In 1986, two collaborative concerts were held for Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis. Several famous artists were later featured on the ‘Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll’ documentary that performed alongside Berry including Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Etta James, Johnnie Johnson, Steve Jordan Steve Jordan, Bobby Keys, Julian Lennon, and Joey Spampinato, just to name a few. | Chuck Berry

On October 9, 1987, the documentary, ‘Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll’, was released; it chronicles two 1986 concerts celebrating Chuck Berry featuring concert footage, scenes from the rehearsals, interviews with Berry and members of his family, along with a number of musicians including Bruce Springsteen as shown here. | Chuck Berry

#OTD Chuck Berry had Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band join him in performing “Johnny B. Goode” for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert in Ohio! Bruce Springsteen told Rolling Stone, “About five minutes before the show was timed to start, the back door opens and he comes up and he’s got a guitar case and that was it.” Springsteen continues, “He just pulled up in his own car and didn’t have anybody with him, or a band. We said, ‘What songs are we going to do?’ He goes, ‘We’re going to do s

Chuck Berry with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band performing "Johnny B. Goode" at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. | Chuck Berry