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    • Dec 31, 1986
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Chuck Berry is inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk. His songs "Johnny B. Goode" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" became country hits for Buck Owens and Waylon Jennings
    May 18, 1987
    Warner/Curb releases Hank Williams Jr.'s "Born To Boogie," with lyrical nods to Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and Hank Williams' "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
    Oct 8, 1987
    Chuck Berry collects a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Berry's written hits for such country artists as Marty Robbins, Fred Knoblock, George Jones, Buck Owens and Emmylou Harris
    Dec 18, 1987
    Songwriter Chuck Berry is charged with assault after striking a woman at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel. Two of the women's teeth were loosened, and she required five stitches. He pleads guilty 11 months later to a lesser charge of harassment
    Mar 2, 1988
    Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is added to the Grammy Hall of Fame along with Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" and Artie Shaw's version of "Star Dust"
    Jun 28, 1988
    Rhino releases "Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1957," with The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie," Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," plus appearances by Chuck Berry, Paul Anka, Buddy Holly and The Jordanaires
    Sep 12, 1988
    Chuck Berry's Southern Air restaurant opens for business in Wentzville, Missouri. His recording of "Maybellene" is regarded in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles ever made
    Mar 12, 1989
    Chuck Berry--whose songs have become country hits for Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley and Emmylou Harris--is searched on suspicion of cocaine possession at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri. No drugs are found, and he is released
    Jun 25, 1989
    Chuck Berry--who's written such country hits as "Memphis," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Maybellene"--is inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame
    Jan 19, 1993
    Kenny Rogers and Trisha Yearwood perform in "The Presidential Inaugural Gala" a day before Bill Clinton takes office. Others on the bill include Fleetwood Mac, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Chuck Berry and Elton John
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