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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

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Chuck Berry
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Chuck Berry
Producer:
Kevin Howlett

BBC Radio 1 England

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BBC Radio 1 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967.

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