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  1. Chuck Berry Does The Duck Walk – September 8, 1955

    #chuckberry #fatherofrocknroll #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rocknroll #rockandroll Low on the bill at Alan Freed's Rock And Roll Spectacular, Chuck Berry does the duck walk for the first time all because of a damned wrinkled suit. The show's at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn, New York, where he is low in the bill at Alan Freed's "Rock and Roll Spectacular." It's one of Berry's first shows outside…

    robinbannks.com/2026/09/08/chu

  2. buster shuffle - you never can tell (chuck berry), live, weserufer / kanzlers weide, minden

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  3. On Jul 25, 1969: 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival (across 3 days); performers include #BoDiddley, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ten Years After, Guess Who, Santana, Tim Buckley, Byrds, Ike & #TinaTurner Revue, Chicago Transit Authority, #ChuckBerry, Led Zeppelin, and The Doors.

  4. "Carol" is a song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, first released by #ChessRecords in 1958, with "Hey Pedro" as the B-side. The single reached number 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 and number 12 on the magazine's #RAndBChart. In 1959, it was included on his first compilation album, #BerryIsOnTop. Berry employs his well-known guitar figure, which #AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes as "a guitar lick that indeed propelled not just Berry's greatest works.
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  5. On 4 Jul 1969: 140,000 attend 2-day Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron, Georgia; performers include: #JanisJoplin; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Chicago; Led Zeppelin; Delaney and Bonnie; #CreedenceClearwaterRevival, Canned Heat; #JoeCocker; #ChuckBerry; Spirit; and Johnny Winter.

  6. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a #V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
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  7. 55 years ago today, 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert in McCrea, Louisiana; performers included #ChuckBerry; Stephen Stills; WAR; #JohnSebastian; and Delaney and Bonnie.

  8. "You Never Can Tell", also known as "C'est La Vie" or "Teenage Wedding", is a #song written by #ChuckBerry. It was composed in the early 1960s while Berry was in federal prison for violating the #MannAct. Released in 1964 on the album #StLouisToLiverpool and the follow-up single to Berry's final Top Ten hit of the 1960s: "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell" reached number 14, becoming Berry's final #Top40 hit until "My Ding-a-Ling".
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