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Essential Works 1955-1962, Vinyl / 12" Album Vinyl

Essential Works 1955-1962 Vinyl / 12" Album

by Chuck Berry

Vinyl / 12" Album

Description

Of all the fathers of rock 'n' roll, Chuck Berry was the most colourful, a wild and original character who was a model for the greatest rock guitarists. Harassed and imprisoned by racist authorities, Chuck would spend some 60 years either at the top of the charts or behind bars. After being sentenced for hold-ups in three stores, car theft, and possession of a weapon, he spent two years in a reformatory. Released in 1947, it was after an encounter with Muddy Waters, and especially Leonard Chess in 1955, that his life was transformed. He recorded a Bob Wills country song that he retitled 'Maybellene', and it sold over a million copies, which took the song to the top of the R&B charts, the first in a long series of hits he recorded for the Chess label. They are all on this album.

Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Roll Over Beethoven
  2. Too Much Monkey Business
  3. School Day (Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll)
  4. Rock and Roll Music
  5. Maybellene
  6. No Money Down
  7. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
  8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  9. Johnny B. Goode
  10. Sweet Little Sixteen
  11. Guitar Boogie
  12. Reelin' & Rockin'
  13. Around & Around
  14. Carol
  15. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
Disc 2
  1. Memphis Tennessee
  2. Little Queenie
  3. Almost Grown
  4. Back in the USA
  5. Betty Jean
  6. Let It Rock
  7. Jaguar and the Thunderbird
  8. Bye Bye Johnny
  9. Don't You Lie to Me
  10. Down the Road a Piece
  11. Confessin' the Blues
  12. Route 66
  13. I'm Talking About You
  14. Come On

Information

  • Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
  • Label:Diggers Factory
  • Genre:Rock and Roll
  • Release Date:
  • Number of Discs:2
  • EAN:3760300312025

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Track Listing

Disc 1
  1. Roll Over Beethoven
  2. Too Much Monkey Business
  3. School Day (Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll)
  4. Rock and Roll Music
  5. Maybellene
  6. No Money Down
  7. Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
  8. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
  9. Johnny B. Goode
  10. Sweet Little Sixteen
  11. Guitar Boogie
  12. Reelin' & Rockin'
  13. Around & Around
  14. Carol
  15. Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller
Disc 2
  1. Memphis Tennessee
  2. Little Queenie
  3. Almost Grown
  4. Back in the USA
  5. Betty Jean
  6. Let It Rock
  7. Jaguar and the Thunderbird
  8. Bye Bye Johnny
  9. Don't You Lie to Me
  10. Down the Road a Piece
  11. Confessin' the Blues
  12. Route 66
  13. I'm Talking About You
  14. Come On

Information

  • Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
  • Label:Diggers Factory
  • Genre:Rock and Roll
  • Release Date:
  • Number of Discs:2
  • EAN:3760300312025