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Promised Land

BBC Radio 1
on BBC Radio 1 England

In 1963, Chuck Berry wrote about a 'poor boy' leaving his home in Norfolk, Virginia, to seek his fame and fortune in the Promised Land of California.
Experience the journey in song - travelling westwards across America with the music and radio en route, and the sound of the Greyhound, 'Midnight Flyer' and jet that brought Chuck Berry 's hero to Los Angeles.
Research, interviews and travelling by Pete Frame Producer KEVIN HOWLETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Chuck Berry
Unknown:
Chuck Berry
Producer:
Kevin Howlett
Source: Radio Times

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