play_arrow
Hot 103 Today's Hottest Music
Charles Edward Anderson Berry, or Chuck Berry, died over the weekend at the age of 90. We thought we’d spend one more day illuminating the contributions made by Chuck over the course of his 70-year career.
How good of a songwriter was Chuck Berry? He wrote “No Particular Place to Go,” “You Never Can Tell,” “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven” “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode.”
Chuck brought swagger to the stage, a real showmanship and style that dwarfed the typical performer who simply stood on stage with a mindless stare. He also placed a great deal of emphasis on the story the song told, atypical at that time (the late 50s) and finally, perhaps his greatest contribution to music, Chuck was international in his human appeal. Everybody loved Chuck Berry, regardless of which side of the track you came from, or what school you went to.
In spite of all his hit records, “My Ding-a-Ling,” from the 70s was his only number one tune. Did you know that the Beach Boys song “Surfing U.S.A” has partial writing credit to Chuck? It seems that the Beach Boys kind of accidentally ‘lifted’ a few bars from Chucks “Sweet Little Sixteen,” so to avoid a lawsuit, the Beach Boys added Chuck to the writing credits.
—
Photo credit: Benoit Daoust / Shutterstock.com
The NCAA Tournament has been a fun one especially if you’re a fan of the Big Ten Conference. Heading into the Sweet Sixteen, the conference will have three members representing them! Those three teams are Wisconsin, Michigan and Purdue, two of which were underdogs and beat top two seeds. Considering these three were seeded four, seven and nine that’s quite impressive! Wisconsin took down Villanova on Saturday by three, Purdue’s […]
For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close
For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close
For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule, and you can set automatic carousels of Podcasts, Articles and Charts by simply choosing a category.
close
For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close
For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule, and you can set automatic carousels of Podcasts, Articles and Charts by simply choosing a category.
close
For every Show page the timetable is automatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close For every Show page the timetable is auomatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close For every Show page the timetable is automatically generated from the schedule. Curabitur id lacus felis. Sed justo mauris, auctor eget tellus nec, pellentesque varius mauris. Sed eu congue nulla, et tincidunt justo. Aliquam semper faucibus odio id varius. Suspendisse varius laoreet sodales.
close
