Marvin Berry and The Starlighters

Marvin Berry and The Starlighters is a fictional band portrayed in the 1985 film Back to the Future. The members of the band are Harry Waters, Jr. (as Marvin Berry, supposed to be the cousin of real-life Chuck Berry) performing lead vocals and guitar, and the Starlighters: Tommy Thomas on saxophone, Granville 'Danny' Young on the upright bass, David Harold Brown (as Reginald) on drums and Lloyd L. Tolbert on the piano. Tolbert, too, is a drummer, but played the keyboards for the studio recording. In the movie, this band performed at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.<ref name="first"/>
Songs
The 3 songs that this band played in the film were (in order):
* "Night Train" - Marvin Berry and the Starlighters — (2:17)
* "" - Marvin Berry and the Starlighters — (3:02)
* "Johnny B. Goode" - Marty McFly and the Starlighters — (3:06). Marty McFly's singing was dubbed by Mark Campbell and his guitar solo was performed by Tim May. Campbell and May received a "Special Thanks" acknowledgment in the film's end credits, with the recording credit going to the fictional characters.

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