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Chuck Berry

2011 – An eight foot statue of Chuck Berry will soon be a permanent fixture on This Day in Rock! Read more

2011 – An eight foot statue of Chuck Berry will soon be a permanent fixture on This Day in Rock!

2011 – An eight foot statue of Chuck Berry will soon be a permanent fixture on This Day in Rock! The Statue will be in a public area that acts as a gateway to a row of restaurants, shops and Blueberry Hill, the legendary nightclub where Berry still performs to this day. Protesters opposed the […]

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2011 – Rock n’ Roll takes it’s toll… Agent: Chuck Berry suffered from exhaustion Read more

2011 – Rock n’ Roll takes it’s toll… Agent: Chuck Berry suffered from exhaustion

2011 – Rock n’ Roll takes it’s toll… Agent: Chuck Berry suffered from exhaustion CHICAGO – An agent for Chuck Berry says exhaustion was the reason the rock-and-roll legend felt ill before a Chicago show and had to have medics check him out. Agent Dick Alen said Sunday via e-mail that the 84-year-old Berry was […]

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1990 – February 6th, over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry after it was alleged that he Read more

1990 – February 6th, over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry after it was alleged that he

1990 – February 6th, over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry after it was alleged that he had been secretly filming them in the toilets of the restaurant he owned. Drug unit raids Chuck Berry estates, seizes items St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 28 / 1990 Jo Mannies / the Post-Dispatch Staff Authorities said […]

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1990 – over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry Read more

1990 – over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry

1990 – February 6th, over 200 women filed court actions against Chuck Berry after it was alleged that he had been secretly filming them in the toilets of the restaurant he owned. Drug unit raids Chuck Berry estates, seizes items St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 28 / 1990 Jo Mannies / the Post-Dispatch Staff Authorities said […]

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1989 – a former chef at the Chuck Berry owned restaurant Southern Air started Read more

1989 – a former chef at the Chuck Berry owned restaurant Southern Air started

1989 – a former chef at the Chuck Berry owned restaurant Southern Air started court proceedings against Berry alleging that the singer had installed secret video cameras in the ladies toilets. A further 200 other women also took action claiming that the recordings were used for improper sexual fetishes.

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1979 – Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion Read more

1979 – Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion

1979 – Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion and is sentenced to four months in prison.

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1975 – Chuck Berry: In London, the audience at the Hammersmith Odeon… Read more

1975 – Chuck Berry: In London, the audience at the Hammersmith Odeon…

1975 – In London, the audience at the Hammersmith Odeon learns about Chuck Berry’s unusual concert practices when he walks off stage after 58 minutes. Berry defends himself by saying he was contracted to play only 45.  And besides, “They wouldn’t turn the house lights on. I always have them on for my last number.”

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1972 – John Lennon performs with Chuck Berry… Read more

1972 – John Lennon performs with Chuck Berry…

1972 – John Lennon performs with Chuck Berry on The Mike Douglas Show. Lennon and Yoko Ono are hosts of the afternoon talk show all this week.

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1959 – Chuck Berry was arrested after taking 14 year old Janice Norine Read more

1959 – Chuck Berry was arrested after taking 14 year old Janice Norine

1959 – Chuck Berry was arrested after taking 14 year old Janice Norine (who unbeknown to Berry was working as a prostitute), across a state line. He was sentenced to 5 years jail but after racist comments by the judge Berry was freed.

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1959  – Go Johnny Go, a rock ‘n’ roll film with appearances… Read more

1959 – Go Johnny Go, a rock ‘n’ roll film with appearances…

1959  – Go Johnny Go, a rock ‘n’ roll film with appearances by  and Jackie Wilson, premieres today. It’s the last rock film featuring DJ Alan Freed.

Stu Sweatman No Comments 3:21 pm
1958 – Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show plays at at the Memorial Hall in Canton, Ohio on This Day in Rock Music history! Read more

1958 – Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show plays at at the Memorial Hall in Canton, Ohio on This Day in Rock Music history!

1958 – Alan Freed’s Big Beat Show plays at at the Memorial Hall in Canton, Ohio on This Day in Rock Music history! Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Lymon, The Diamonds, The Chantels, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Danny and the Juniors, The Pastels and Larry Williams  were the featured artists […]

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1958 – Chuck Berry releases the single “Johnny B Goode” on This Day in Rock History! Read more

1958 – Chuck Berry releases the single “Johnny B Goode” on This Day in Rock History!

1958 – Chuck Berry releases the single “Johnny B. Goode.” It becomes his fifth top 10 single, peaking at No. 8. Single by Chuck Berry from the album Chuck Berry Is on Top B-side “Around & Around” Released March 31, 1958 Format 7″ 45 RPM, 10″ 78 RPM Recorded January 6, 1958 at Chess Studios, […]

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