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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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Odie Payne
Beautiful Delilah | Rebecca And Delilah
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, original release, take 6
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:08 |
Master | CHESS 8848 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Beautiful Delilah b/w Vacation Time (CHESS 1697, USA, 1958-06) |
First release on album | More Chuck Berry (UK-Version) (Pye Intl. NPL 28028, UK, 1963-12) |
Beautiful Delilah | Rebecca And Delilah
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, take 15/16
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:28 |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
Vacation Time | 21 | 21 Blues | When You're Twenty-One
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named 21, take 1 probably, released as 21 Blues
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:12 |
First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Vacation Time | 21 | 21 Blues | When You're Twenty-One
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named 21, take 4 probably, released as 21
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:25 |
First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:22 |
First release on album | Alive and Rockin' (Stack-O-Hits AG 9019, USA, 1983-05) |
Vacation Time | 21 | 21 Blues | When You're Twenty-One
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named 21, take 14
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:39 |
First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
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) |
Oh Yeah
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:32 |
Master | CHESS 8864 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 (CHESS 60028, USA, 1974-04) |
Hey Pedro | Lazy Pedro
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
unknown | percussion |
Length | 1:55 |
Master | CHESS 8865 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Carol b/w Hey Pedro (CHESS 1700, USA, 1958-08) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry Is On Top (CHESS LP 1435, USA, 1959-07) |
Time Was
(Gabriel Luna, Miguel Prado, Sidney Keith Russell)
CHESS 1958 Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:26 |
Master | CHESS 8866 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Go, Go, Go Johnny B. Goode b/w Time Was (Collectables COL.3475, USA, 1988) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 (CHESS 60028, USA, 1974-04) |
House Of Blue Lights
(Don Raye, Freddie Slack)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:26 |
Master | CHESS 8867 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Rock & Roll Music b/w House of Blue Lights (CHESS 1671 (Bootleg), EU, late 1970s) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 (CHESS 60028, USA, 1974-04) |
Carol | Oh Carol
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Paul Gayten | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
unknown | percussion |
Length | 2:44 |
Master | CHESS 8868 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Carol b/w Hey Pedro (CHESS 1700, USA, 1958-08) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry Is On Top (CHESS LP 1435, USA, 1959-07) |
Piano Overdub
Paul Gayten | 2nd piano (overdub) |
Length | 2:44 |
Master | CHESS |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Different Piano Overdub
Paul Gayten | 2nd piano (overdub) |
Length | 2:40 |
Master | CHESS |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | From The Beginning 1955-1960 (CHESS SJET-9523-5, Japan, 1973) |
Merry Christmas Baby
(Johnny Moore, Lou Baxter)
CHESS Recording, original single release, take 9A
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 3:08 |
Master | CHESS 9166 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Merry Christmas Baby b/w Run Rudolph Run (CHESS 1714, USA, 1958-11) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Merry Christmas Baby
(Johnny Moore, Lou Baxter)
CHESS Recording, original album release, take 16
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:57 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool (CHESS LP 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Run Rudolph Run
(Chuck Berry, M. Brodie)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums, additional drums (overdub) |
Length | 2:37 |
Master | CHESS 9167 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Merry Christmas Baby b/w Run Rudolph Run (CHESS 1714, USA, 1958-11) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Little Queenie
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, take 8
Chuck Berry | guitar, vocal (overdub), 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums, additional drums (overdub) |
Lafayette Leake | piano (overdub) |
The studio talk including the 'Take 8' announcement was added to this recording during the 1986 edits of the master tapes. It does not belong to this recording but to a completely different session. We keep the 'Take 8' distinction because this is how this recording in known nowadays. |
Length | 2:32 |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
Little Queenie
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, original release
Chuck Berry | guitar, vocal (overdub), 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums, additional drums (overdub) |
Lafayette Leake | piano (overdub) |
Length | 2:38 |
Master | CHESS 9206 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Almost Grown b/w Little Queenie (CHESS 1722, USA, 1959-03) |
First release on album | Chuck Berry Is On Top (CHESS LP 1435, USA, 1959-07) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:34 |
First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
That's My Desire
(Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums, claves (prob.) |
Length | 2:11 |
Master | CHESS 9207 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Anthony Boy b/w That's My Desire (CHESS 1716, USA, 1959-01) |
First release on album | Let It Rock (CHECKMATE 1955, NL, 1987) |
Driftin' Blues
(Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone, chorus |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:17 |
Master | CHESS 10075 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Blue Mood (Pye Intl. NEP 44033, UK, 1964-12) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
I Got to Find My Baby
(Peter Joe Clayton)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:13 |
Master | CHESS 10076 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | I Got to Find My Baby b/w Mad Lad (CHESS 1763, USA, 1960-08) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
1986 Stereo mix
Length | 2:12 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities (CHESS 9190, USA, 1986-08) |
Don't You Lie To Me
(Hudson Whittaker)
CHESS 1960 Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 1:58 |
Master | CHESS 10077 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Come On (CHESS CRE 6005, UK, 1965-10) |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
15. 2. 1960 (overdub prob. 12. 4. 1960) (CHESS Records)
Diploma For Two
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, chorus (overdub) |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:28 |
Master | CHESS 10092 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | I'm Talking About You b/w Diploma for Two (CHESS 1853, USA, 1963-04) |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
1960s Stereo mix
Length | 2:28 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Marble Arch MALS-702, UK, 1967-12) |
15. 2. 1960 (overdub prob. 12. 4. 1960) (CHESS Records)
Little Star
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, chorus (overdub) |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:45 |
Master | CHESS 10093 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Little Star b/w I'm Talking About You (CHESS 1779, USA, 1961-02) |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
15. 2. 1960 (overdub prob. 12. 4. 1960) (CHESS Records)
The Way It Was Before | Way It Was Before
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, chorus (overdub) |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:48 |
Master | CHESS 10094 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
15. 2. 1960 (overdub prob. 12. 4. 1960) (CHESS Records)
Away From You
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
unknown | tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, chorus (overdub) |
Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:37 |
Master | CHESS 10095 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
Worried Life Blues
(Maceo Merriweather)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:07 |
Master | CHESS 10078 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Bye Bye Johnny b/w Worried Life Blues (CHESS 1754, USA, 1960-04) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Our Little Rendezvous
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:02 |
Master | CHESS 10079 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Jaguar and the Thunderbird b/w Our Little Rendezvous (CHESS 1767, USA, 1960-10) |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool (CHESS LP 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Bye Bye Johnny
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:03 |
Master | CHESS 10080 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Bye Bye Johnny b/w Worried Life Blues (CHESS 1754, USA, 1960-04) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
1986 Stereo mix
Length | 2:03 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
Run Around
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, steel guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:30 |
Master | CHESS 10081 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
1960s Stereo mix
Length | 2:30 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Marble Arch MALS-702, UK, 1967-12) |
Jaguar And The Thunderbird
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
unknown | chorus |
Length | 1:48 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Single edit (earlier fade)
Length | 1:40 |
Master | CHESS 10082 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Jaguar and the Thunderbird b/w Our Little Rendezvous (CHESS 1767, USA, 1960-10) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 1:38 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
Down The Road Apiece
(Don Raye)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Walter "Champion" Cole | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:13 |
Master | CHESS 10096 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Betty Jean b/w Down The Road A Piece (Chess International AR 45179, NL, 1965-08-09) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
1986 Stereo mix
Length | 2:25 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities (CHESS 9190, USA, 1986-08) |
Confessin' The Blues
(Jay McShann, Walter Brown)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Walter "Champion" Cole | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:07 |
Master | CHESS 10097 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Sweet Sixteen
(A. Nugetre (Ahmet Ertegün))
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:44 |
Master | CHESS 10098 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
Thirteen Question Method
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1960 Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
unknown | percussion |
Length | 2:11 |
Master | CHESS 10099 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
Stop And Listen
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
unknown | vocal |
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:25 |
Master | CHESS 10100 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
I Still Got The Blues | Still Got The Blues
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:04 |
Master | CHESS 10101 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | On the Blues Side (ACE Records CDCH 397, UK, 1993) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:00 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
I'm Just A Lucky So And So | Lucky So And So
(Duke Ellington, Mack David)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:50 |
Master | CHESS 10102 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
Mad Lad (instrumental)
(Roquel "Billy" Davis)
CHESS Recording
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Chuck Berry | steel guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:08 |
Master | CHESS 10103 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | I Got to Find My Baby b/w Mad Lad (CHESS 1763, USA, 1960-08) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Blues For Hawaiians | Crying Steel | Surfing Steel (instrumental)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1960 Recording, named Crying Steel
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Chuck Berry | steel guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:26 |
Master | CHESS 10104 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:25 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
Nadine | Nadine (Is It You?)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:32 |
Master | CHESS 12907 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Nadine b/w O Rangutang (CHESS 1883, USA, 1964-02) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:32 |
First release on 45rpm | Nadine b/w O'Rangutang (re-issue with light-blue label) (CHESS 1883, USA, 1970s) |
1986 Stereo remix
Length | 2:46 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
Stereo remix shortened
Length | 2:35 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
DJ dubbed
Arnie Ginsburg | DJ talk (overdub) |
Length | 2:32 |
First release on album | Cruisin' 1961 (Increase INCM 2006, USA, 1970-06) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
You Never Can Tell | C'est La Vie
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd vocal (overdub) |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:39 |
Master | CHESS 12908 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | You Never Can Tell b/w Brenda Lee (CHESS 1906, USA, 1964-07) |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Pye Intl. NPL 28039, UK, 1964-10) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:39 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Stereo "remix" (original stereo mix without echo)
Length | 2:40 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
The Little Girl From Central | Little Girl From Central
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:39 |
Master | CHESS 12909 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Pye Intl. NPL 28039, UK, 1964-10) |
1960s Stereo mix
Length | 2:39 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Marble Arch MALS-702, UK, 1967-12) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
Things I Used To Do | The Things I Used To Do
(Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:38 |
Master | CHESS 12910 |
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 | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:38 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
I'm In The Danger Zone | I'm In The Twilight Zone
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named I'm In The Danger Zone
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:51 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Hip-O Select B0012465-02, USA, 2009-02) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
I'm In The Danger Zone | I'm In The Twilight Zone
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, named I'm In The Twilight Zone
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:50 |
First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
Other notable release | The ARC Music Classics (ARC AMC CB 0402, USA, 2004-02) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
Fraulein
(Lawton Williams)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:49 |
Master | CHESS 12912 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Fraulein b/w Lonely all the Time (Funckler AR 45126, NL, 1964-05) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:50 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry Is On Top (MCA Records MCD 30487, D, 1993) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
Crazy Arms | Lonely All The Time
(Chuck Seals, Ralph Mooney)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd vocal (overdub) |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:10 |
Master | CHESS 12913 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Fraulein b/w Lonely all the Time (Funckler AR 45126, NL, 1964-05) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:10 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
O Rangutang (instrumental)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
George Patterson | tenor saxophone |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
Louis Satterfield | electric bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Complete unfaded recording
Length | 3:02 |
First release on 45rpm | Nadine b/w O'Rangutang (re-issue with light-blue label) (CHESS 1883, USA, 1970s) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest / You Never Can Tell (BGO CD-428, UK, 1998) |
Faded
Length | 2:18 |
Master | CHESS 12924 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Nadine b/w O Rangutang (CHESS 1883, USA, 1964-02) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Big Ben | Big Ben Blues
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
unknown | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano (poss.) |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:25 |
Master | CHESS 13048 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Pye Intl. NPL 28039, UK, 1964-10) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:26 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Marble Arch MALS-702, UK, 1967-12) |
Promised Land | The Promised Land
(Chuck Berry)
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) |
Brenda Lee
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
unknown | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano (poss.) |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:13 |
Master | CHESS 13050 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | You Never Can Tell b/w Brenda Lee (CHESS 1906, USA, 1964-07) |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Pye Intl. NPL 28039, UK, 1964-10) |
"Stereo" variant (processed Mono mix)
Length | 2:13 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
No Particular Place To Go | Riding Along
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Williams | piano |
unknown | bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:40 |
Master | CHESS 13126 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | No Particular Place to Go b/w You Two (CHESS 1898, USA, 1964-04) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:40 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
1986 Stereo remix
Length | 2:40 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
You Two
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Williams | piano |
unknown | bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:06 |
Master | CHESS 13129 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | No Particular Place to Go b/w You Two (CHESS 1898, USA, 1964-04) |
First release on album | The Latest And The Greatest (Pye Intl. NPL 28031, UK, 1964-05) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:06 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Liverpool Drive (instrumental)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | guitar |
Paul Williams | piano |
unknown | bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:52 |
Master | CHESS 13130 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | No Particular Place to Go b/w Liverpool Drive (Pye Intl. 7N 25242, UK, 1964-04) |
First release on album | Two Great Guitars (Checker LP 2991, USA, 1964-08) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:52 |
First release on album | Two Great Guitars [Stereo] (Checker LPS 2991, USA, 1964-08) |
Little Marie
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd vocal (overdub), 2nd guitar (overdub) |
Paul Williams | piano (poss.) |
Lafayette Leake | piano (poss.) |
unknown | bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:33 |
Master | CHESS 13451 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Little Marie b/w Go, Bobby Soxer (CHESS 1912, USA, 1964-09) |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool (CHESS LP 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:33 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
1986 Stereo remix
Length | 2:33 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
Go, Bobby Soxer
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Paul Williams | piano (poss.) |
Lafayette Leake | piano (poss.) |
unknown | bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:57 |
Master | CHESS 13452 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Little Marie b/w Go, Bobby Soxer (CHESS 1912, USA, 1964-09) |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool (CHESS LP 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:57 |
First release on album | St. Louis to Liverpool [Stereo] (CHESS LPS 1488, USA, 1964-11) |
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