“I wanted to write about school because most of my audience at the particular time was of a school element.”

—  Chuck Berry

Introducing "School Days" on The History of Rock and Roll, (1978), Hour 1: "The Birth of Rock & Roll"

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American rock-and-roll musician 1926–2017

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