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Rock and Roll Pioneer Chuck Berry

Collection items related to rock and roll pioneer Charles E. "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926–March 18, 2017). You can see Chuck Berry's red Cadillac and electric guitar nicknamed "Maybellene" in Musical Crossroads at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.


Chuck Berry

Red Cadillac Eldorado owned by Chuck Berry

Electric guitar belonging to Chuck Berry, nicknamed "Maybellene"

Chuck Berry / Mike Bloomfield

Tell Us About Chuck Berry's Cadillac

Chuck Berry / Steve Miller Band

Record, Voyager, Sounds of Earth

Mick Jagger and Chuck Berry

Historically Speaking: Chuck Berry: An American Life

Tell us about Chuck Berry's Guitar "Maybellene"

Gold plated disc with etched designs on the surface. At top left is a circle depicting the record. The dashes along the outer edge, in binary code, show the proper rotational speed for playing the record.

Record, Cover, Voyager (Duplicate)

Johnny B. Goode

No Particular Place To Go; You Two

H-165, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Chuck Berry and Coleman Hawkens

You Can Never Tell; Brenda Lee

Too Much Monkey Business; Brown Eyed Handsome Man

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