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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.
All Songs — All Sessions — All Musicians
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Promised Land
| words and music by | Chuck Berry |
| also known as | The Promised Land |
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar |
| Lafayette Leake | piano (poss.) |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
| Length | 2:18 |
| Master | CHESS 13049 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Promised Land b/w Things I Used to Do (CHESS 1916, USA, 1964-11) |
| First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Pye Intl. NPL 28039, UK, 1964-10) |
Original Stereo mix
| Length | 2:18 |
| First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
1986 Stereo remix
| Length | 2:27 |
| Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
| First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
live 1965 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Geoff Krivit | guitar |
| Bob Scriven | piano |
| Louis Cennamo | bass |
| Brian David "Chick" Kattenhorn | drums |
| Length | 2:38 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry In London - His London Recordings (Official 4012 FS, NL, 2000) |
live 1965 Waterloo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Willy Donni | guitar |
| Willy Albimoor (Willy Noël De Moor) | piano |
| Ed Rogers (Roger Vanhaverbeke) | double bass |
| Eddie Hunton | drums |
| Length | 2:39 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
18. 3. 1967 (Bill Graham archive)
live 18 Mar. 1967 San Francisco
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Steve Miller | guitar |
| Jim Peterman | keyboards |
| Lonnie Turner | bass |
| Tim Davis | drums |
| Length | 5:17 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
29. 12. 1967 (Bill Graham archive)
live 29 Dec. 1967 San Francisco
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| James "Curly" Cooke | guitar |
| Jim Peterman | organ |
| Lonnie Turner | bass |
| Tim Davis | drums |
| Length | 1:09 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
13. 9. 1969 (Toronto Rock’n’Roll Revival, Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
live 1969 Toronto
as part of the medley
Medley: Johnny B. Goode/Carol/Promised Land
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ron Marinelli | guitar |
| Hughie Leggat | bass |
| Danny Taylor | drums |
| Length | 8:32 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Live (Everest CBR 1007, UK, 1982) |
slightly shortened
| Length | 8:18 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Reelin' and a Rockin' (Object Enterprises OR0016, UK, 1987) |
Heavily shortened
| Length | 6:13 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | The Greatest Hits - Live (SPOT 9283, UK, 1983) |
JBG + Carol beginning
| Length | 5:19 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | My Dingaling (Royal Collection RC 83148, NL, 1991) |
JBG only
| Length | 5:05 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
Carol only
| Length | 3:19 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
JBG only, DJ dubbed
| Arnie Ginsburg | DJ talk (overdub) |
| Length | 2:22 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Cruisin' 1961 (re-issue) (Increase INCM 2006 (R), USA, 1983) |
3. 2. 1972 (Lanchester Arts Festival, Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, UK)
live 1972 Coventry
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Owen McIntyre | guitar |
| Dave Kafinetti | piano |
| Nic Potter | bass |
| Robbie McIntosh | drums |
| Length | 2:48 |
| First release on album | Have Mercy (Hip-O Select B0013790-02, USA, 2010-02) |
live 1972 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Length | 2:01 |
| Producer | Stanley Dorfman for BBC Television |
| First release on album | Saturday Rock - Live at the BBC '72 (Rough 40148, 2018-03) |
| Other notable release | Live at the BBC (ZitRock ZR-DVD-CHB-16-03, US, 2016) |
19. 5. 1977 (De Zandkuil Open Air Theatre, Lochem, The Netherlands)
live 1977 Lochem
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Steve Bloomfield | guitar |
| Rusty Lupton | piano |
| Fred Poke | bass |
| Wild Bob Burgos | drums |
| Length | 1:59 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Meets Matchbox (Promised Land Record PL 92 1977, D, 1994) |
21. 5. 1977 (Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany)
live 1977 Hamburg
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Sandy Ford | guitar |
| Nigel "Niggsy" Owen | guitar |
| Jacko Buddin | piano |
| Pete Pritchard | bass |
| Terry Earl | drums |
| Length | 3:08 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Rock'n'Roll Party with The Flying Saucers (Driving Wheel C 7788, EU, 1988) |
live 1980 Seattle
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Barry Curtis | guitar |
| Tom Katica | electric piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass (prob.) |
| George Rudiger | drums |
| Length | 3:03 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
Summer 1982 (Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA)
live 1982 Hollywood
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Richie Zito | guitar |
| William Smith | piano |
| James Horn | saxophone |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Willie Orneals | drums |
| Length | 2:41 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry (Newsound/Penny PYCD-260, UK, 1996) |
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