Fact #99067
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Short story:
Chuck Berry records Promised Land in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Chess Records.
Full article:
Guy Stevens (UK record producer) : I was at a session with Phil Chess in 1964 with Chuck Berry when he was doing Promised Land and Nadine. I was at the session! I was taking photographs! I got Chuck Berry out of prison! I put tremendous pressure on Pye Records, who had Chess and Checker over here, and the head of the company at the time was Ian Ralfini.
(Source : (interview with Charles Shaar Murray of NME, December 1979)
Ralph McTell (UK singer-songwriter) : This song was composed by one of the greatest writers
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(Source : (interview with Charles Shaar Murray of NME, December 1979)
Ralph McTell (UK singer-songwriter) : This song was composed by one of the greatest writers