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    • Oct 18, 1926
    Chuck Berry is born in San Jose. A seminal rock & roll guitarist, he sees many of his songs remade as country hits, including George Jones & Johnny Paycheck's "Mabellene," Buck Owens' "Johnny B. Goode" and Emmylou Harris' "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
    Nov 16, 1944
    Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, pleads guilty in Boone County, Missouri, for using a gun to steal a car. He and three friends are sentenced to 10 years in prison. He serves three years
    Oct 18, 1947
    "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" songwriter Chuck Berry is released from prison in Missouri, after serving three years for armed robbery
    Oct 28, 1948
    Singer/guitarist/songwriter Chuck Berry marries Themetta Suggs in St. Louis, Missouri. His recording of "Maybellene" is cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles in history
    Nov 1, 1952
    Chuck Berry, the future author of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," has his second daughter, Melody Berry, in St. Louis, Missouri
    Dec 31, 1952
    Guitarist Chuck Berry plays for the first time with piano player Johnnie Johnson in East St. Louis, Illinois. The two are bonded during the time Berry writes "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene" and "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
    Aug 13, 1954
    "Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry takes part in the first recording session of his career, for Ballad Records, at Premier Studios in St. Louis, Missouri
    May 21, 1955
    Chuck Berry records "Maybellene," a song inspired by Bob Wills' "Ida Red," at Chicago's Chess Recording Studio, with Willie Dixon on bass. George Jones & Johnny Paycheck have a country hit with the song--with the spelling changed to "Mabellene"--in 1979
    Jul 23, 1955
    Chess releases Chuck Berry's R&B classic "Maybellene," hailed in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles ever made
    Oct 15, 1955
    Chess releases Chuck Berry's R&B single "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)." Just 11 days later, Ernest Tubb records a country version
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