Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
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- Release Date
- October 9, 1987
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Cast
- Chuck Berry , Ingrid Berry , Eric Clapton , Robert Cray , Bo Diddley , Ahmet Ertegun
- Runtime
- 120
- Main Genre
- Documentary
Summary
St. Louis, 1986. For Chuck Berry's 60th, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself, and long-time Berry pianist Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, and Julian Lennon, Berry performs his classic rock songs. His abilities as a composer, lyricist, singer, musician, and entertainer are on display and, in behind-the-scenes interviews, are discussed by Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springstein, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, and others. There's even a rarity for Berry, a rehearsal. Archival footage from the early 1950s and a duet with John Lennon round out this portrait of a master.
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