On this day in 1952, when his original guitarist had a stroke just before a New Year's Eve gig, popular St. Louis boogie-woogie pianist #JohnnieJohnson hired for his group The Sir John's Trio a 26-year old hairdresser named #ChuckBerry.
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And he rocked around the clock in to rock n roll history
@zleap Yes he did, PLUS, one of his songs made it on the Voyager spacecraft. Talk about universal appeal!
