In 1958, Chuck Berry played Rhode Island's Newport Jazz Festival. He was a rare rock & roll act alongside acts like Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Louis Armstrong and Dinah Washington. The festival was immortalized in Bert Stern's remarkable documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day. The most stunning moment of the film is Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen." He begins his performance relatively
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