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His Best, Volume 1
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Album: His Best, Volume 1
# Song Title   Time
1)    Maybellene Single Version More Info... 2:21
2)    Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) More Info... 2:23
3)    You Can't Catch Me Single Version More Info... 2:42
4)    Down Bound Train Single Version More Info... 2:50
5)    Brown Eyed Handsome Man Single Version More Info... 2:16
6)    Roll Over Beethoven Single Version More Info... 2:23
7)    Too Much Monkey Business Single Version More Info... 2:55
8)    Havana Moon Single Version More Info... 3:07
9)    School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell) Single Version More Info... 2:41
10)    Rock And Roll Music 1958 Single Version More Info... 2:32
11)    Oh Baby Doll 1957 Single Version More Info... 2:37
12)    Reelin' And Rockin' Single Version More Info... 3:15
13)    Sweet Little Sixteen More Info... 3:02
14)    Johnny B. Goode More Info... 2:40
15)    Around And Around Single Version More Info... 2:39
16)    Beautiful Delilah Single Version More Info... 2:09
17)    Carol Single Version More Info... 2:48
18)    Anthony Boy Single Version More Info... 1:53
19)    Jo Jo Gunne Single Version More Info... 2:46
20)    Memphis, Tennessee Single Version More Info... 2:15
 
Album: His Best, Volume 1
# Song Title   Time
1)    Maybellene Single Version More Info... 2:21
2)    Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) More Info... 2:23
3)    You Can't Catch Me Single Version More Info... 2:42
4)    Down Bound Train Single Version More Info... 2:50
5)    Brown Eyed Handsome Man Single Version More Info... 2:16
6)    Roll Over Beethoven Single Version More Info... 2:23
7)    Too Much Monkey Business Single Version More Info... 2:55
8)    Havana Moon Single Version More Info... 3:07
9)    School Day (Ring Ring Goes The Bell) Single Version More Info... 2:41
10)    Rock And Roll Music 1958 Single Version More Info... 2:32
11)    Oh Baby Doll 1957 Single Version More Info... 2:37
12)    Reelin' And Rockin' Single Version More Info... 3:15
13)    Sweet Little Sixteen More Info... 3:02
14)    Johnny B. Goode More Info... 2:40
15)    Around And Around Single Version More Info... 2:39
16)    Beautiful Delilah Single Version More Info... 2:09
17)    Carol Single Version More Info... 2:48
18)    Anthony Boy Single Version More Info... 1:53
19)    Jo Jo Gunne Single Version More Info... 2:46
20)    Memphis, Tennessee Single Version More Info... 2:15
 
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  • Personnel includes: Chuck Berry (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Rogers (guitar); Johnnie Johnson (piano); Willie Dixon, G. Smith (bass); Ebby Hardy, Fred Below (drums); Jerome Green (maracas).
  • Recorded between 1955 & 1958. Includes liner notes by Billy Altman.
  • Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).
  • This is part of Chess' 50th Anniversary Collection series.
  • Personnel: Chuck Berry (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Rogers (guitar); Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake, Otis Spann (piano); Fred Below, Jasper Thomas, Ebby Hardy (drums); Jerome Green (maracas).
  • Recording information: Chicago, IL (05/21/1955-09/28/1958); St. Louis, MO (05/21/1955-09/28/1958).
  • Photographer: Popsy Randolph.
  • A seminal figure in the evolution of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry's influence as songwriter and guitarist is incalculable. His cogent songs captured adolescent life, yet the artist was 30 years old when he commenced recording. In 1955, during a chance visit to Chicago, Berry met bluesman Muddy Waters, who advised the young singer to approach the Chess label. Berry's demo of "Ida May," was sufficient to win a recording contract and the composition, retitled "Maybellene," duly became his debut single. Berry enjoyed further hits with "Thirty Days" and "No Money Down," but it was his third recording session that proved even more productive, producing a stream of classics, "Roll Over Beethoven," "Too Much Monkey Business" and "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man." The artist's subsequent releases read like a lexicon of pop history - "School Days," "Rock And Roll Music" (all 1957), "Sweet Little Sixteen," "Reelin' And Rockin," "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), "Back In The USA," "Let It Rock" (1960) and "Bye Bye Johnny" (1960) are but a handful of the peerless songs written and recorded during this prolific period.
  • Berry was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1986. His stature as an essential figure in the evolution of popular music cannot be underestimated.
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