Happy 80th Birthday to The King Of Rock and Roll

The real King of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry turns 80 today (don't even try to talk to me about Elvis, or as I like to call him, the Vanilla Ice of rock 'n roll).

Honorary Poekicker, John Lennon said it best, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'."


Chuck's had many highs and lows in his career. One of the highs was the 1986 movie "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll" which documented a 60th birthday concert that included an all-star band featuring Keith Richards as the musical leader, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray and Linda Ronstadt.

One of the lows was in 1990 when Chuck Berry was sued by several women who claimed that he had installed a video camera in the ladies' bathrooms at two of his St. Louis restaurants. This event was chronicled in the classic Poekickers song "Hail! Hail! Poop 'n' Pee."

Hail! Hail! Poop 'n' Pee (lyrics)
Hail! Hail! Poop 'n' Pee!
I love it when when she poops on me
She squats down low and opens wide
Then she lets out what's inside
Can you imagine the way I felt?
Or even worse they way I smelt!

Hail! Hail! Poop 'n' Pee!
I love it when she pees on me
She squats down low and opens wide
Then she lets out what's inside
She hits me with her golden stream
I makes me shout it makes me scream
Hail! Hail! Poop 'n' Pee!


Happy birthday Chuck!