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50s performances of Chuck Berry

‘you can’t catch me’ on 1956 film ‘Rock, Rock, Rock!’

‘oh, baby doll’ on 1957 film ‘Mister Rock and Roll’

‘sweet little sixteen’ on Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show’. February 1958

‘school day’ on Dick Clarke’s ‘Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show’, May 1958

‘Johnny B Goode’ with hot orchestral arrangements on 1959 film ‘Go, Johnny, Go!’

‘little Queenie’ on 1959 film ‘Go, Johnny, Go!’

‘Memphis, Tennessee’ on 1959 film ‘Go, Johnny, Go!’

‘back in the USA’ on Dick Clarke’s ‘Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show’, July 1959

‘almost grown’ on Dick Clarke’s ‘Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show’, July 1959

‘sweet little sixteen’ in the 1959 film ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’

‘Johnny B Goode’ on the ‘Hollywood a Gogo’ show, early 1960s

‘Maybelline’ on the ‘Hollywood a Gogo’ show, early 1960s

Often presented falsely as a 1958 live performance, Berry’s performance on a Belgian tv show in 1965 is presented here. The atmosphere is jazzy and the staid middle-aged audience stands in contrast to his teenage American fans.

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