  Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Muddy Waters...  no one person (or race) invented rock n roll but there were certainly progenitors that clearly influenced so many successful white artists...why did you see so many of the hallmark acts of rock n roll doing cover versions of songs originally created by black artists?  You do know Chuck Berry used to play Country and hillbilly music before he got into Rock N' Roll?? People used to tease him for being a Black hillbilly I posted on this on this thread not too long ago. Took it right out of his autobiography. Nobody is denying that Blacks had any contribution to Rock N' Roll. But Blacks certainly didn't create Rock, Whites certainly didn't steal Rock. And.....Rock N' Roll owes its roots directly to White hillbilly, Country and Bluegrass music more than ANYTHING else. By far. Rock N' Roll would have existed even if Blacks had never been here in America. But Blacks have contributed. Chuck Berry is one of the greatest early Rock N' Roll stars, right up there with Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis. Little Richard.....sucks.