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

Name: Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
Director: Taylor Hackford
Released: 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

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.

Runtime: 120

Release date: 1987-01-01

<article> <figure> <img src="http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/1VoC97S0mwqcXOwAQOBYbodAgSZ.jpg" title='Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll' alt='Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll'/> </figure> <h1>Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll</h1> <p>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.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 120</summary> <summary>Release date: 1987-01-01</summary></details> </article>