Chuck Berry:
I was trying to shoot for the entire population, instead, shall we say, the neighborhood. Muddy Waters, I knew he was dynamite in our neighborhood. He's dynamite with me! One of the most loved artists that I like. But, working for my father in the white neighborhoods, I never heard Muddy Waters. I never heard Elmore James. Howlin' Wolf, I never heard him. I heard Frank Sinatra. I heard Pat Boone, you know. Pat Boone doing Muddy Waters or whoever his number, you know, selection. But, then I said now why can't I do as Pat Boone does and play good music for the white people and sell as well there as I could in the neighborhood. And that's what I shot for, writing "School Days." Nice, nice music. And, it caught on.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 07:18