Autographs of Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter; and one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music.
Born into a middle-class black family in St. Louis, Berry had an interest in music from an early age and gave his first public performance at Sumner High School. While still a high school student, he was convicted of armed robbery and was sent to a reformatory, where he was held from 1944 to 1947. After his release, Berry settled into married life and worked at an automobile assembly plant. By early 1953, influenced by the guitar riffs and showmanship techniques of the blues musician T-Bone Walker, Berry began performing with the Johnnie Johnson Trio. His break came when he traveled to Chicago in May 1955 and met Muddy Waters, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess, of Chess Records. With Chess, he recorded "Maybellene"—Berry's adaptation of the country song "Ida Red"—which sold over a million copies, reaching number one on Billboard magazine's rhythm and blues chart.
By the end of the 1950s, Berry was an established star, with several hit records and film appearances and a lucrative touring career. He had also established his own St. Louis nightclub, Berry's Club Bandstand. He was sentenced to three years in prison in January 1962 for offenses under the Mann Act—he had transported a 14-year-old girl across state lines for the purpose of having sex. After his release in 1963, Berry had several more successful songs, including "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell", and "Nadine". However, these did not achieve the same success or lasting impact of his 1950s songs, and by the 1970s he was more in demand as a nostalgia performer, playing his past material with local backup bands of variable quality. His insistence on being paid in cash led in 1979 to a four-month jail sentence and community service, for tax evasion.
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Current items with a signature of Chuck Berry
These are the most current items with a signature of Chuck Berry that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | CHUCK BERRY SIGNED MONTAGE | £390.00 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Chuck Berry
The most expensive item with a signature of Chuck Berry (CHUCK BERRY I'm A Rocker VINYL LP - Johnny B. Goode School Days Autograph SIGNED) was sold in January 2026 for £1,510.16 while the cheapest item (Signed photograph of Chuck Berry with his guitar) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2019. The month with the most items sold (20) was May 2018 with an average selling price of £11.25 for an autographed item of Chuck Berry. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2024 with £252.76 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2014. In average, an autographed item from Chuck Berry is worth £20.00.
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