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    • Jun 12, 1996
    The "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack earns a triple-platinum album from the RIAA. Contents include The Statler Brothers' "Flowers On The Wall," Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A Preacher Man" and Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell," plus Rick Nelson and Al Green, among others
    Nov 19, 1996
    TVT Soundtrax releases the "Jingle All The Way" soundtrack. The disc highlights Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," plus Christmas songs from Clarence Carter, Chuck Berry, Lou Rawls, Johnny Mathis, Nat "King" Cole and Charles Brown, among others
    Nov 20, 1996
    The Arnold Schwarzenegger holiday movie "Jingle All The Way" opens in theaters. The soundtrack includes Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," plus Christmas recordings by Chuck Berry, Nat King Cole, Darlene Love and Brian Setzer, among others
    Mar 7, 1997
    The Time-Life album "Rock & Roll Era: 1956" is certified gold by the RIAA. It includes Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula," Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" and Sonny James' "Young Love," plus Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles and Ivory Joe Hunter
    Dec 7, 1998
    The Time-Life album "Rock & Roll Era: 1956" is certified platinum by the RIAA. The album features Sonny James' "Young Love," Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes," plus music by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles and Ivory Joe Hunter
    Feb 24, 1999
    Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Ray Price's "Crazy Arms" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with the original versions of "Lonely Teardrops," "Only You (And You Alone)," "Summertime Blues" and "Johnny B. Goode"
    Oct 19, 1999
    "Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1957" is certified gold by the RIAA. The album features The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie," Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," plus Chuck Berry, Paul Anka, Buddy Holly and The Jordanaires
    Jan 6, 2000
    Chuck Berry's recording of "Johnny B. Goode" hits #15 on a VH1 poll of the 100 greatest rock & roll songs of all-time, while Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" lands at #30. Both songs also became country hits for Buck Owens
    Jul 2, 2000
    NPR ranks Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" among the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. The song was covered as a country hit by Marty Robbins and by George Jones & Johnny Paycheck
    Dec 3, 2000
    Chuck Berry, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, is saluted at the annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., along with Clint Eastwood, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo and Angela Lansbury
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