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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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Roll Over Beethoven
| words and music by | Chuck Berry |
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Vincent Pitts | trumpet |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Melvin Billups | drums |
| Length | 2:21 |
| Master | CHESS 8110 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Roll Over Beethoven b/w Drifting Heart (CHESS 1626, USA, 1956-05) |
| First release on album | Rock Rock Rock (CHESS LP 1425, USA, 1956-12) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:22 |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
Broadcast: 28. 8. 1956 (CBS Radio)
live 1956 New York
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ernest W. "Ernie" Hayes | piano (poss.) |
| Sam "The Man" Taylor | tenor saxophone |
| Albert "Big Al" Sears | tenor saxophone |
| Haywood Henry | baritone saxophone |
| Llyod Trotman | bass (poss.) |
| David "Panama" Francis | drums (poss.) |
| Alan Freed | master of ceremonies |
| Length | 3:11 |
| First release on album | Rock 'n' Roll Radio (Radiola MR-1087, USA, 1978-08) |
| Other notable release | Rock And Roll Dance Party (AFRTS, USA, 1956) |
edited
| Length | 2:44 |
| First release on album | Alive and Rockin' (Stack-O-Hits AG 9019, USA, 1983-05) |
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 | 5:01 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
4. 11. 1965 (Broadcast: 20. 11. 1965) (ORTF 1)
live 1965 Montrouge
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar |
| Paul Rakotonirana | piano |
| Francis Darizcuren | bass |
| Willy Lewis (William Taïeb) | drums |
| Length | 3:28 |
| First release on album | Live! Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club - 1981 (Rough 40147, 2018-03) |
Mercury Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Quincy Macon | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | electric piano |
| Forrest Frierson | bass |
| Ebbie Hardy | drums |
| unknown | tambourine |
| Length | 2:02 |
| Master | Mercury YWI-38885 |
| Producer | Chuck Berry |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits [Stereo] (Mercury MG-21103/SR-61103, USA, 1967-03) |
Mono fold-down
| Length | 2:02 |
| First release on 45rpm | Maybelline b/w Roll Over Beethoven (Philco-Ford HP-34, USA, 1967) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits [Mono] (Mercury 124.033 MDL, France, 1967) |
shortened
| Length | 1:45 |
| First release on album | On Stage (On Stage OS 007, EEC, 1991) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:02 |
| First release on album | Rock 'n' Roll ! (Fontana SFL 13120, UK, 1969) |
DJ dubbed
| Robin Seymour | DJ talk (overdub) |
| Length | 2:00 |
| First release on album | Cruisin' 1956 (Increase INCM 2001, USA, 1970-06) |
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 | 1:37 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
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 | 2:30 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
live 1972 Bremen
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Other notable release | The Lost Broadcasts (Gonzo Multimedia HST056DVD, D, 2012-03) |
live 1972 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Producer | Stanley Dorfman for BBC Television |
| First release on album | Six Two Five (Driving Wheel LP-1001, UK, 1972) |
| Other notable release | Live at the BBC (ZitRock ZR-DVD-CHB-16-03, US, 2016) |
live 1972 Hempstead
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, bass, drums |
| Length | 1:12 |
| First release on album | Check Me Out! (Crying Steel CSR02, EU, 2014) |
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 | 5:30 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Rock'n'Roll Party with The Flying Saucers (Driving Wheel C 7788, EU, 1988) |
late 1977 (Paramount movie "American Hot Wax")
live 1977 Los Angeles
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ira Newborn | guitar |
| Paul Griffin | piano |
| Anthony Brown | tenor saxophone |
| Buddy Collette | tenor saxophone |
| Steve Douglas | tenor saxophone |
| Don Menza | tenor saxophone |
| Jock Ellis | trombone |
| Al Aarons | trumpet |
| Gary Barone | trumpet |
| Wolfgang Melz | bass |
| Don Poncher | drums |
| Length | 1:56 |
| Producer | Joe Ferla |
| First release on album | American Hot Wax (A&M SP-6500, USA, 1978-02) |
| Other notable release | American Hot Wax (Paramount Pictures, USA, 1978-03-17) |
live 1980 Seattle
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Barry Curtis | guitar |
| Tom Katica | electric piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass (prob.) |
| George Rudiger | drums |
| Length | 4:19 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
17. 1. 1981 (Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club, Reseda, California, USA)
live 1981 Reseda
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnny Rivers | 2nd guitar |
| unknown | piano, drums |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Billy Ciofe Band | band (poss.) |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Producer | Norman J. Pattiz |
| First release on album | Live! Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club - 1981 (Rough 40147, 2018-03) |
| Other source | KMET (live radio broadcast, YouTube) |
27. 4. 1981 (Shinjuku Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan)
live 27 Apr. 1981 Tokyo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Shigeru Narumo | piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Tsutomu Maki | drums |
| Length | 3:21 |
| Producer | Kei Ishizaka |
| First release on 45rpm | Johnny B. Goode b/w Roll Over Beethoven (East World PRT-1076, J, 1981) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry Tokyo Session (East World WTP 90072, J, 1981) |
29. 4. 1981 (Shibuya Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan)
live 29 Apr. 1981 Tokyo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Shigeru Narumo | piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Tsutomu Maki | drums |
| Length | 4:07 |
| Other notable release | Tokyo 1981-04-29 YouTube |
21. 2. 1982 (Ritz Club, New York City, NY, USA)
live 1982 New York
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, tenor saxophone, bass, drums |
| Length | 3:44 |
| Producer | The Vinyl Rat |
| First release on album | Let It Rock ! (Let It Rock ! (Bootleg), EU, 1986) |
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 | 3:22 |
| First release on album | Original Legend Versions (Mandarim MR-03978, IE, 1996) |
3. 9. 1983 (Rock'n'Roll Spectacular, Wirrina Sports Stadium, Peterborough, UK)
live 1983 Peterborough
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Billy Peek | guitar |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Graham Hollingworth | drums |
| Length | 3:28 |
| Producer | Nigel Molden |
| First release on album | Live On Stage (Magnum Force CDMF 092, UK, 1994) |
6. 6. 1986 (3rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
live 1986 Chicago
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
| Lafayette Leake | piano |
| Thomas "Tiaz" Palmer | bass |
| Casey Jones | drums |
| Length | 2:43 |
| Other source | Chicago Blues Fest 1986 (audience tape) |
16. 10. 1986 Show 1 (Universal Movie "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll")
live 1986 Fox Theatre Show 1
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Keith Richards | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Chuck Leavell | keyboards |
| Joey Spampinato | bass |
| Steve Jordan | drums |
| Length | 2:41 |
| Other source | Fox Theatre Show 1 (Audience Tape) |
17. 10. 1986 Show 2 (Universal Movie "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll")
live 1986 Fox Theatre Show 2
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Robert Cray | guitar |
| Keith Richards | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Chuck Leavell | keyboards |
| Joey Spampinato | bass |
| Steve Jordan | drums |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| First release on album | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll - 60th Birthday Celebration (Crying Steel CSR03, 2015) |
| Other notable release | Concert Vault |
vocal overdub
| Chuck Berry | vocal (overdub) |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (MCA Records MCA-6217, USA, 1987) |
Movie edit, different vocal overdub
| Chuck Berry | vocal (overdub) |
| Length | 2:40 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| Other notable release | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (Universal Pictures, USA, 1987-10-09) |
24. 7. 1987 (Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland)
live 1987 Nyon
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| George French | bass |
| Herman Jackson | drums |
| Length | 3:54 |
| First release on album | Sweet, Sweet Rock And Roll (Discourios DIS-124CD, D, 1992) |
31. 12. 1988 (Palladium Theater, New York City, NY, USA)
live 1988 Palladium
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, bass, drums |
| Length | 2:45 |
| First release on album | The Sheik Of Chicago (Smashing Pumpkin Records PMK-1126, EU, 2016) |
12. 8. 1989 (Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan)
live 1989 Yokohama
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| unknown | guitar, piano, bass, drums |
| Length | 5:55 |
| First release on album | New Gigs '89 (Private Masters PM047/48/49/50) |
7. 2005 - 1. 2006 (Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, US)
live 2005/2006 St. Louis
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Charles Jr. "Butch" Berry | 2nd guitar |
| Robert Lohr | piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Keith Robinson | drums |
| Length | 3:10 |
| Producer | David Torretta |
| Engineer | Jeremy Lutito / Logan Matheny |
| First release on album | Live From Blueberry Hill (Dualtone 803020224124, US, 2021-12) |
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