Chuck Berry Documentary Wins Top Honors at Music DVD Awards.WEST HOLLYWOOD West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. , Calif. -- Director Taylor Hackford's "Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. ," a documentary on legendary rock pioneer Chuck Berry, won top honors at the third annual Music DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. Awards, presented March 6 in West Hollywood, Calif. The film, released by Image Entertainment in two-disc and four-disc configurations, was named Best of Show, beating more than 100 contenders that were entered into the annual contest, produced by Home Media Magazine. "Hail! Hail!" also won in two other categories, for best vintage concert and best special features/bonus materials. Judges praised the 1987 film for capturing Berry's fire and passion on stage, as well as his at times outrageous exploits before, during and after his concert that year at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, organized by Rolling Stone Keith Richards to celebrate Berry's 60th birthday. Berry was backed by a pickup band that included Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton and veteran Berry sideman side·man n. A member of a jazz band who is not the leader or a featured soloist. Johnnie Johnson on piano. Berry was joined on stage by such legendary guests as Etta James, Linda Ronstadt, and Julian Lennon. Sandwiched between the musical performances are behind-the-scenes interviews with Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis Noun 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Lewis , Bruce Springsteen, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, and others. A panel of entertainment journalists judged the contest, in which music DVDs released in calendar 2006 competed in eight categories. The other winners: * Best Compilation: Kiss Volume 1, VH1 Classic Records * Best Music Documentary: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Doll, Vivendi Visual Entertainment/Palm Pictures * Best New Concert: Neil Young Heart of Gold, Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) and (Paramount Video) is a home video company founded in 1976. It is a division of Paramount Pictures, which in turn is owned by Viacom. * Best TV Concert: The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder, Shout! Factory. Rhino Entertainment and Barry Manilow received a special award for their series of concert video DVDs, the first two of which, "Music and Passion" and "First and Farewell," each soared well past the platinum level. The third annual Music DVD Awards were part of the third annual Music DVD Conference, produced by Home Media Magazine in partnership with The Hollywood Reporter, DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group and the Entertainment Merchants Association. Home Media Magazine is published by Questex Media Group. |
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