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The grandfather of rock and roll
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chuck berry
SEX and drugs and rock and roll - a fitting motto for the man
credited with inventing rock'n'roll and one which, over the last
seven decades, Chuck Berry can certainly claim to have lived up to.
The legendary musician who enraged Mary Whitehouse in 1972 when
his tongue-in-cheek novelty release, My Ding-a-ling (I want you to
play with . . .), claimed the No 1 spot, returns to Edinburgh on
Sunday to play what is guaranteed to be this weekend's hot ticket.
These days the 76-year-old is past giving interviews - although he
will happily meet and chat after gigs, "if he is in the ...
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Berry quite contrary on DVD
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...beginning of rock 'n' roll named Chuck Berry. Berry is an immensely talented...rehearsals and concerts for the film "Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll." Hackford...liked about it is that in concert Chuck Berry always was and still is in your...
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`Hail! Hail!': Goode Times With Berry
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; At two hours, Taylor Hackford's "Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" is as...are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.' " There's Little Richard confessing...years. You may learn more about Chuck Berry than you want to know (and a lot...
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Chuck Berry, Not About To Roll Over
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...way we ended it in 1954," said Chuck Berry as he brought "Around and Around...miraculous about the evening. When Chuck Berry sings "Hail, hail, rock-and-roll...club, there was a good chance that Chuck Berry was already a few miles down the...
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`Hail' celebrates power of Chuck Berry's music
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!' (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) Featuring Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray...Classified PG. At local theaters. I expected "Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll!" to be a great...
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Berry just couldn't be good. ..
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; Byline: JOHN WILLIAMS Chuck Berry by John Collis Aurum Press u16...once said: 'I wouldn't warm to Chuck Berry even if I was cremated next to...closest friends in the rock business. Chuck Berry is definitely a challenge for a...
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Chuck Berry's Rock of Ages;With a New Book and a Movie, the Back Beat Goes On
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...music If you wanna dance with me Chuck Berry is between flights, between his...It's good money, he says, and Chuck Berry will only work for good money...establish a line of credit with Chuck Berry. Yet credit is the one thing rock...
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Behind the legend DVD release of Berry tribute 'Hail, Hail' sheds light on complicated artist
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News
; ...Roll, the 1987 film tribute to Chuck Berry's music filmed on the man's 60th...the history, context and music of Chuck Berry (and rock 'n' roll itself) is amazingly...child of rock 'n' roll. To me, Chuck Berry was the best." Not only did Berry...
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Chuck Berry proves rock knows no age.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald
; Byline: DANIEL GEWERTZ CHUCK BERRY, with THE SUPERGROUP and ERNIE...There was a worrisome moment, when Chuck Berry strolled on the Berklee stage and...CAPTION: HAIL, HAIL: The legendary Chuck Berry thrilled the Berklee crowd. HERALD...
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Berry still true to his legendary tunes
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Music Review Chuck Berry & Supergroup At: Berklee Performance...n' roll, the mere sight of Chuck Berry with an electric guitar can...who remain forever young in Berry's universe. We are all older, of course (including Berry, who is now 81), but everybody...familiar phrase from one of ...
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Reviews: Chuck Berry
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; Music: CHUCK BERRY **** PLAYHOUSE, EDINBURGH...years old next week. But Chuck Berry is 77 and so irrepressible...more eloquently expressed by Berry himself when he struck the...introduction, not just to Berry's set but to rock and roll...
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