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Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Back Up In The Jungle In A Coconut Tree
It has long been contended that Chuck Berry is the true "King of Rock and Roll" as it was he who established it as a musical form as opposed to a hybrid of Rhythm & Blues and Country music.

Chuck Berry's songs constitute the largest body of rock standards in existence. His songs have been covered by the Beatles, Elvis, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys and many, many others.

Proof of how deeply intertwined Chuck Berry is with Rock and Roll, a clip of Johnny B. Goode was selected as a representation of rock music on the gold disc carried aboard the Voyager I spacecraft. Incidentally, Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on Goode Avenue.

John Lennon even went so far as to say, "If you tried to give Rock and Roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry.'"

Jo Jo Gunne is a "meddlesome monkey" who foments a fight between a lion and an elephant that all creatures of the jungle come to witness.

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