Chuck Berry, John Lennon's Reactions To The Awful Screams From Yoko Ono

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From the art of writing song lyrics, guitar playing, and stage performance, no other singer has exerted as much influence on John Lennon as Chuck Berry. “When I hear rock, good rock, the caliber of Chuck Berry, I just fall apart,”John admitted in an interview, “and I have no other interest in life. The world could be ending if rock ‘n’ roll is playing.”

He wasted no time singing a duet with his idol while he and his wife, Yoko Ono, co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show in February 1972. The trio performed a killer version of Berry’s 1959 song, “Memphis, Tennessee.”

Berry and Lennon were joined in the rendition by a backing band with Yoko Ono on percussion. A few minutes into the performance, she added an avant-garde wail to the sound, which embarrassed Berry and made him give the cameraman a stern look.Mid-way into the song, she grabs the mic one more time to contribute to the duet, but she lets out another wibble-wobble wail. The engineer who had taken the cue decided to switch off her microphone to avoid further interruptions.

Source: doyouremember.com

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