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Earth, wind and fire bassist verdine white talks about the film afterwards. Jerry lee lewis interview about chuck berry for the hail hail rock n roll documentary film 1986 duration. Rock n roll legend chuck berrys 60th birthday party october 18, 1986 in his home town of st. Hackford shared some memories from the making of the film.
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