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Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

7.2 120 mins Documentary   Music   1987
Universal Pictures  
Director(s): Taylor Hackford

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.

Casts of Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

Chuck Berry

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Keith Richards

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Ingrid Berry

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Eric Clapton

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Robert Cray

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Bo Diddley

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Don Everly

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Phil Everly

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Etta James

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Johnnie Johnson

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Steve Jordan

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Bobby Keys

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Chuck Leavell

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Julian Lennon

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Little Richard

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Roy Orbison

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Robbie Robertson

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Linda Ronstadt

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Joey Spampinato

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Jerry Lee Lewis

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