From left: Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards during the filming of Hail! Hail ! Rock n Roll in Los Angeles in 1986.Terry O'Neill—Getty Images
Legendary rock ‘n’ roll musician Chuck Berry died Saturday at 90, after being found unresponsive in his home near St. Louis. Berry’s hits, which included “Johnny B. Goode,” “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Maybellene,” and his dynamic stage presence influenced popular British rock acts from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones. Berry’s music even found its way into a memorable scene from the 1985 cult classic Back to the Future. In 1986, Berry was one of the first musicians inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it opened. As the Hall of Fame said: “After Elvis Presley, only Chuck Berry had more influence on the formation and development of rock & roll.” Above, TIME looks back at Chuck Berry’s life and career in photos.
Chuck Berry performs with his band c. 1956. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesChuck Berry's debut album After School Sessions, which was released on May 1, 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesChuck Berry with his Gibson hollow body electric guitar, c. 1958.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesChuck Berry in the late-1950s.GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs his "duck walk" in Santa Monica, Calif., on Dec. 29, 1964.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesA Chuck Berry concert poster from 1965.GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty ImagesChuck Berry in London in 1965.David Redfern—Redferns/Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs in New York City in 1969.Walter Looss Jr.—Getty ImagesChuck Berry and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones chat backstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City, on Nov. 28, 1969.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesFrom left: Mike Douglas, Chuck Berry, Yoko Ono, and John Lennon during a taping of The Mike Douglas Show in Feb. 1972. Michael Leshnov—Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesBo Diddley and Chuck Berry perform at Madison Square Garden, on May 6, 1972 in New York City.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesChuck Berry, c.1975. Terry O'Neill—Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesChuck Berry and Michael Jackson at a Grammy Awards reception in Los Angeles in 1978.Brad Elterman—Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs at the Palladium in Hollywood, Calif. in 1980.George Rose—Getty ImagesFrom left: Ahmet Ertegun, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards in New York City, on Jan. 23, 1986.Ebet Roberts—RedfernsFrom left: Eric Clapton, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards during the filming of Hail! Hail ! Rock n Roll in Los Angeles in 1986. Terry O'Neill—Getty ImagesChuck Berry and Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on Nov. 5, 1987.Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty ImagesChuck Berry and longtime pianist Johnnie Johnson at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in New Orleans, La., on April 30, 1995Ebet Roberts—Redferns/Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs with The Tonight Show Band in Burbank, Calif., on Oct. 4, 1995.Margaret Norton—NBC/Getty ImagesChuck Berry during the Grand Opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland Ohio, on Sept. 7, 1995. Jeff Kravitz—Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 1998.Robert A. Reeder—The Washington Post/Getty ImagesKennedy Center Honorees Chuck Berry, along with Placido Domingo, Angela Lansbury, Clint Eastwood, and Mikhail Baryshnikov in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2000. Neshan Naltchayan—AFP/Getty ImagesChuck Berry throws out the first pitch prior to a St. Louis Cardinals v. Chicago Cubs game in St. Louis, Mo., on on July 29, 2011.Dilip Vishwanat—Getty ImagesChuck Berry performs in Moscow, Russia, on April 14, 2014. Dmitri Lekai—Getty Images
