American Songwriter

The Story Behind “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry and How It Was More About His Sister than the Famous Composer

Chuck Berry’s low-slung guitar as he duck-walked across the stage is an iconic image, but the engine that drove his earliest recordings was Johnnie Johnson’s piano. Berry tapped into the teenager’s ...
National Catholic Register

Roll Over, Beethoven: This Catholic Girls School is Shaking Up Radio Station’s Classics Countdown

Thanks to teamwork and tremendous dedication, the girls at Oakcrest School are celebrating a victory three years in the making ... Alix Baldwin, Instrumental Director at Oakcrest School, celebrating ...
American Songwriter

4 Chuck Berry Songs That Pioneered Rock and Roll

Chuck Berry, equipped with ubiquitous guitar licks, boundless charisma, self-confidence, and catchy songs, helped pioneer rock and roll. Though Elvis Presley became the King of Rock and Roll, Berry ...
Reuters

Roll over Beethoven: Remote highway plays Ode to Joy

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates, July 17 (Reuters) - No radio? No problem. The emirate of Fujairah has installed rumble strips along a 750-meter (half-mile) stretch of highway that play the Ode to Joy ...