and-roll spiritual singing” in her re-recording of “Rock Me” with the Lucky Millander Orchestra. “She was playing rock’n’roll way before anyone else,” said keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith in a 2018 Richmond Magazine profile. Smith, whose father was a member of The Harmonizing Four, a popular Richmond, Virginia-based gospel quartet that often appeared on shows with Tharpe, added, “That was way before Chuck Berry and all those guys. Nobody else had even come up with something like that.” Chuck Berry once said his entire career was “one long Sister Rosetta Tharpe impersonation.” On stage, she did an early version of Berry’s duckwalk, but all you need to hear is the guitar introduction to Sister Rosetta’s 1947 hit “The Lord Followed Me” to recognize Chuck’s musical debt to her. Little Richard called her his greatest influence and Tharpe was the first to put him on stage, a tale Richard recounts in his autobiography.

[@carundle-ds1op]

@@patron40silver Thank you for the information.

[@susanliltz3875]

The Beatles loved him and they performed this song in their early concerts!!

[@stillmeadowfarm]

Total inspiration for the early Beatles music

[@ashleymcgriff270]

Great music is great music. Doesn't matter if it's 1955 or 2025! You actually get that, and we ALL love you for it❤❤

[@njg247]

absolutely!!!!

[@Paranormalcamera52]

Yes! Good pick for the fifties, Chuck Berry was huge. How fun. Another biggie was Buddy Holly, Peggy Sue, or any of his. He died in the famous plane crash with Ritchie Valance and The Big Bopper, the day the music died. You will like his style, and he was huge before they were killed. Very iconic look and sound. Thank you for inviting us along on your journey, Elkie❤

[@ran_4_short]

Little Richard is a must!

[@Tassie85]

Absolutely. And Jerry Lee Lewis. The genesis of everything that came after

[@jimmyramone7396]

Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Bill Haley were the fathers of Rock and Roll. You can add Buddy Holly and Little Richard to the list.

[@rlucas50]

Oh yeah! And the death of Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens was what Don McLean was referring to in “American Pie” as “the day the Music died”. True pioneers in Rock & Roll.

[@lichthaus1]

Chubby Checker!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@rlucas50 It wasn't Bill Haley, It was 'The Big Bopper', Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in that plane which crashed in a snow storm, with a young pilot who wasn't used to flying that particular type of plane, and didn't understand it's instrumentation...nor was he qualified to fly at night.😢

[@Shootingstarcomics]

Also Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[@rlucas50]

@@brigidsingleton1596 Eeeeeks! You are correct, was Jiles Richardson, AKA The Big Bopper who was in the plane. I just had Rock Around The Clock as an ear worm earlier and conflated the two. Thanks for the correction! 😊

[@TheHogsEarReport]

The first singer, song writer, guitarist in Rock n Roll. As Keith Richards said, "He was the complete package. 🎸

[@joeramsey6874]

This is the birth of Rock N Roll music. Without artistic like Chuck Berry we wouldn't have the rock music we have learned to love today.

[@darrinlindsey]

Chuck was a fantastic entertainer. You should see him perform. He was one of a kind.

[@foreveralone11w]

We're in the WAY BACK machine today, boy! ❤

[@chrisoakley5830]

Chuck Berry was the greatest innovator of guitar playing.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

Not according to him. Chuck said his entire career was just one long impersonation of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

[@chrisoakley5830]

​@@TheBarkinFrogCool, I've heard of her,but don't know much about her.

[@dpacula63]

Chuck walked so Elvis could run.

[@itsreeeshaaa7560]

The best description I’ve heard.

[@teresasullivan4588]

That’s a good one 😘😍🥰🤩😊😆🙌👏👏👏 love Chuck and I love Elvis. Pure clean energy and music 🎼 😎😛☺️😊

[@bryce253]

😐😐🙄...let me tie up my thumbs.

[@GingerOliver-o7g]

The music of Chuck Berry changed people - made people want to enjoy listening to music, dancing, being together. As a pre-teen, I was still struck with the wonderfulness of it, but understood that in the US (at the time,) Chuck Berry couldn't eat in the same restaurant, stay at the same hotel, or go to the same church with many people who truly enjoyed his music. It seemed unreal to me. When you are transporting back to the era of the beginning of rock and roll, you have to think about the whole enchilada to really appreciate what it took for Chuck Berry to perform his magic.

[@TrekDaddy73]

Bro, I love how much you appreciate good musicianship, regardless of decade or style. Enjoying every video. Good on you, mate! 🎉🍻🔥🔥

[@richardcarle786]

Early rock and roll. Wouldn't have all of that 60's, 70's, 80's, and further Rock if not for this stuff!

[@marym.9037]

And the basis of 50's rock and roll goes back even further! :)

[@nanettehardy6634]

50 years ago I got to dance on stage with Chuck! What a wonderful time to be alive! 🌻

[@TheRiconegro]

Chuck Berry is the original Rock N Roll Guitar God. No one really did what he did, they only copied.

[@TheBarkinFrog]

And he said he was just copying Sister Rosetta Tharpe. If you listen to her guitar solos, you can see where he got it from.

[@katsujinkin60]

This is ROCK and ROLL! My grandmother took me to our local movie theater in The South Bronx to see him when I was 5 years old (I'm 72 now). It was standing room only , and we sang "Maybelline" all the way back home. Movie theaters did a lot of live shows back in the 50's. Keith Richards of The Rolling Sones cut his teeth on Chuck Berry.

[@davidcain8903]

Jimi Hendrix playing this live was absolutely stunning

[@Desertcrone]

This is real rock and roll, you’re back to where it started. I’m 78 and this was the music that influenced everyone.

[@douglaspensack3499]

It's been said that jazz and blues had a baby, and they named it rock and roll. 😊

[@lorrieanneswan6509]

Very important historical music moment. Every time i see this, i get tearing up. It's just one major miracle that gets music to move in a great direction ❤.

[@krystalpotter3304]

Throughout the decades of rock, it became almost obligatory that every band do their own version of Johnny B Goode. 😊

[@smcthatisme]

Watching you dance brings the biggest smile to my face 😁

[@nathanclarke2777]

This is Pure Rock and Roll! Chuck was among the first and one of the best ever!

[@marcbaur677]

I guess, live it where a way harder sound, like Black Sabbath live is much harder as on the recorded Album.

[@alexhaas9653]

Easy. That's Marvin Berry's Cousin. Marvin was the one that discovered that new sound for Chuck. Some hotshot High School kid played this at the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance where Marvin and The Starlighters performed. I think the guys name was Calvin Klein or something...

[@jamiemacdonald436]

Nicely done sir 😂

[@ShadowSong634]

I also heard Calvin wears purple underwear

[@epowers76]

1.21 gigawatts????

[@JohnMorris-c5v]

@@alexhaas9653 standing applause, sir! Well done!

[@daveking9393]

I'm interested to find out if he knows the reference to back to the future or not

[@Clifford-f3y]

Chuck Berry was one of, if not the first guitar player who played it as the star of the show,not just the rhythm. Most of the great lead guitarist of the 60s evolved from his style. Thank you Chuck!!!

[@artdollist]

You've got to see him dance AND play! Ball of fire!

[@kimcutts6153]

🇬🇧 Chuck Berry is a pioneer in Rock & Roll. The man who started it all. Another early R&R band is Bill Haley & The Comets. "Rock Around The Clock" And just look how many views this had in just 12 hours...23k! Well done Declan. 👍👌🎶🎼💃🕺

[@RichardArnista]

I’m a 70 year old man, it’s a pleasure watching you reacting to the music I grew up with, continue to explore!

[@Rock_Snob]

Johnnie Johnson just tearing up the piano! 🎹

[@chrisrandall9628]

Voted No. 1 Greatest Guitar Song of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine

[@margiem5173]

Loved your reaction to this song MOLLYBOY! I recommend you watch “Back to the Future” its an 80’s movie but a big part of the movie takes place when Marty travels through time in a DeLorean (a car) Time Machine to the 50’s, Michael J Fox “Marty McFly” plays this song and his movements will show you the movements that Chuck Berry makes as he plays this song. You’ll also watch how people in the 50’s Danced to these songs! I think you’ll enjoy it!! 😃. Thank you love your reactions.

[@Anthony-k7t]

The birth place of real rock and Roll 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Go go go Johnny Go 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@smartin807]

If you liked this you should react to 'Long Tall Sally' by Little Richard.

[@hollymorris785]

Vote for Dion, Run-around Sue! You won't regret it!

[@stillmeadowfarm]

Dion and The Belmonts! Love it

[@kate6038]

The Wanderer! Check out the movie The Wanderers MB - the soundtrack is amazing! 👎

[@brianboye8025]

The people who danced to this early Rock n Roll were wild as well.

[@Jerralyng49]

If you ever saw the movie "Footloose" or "Dirty Dancing" you saw the kind of dancing that went with this kind of rock.😂

[@CharleneRoozRE]

Watching him actually play this song is NEXT LEVEL! 🤗 You are so refreshing!

[@susanlindner8626]

Happy to see the huge smile on your face... Rock n Roll 🤘🤘

[@MadailinBurnhope]

50's rock 'n roll is full of wonderful stuff

[@user-so3fr3ct2f]

All of rock and roll are rooted in the blues going back to the early 1900's. in the 50's and 60's electric guitars took over and off they went. So MOST early rock icons have that blues sound, the stones, jimi hendrix, SRV etc. But Chuck, Elvis and the Beatles changed the world with the "new" sound! Its so important for all the reactors to understand the evolution of music as we have it today!

[@user-so3fr3ct2f]

Oh I forgot to mention Jerry Lee Lewis!!

[@Jp421JP]

@@user-so3fr3ct2fand little Richard

[@rickgougeon5216]

Anyone who loves rock and wanted to play guitar learned this riff! It’s all over 70’s and 80’s rock

[@dkuiken9715]

As a teenager, I could not ever not dance when Chuck played his music!!

[@vincentfarquhar9671]

This was the ABSOLUTE beginning of Rock & Roll!!!~

[@TheGuruwan2b]

This was in Back to the Future. You really need to see a video of this.

[@ellencourtney7187]

You have to see him perform!!! Unbelievable!!!

[@allewis7810]

Chuck is considered one of the pioneers of rock n'roll. There are videos of Chuck in concert you should look up especially the video where he shares the stage with Bruce Springsteen and rockin this song in his late seventies!!!

[@veronicamorgan9029]

Chuck Berry was a phenomenal musician. They don't come around very often.❤

[@Ou81gi812]

🎊 You’re getting your “Ph.D.” in the History of Rock & Roll…and I can’t wait to see you graduate 👨‍🎓!!! When Rock started to “evolve” in the 50’s and 60’s…so did DANCING!!! Before Rock & Roll, dancing involved 2 people touching…all the time. When the music got a little faster, dance partners started to separate, until they were “doing their own thing”…TOGETHER.

[@jadalan1047]

I'm here in St. Louis, his hometown. Saw him play many times in a small club -- up to when he was well into his 80s. You HAVE to watch his early live performances. The father of rock 'n roll, for sure. BTW: Love your channel.

[@DianaMiceli-Billingsley-kj4ln]

This is the 50’s/early 60’s. This was my parents music, along with of course, Elvis Presley. ❤

[@HandlebarWorkshops]

This _IS_ rock n roll. You need to check out Little Richard as well. Maybe Tuti Fruti or Jenny Jenny

[@conniekungfu206]

He's actually the King of Rock and Roll! ❤😊

[@johnnyd5285]

He was one of the fathers of Rock and Roll, and this song was probably the biggest classic ever!😊

[@jduffcx]

This may be the most fun I've had while watching your reactions. Keep up the amazing work dude! 🤘

[@cindyv1401]

This is the very heart of American Rock n Roll Go Go Go Baby Go 💃🕺💃🕺💃

[@paulkingartwerks7981]

Back then the whole band was recorded at once. All Mono, yup one track! Berry was the genesis of rock and roll; Little Richard and Presley too.

[@tonigraffa8911]

Definitely listen to EVERYTHING he ever played!

[@debramirez2110]

This was "classic rock" for us in the 70's. We used to have 50's dances in high school and jitterbug to this stuff. It was awesome!