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| - %22Rock and Roll Music%22 is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry. The song has been widely covered, and is recognized as one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. In the fall of 1957, the song reached #6 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart and #8 on the Hot 100 chart.The song has been recorded by many well-known artists, including Bill Haley & His Comets, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, REO Speedwagon, Mental As Anything, Humble Pie, Manic Street Preachers and Bryan Adams. Berry performed his song on December 16, 1957, on ABC's short-lived variety program, The Guy Mitchell Show.The film Backbeat derived its title from the Berry's lyric in %22Rock and Roll Music%22: Just let me hear some of that rock'n'roll music - any old way you choose it - It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it...%22
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