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John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono would later perform the song with Berry on an episode of The Mike Douglas Show, aired on February 16, 1972. [6] During the performance, Ono attempted to add her own wailing vocalizations to the song, which visibly startled Berry; eventually, technicians disconnected Ono's microphone for the remainder of the set.
Toronto rock promoters John Brower and Kenny Walker organised a festival held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto on 13 September 1969, around the notion of a revival of rock and roll stars from the 1950s, booking Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, and Gene Vincent.
The song's music publisher, Morris Levy, sued John Lennon for copyright infringement because of the melodic similarity between "You Can't Catch Me" and the Beatles' 1969 song "Come Together", written by Lennon, and because the Beatles' song used some of the lyrics of Berry's song ("here come old flat-top"). The suit was settled out of court.
The Toronto Rock and Roll Revival was held at Varsity Stadium, at the University of Toronto with an audience of over 20,000. The originally listed performers for the festival were Whiskey Howl, Bo Diddley, Chicago, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Tony Joe White, Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Cat Mother and the All Night News Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Milkwood (Toronto ...
Sweet Toronto (sometimes referred as Sweet Toronto Peace Festival) is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, [1] [2] a one-day festival held September 13, 1969, at Varsity Stadium on the campus of the University of Toronto and attended by some 20,000 people.
Rock critic Robert Christgau considers Berry "the greatest of the rock and rollers", [102] and John Lennon said, "if you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." [103] Ted Nugent said, "If you don't know every Chuck Berry lick, you can't play rock guitar." [104] Bob Dylan called Berry "the Shakespeare of rock ...
"Come Together" is a song by the British rock band The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road . It was also a double A-side single in the United Kingdom with " Something ", reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.
Phil Spector co-produced Lennon's albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Imagine (1971), Some Time in New York City (1972) and Rock 'n' Roll (1975). Lennon and Ono performed four songs on Some Time in New York City (1972) live with Frank Zappa and his band the Mothers of Invention.