The late Johnnie Johnson was already a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Boogie Woogie Hall of Fame. Monday at the National Blues Museum in downtown St. Louis, Johnson became the latest ...

Johnnie Johnson, the St. Louis pianist whose popular early-1950s trio was the launching pad for a young guitarist named Chuck Berry and who played a key role in the sound of Berry’s genre-defining ...

Chuck Berry's legacy is bulletproof, but those who helped secure his place in history don't always get the same credit, and ...

Feb. 25—FAIRMONT — If it hadn't been for the movie, "Hail ! Hail ! Rock 'n' Roll, " Johnnie Johnson likely would have ended his days unheralded in St. Louis, a part-time bus driver who could play a ...

On June 6th, there will be a presentation by filmmaker Art Holliday about the music documentary-in-progress JOHNNIE BE GOOD – the life and music of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame piano man Johnnie Johnson ...

Johnnie Johnson, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like Roll Over Beethoven and No Particular Place to Go, died Wednesday. He was 80. Johnson died at his St. Louis home. The ...

ST. LOUIS — Johnnie Johnson, a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer who teamed with Chuck Berry for hits like “Roll Over Beethoven” and “No Particular Place to Go,” died Wednesday. He was 80. Mr. Johnson died at his ...

This collection of stories first appeared in the Post-Dispatch and on stltoday.com in 2007. They were written shortly after several blues legends with St. Louis roots died, including Oliver Sain, ...