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The Chuck Berry Database contains the most accurate and up to date information about the recordings of Chuck Berry.
The database is an international joint work by Fred Rothwell, England, author of "Long Distance information - Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy",
Morten Reff, Norway, author of "The Chuck Berry International Directory", and Dietmar Rudolph, Germany, author of "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry"
featuring collaboration from Thierry Chanu (†), Arne Wolfswinkel, and Claude Schlouch with help from record collectors world-wide.
Using this database you can find out which songs Chuck Berry recorded during his musical career, when he recorded the often multiple versions of a song, and who helped recording it.
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Leonard Chess
Maybellene | Come Back Maybellene | Mabellene | Maybelline
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Ebbie Hardy | drums |
| Leonard Chess | maracas (poss.) |
| Jerome Green | maracas (poss.) |
| Length | 2:18 |
| Master | CHESS 7844 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Maybellene b/w Wee Wee Hours (CHESS 1604, USA, 1955-07) |
| First release on album | Rock Rock Rock (CHESS LP 1425, USA, 1956-12) |
Audience dubbed (CHESS)
| Length | 2:18 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
Audience dubbed (DEJA VU)
| Length | 2:18 |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
DJ dubbed
| George "Jumpin'" Oxford | DJ talk (overdub) |
| Length | 2:18 |
| First release on album | Cruisin' 1955 (Increase INCM 2000, USA, 1972-01) |
Thirty Days | Fourty Days | Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano, chorus |
| Willie Dixon | double bass, chorus |
| Ebbie Hardy | drums, chorus |
| Leonard Chess | maracas (poss.) |
| Jerome Green | maracas (poss.) |
| Length | 2:23 |
| Master | CHESS 7898 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Thirty Days b/w Together (CHESS 1610, USA, 1955-09) |
| First release on album | Rock Rock Rock (CHESS LP 1425, USA, 1956-12) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:21 |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
Vacation Time | 21 | 21 Blues | When You're Twenty-One
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named 21 remake, take 9 overdub 13A, released as Vacation Time
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
| Paul Gayten | piano |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Odie Payne | drums |
| Length | 2:44 |
| Master | CHESS 8849 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Beautiful Delilah b/w Vacation Time (CHESS 1697, USA, 1958-06) |
| First release on album | Let It Rock (CHECKMATE 1955, NL, 1987) |
incl. Spoken intro
| Leonard Chess | studio talk |
| Length | 2:54 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
Blue On Blue (instrumental)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Jasper Thomas | drums |
| Length | 2:58 |
| Master | CHESS 9238 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 (CHESS 60028, USA, 1974-04) |
Faded out
| Length | 2:49 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | On the Blues Side (ACE Records CDCH 397, UK, 1993) |
incl. Spoken intro
| Leonard Chess | studio talk |
| Length | 3:08 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
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