47. Chuck Berry reworked the country song “Ida Red” upping the beat and changing its name to “Maybellene”, a name he picked up from the mascara product. John Lennon said that “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.” Berry is the indisputable “Father of Rock and Roll“, giving us our best rock and roll anthems: : “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958).
