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Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)

Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)

Music Documentary
Release Date: 1987, October 9
Directors: Taylor Hackford
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures
Cast: Keith Richards, Bo Diddley, Bruce Springsteen, Little Richard, Julian Lennon, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, Chuck Berry, Chuck Leavell, Johnnie Johnson, Roy Orbison, Steve Jordan

Overview:

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.