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Rock 'n' Roll: Beginnings to Woodstock

A video clip of a 1974 Chuck Berry performance.

A video clip of a 1974 Chuck Berry performance.

Citation Information: “ROCK AND ROLL STAR, CHUCK BARRY, PERFORMS AT SIX FLAGS,” Digital Public Library of America, http://dp.la/item/6aff18b31b02dc6fb182bd7a3a06e5a3.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Courtesy of WSB-TV, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection via Digital Library of Georgia.

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A video clip of a 1974 Chuck Berry performance.

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A photograph of the Beatles with Ed Sullivan, the television show host who helped introduce them to America, 1964.

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An excerpt from Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock ‘n’ Roll Song, by Dave Marsh, 2004.

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