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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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Louis Satterfield
7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 (CHESS Records)
Nadine | Nadine (Is It You?)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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 |
Rubin Cooper | tenor saxophone |
George Patterson | 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) |
Ramona, Say Yes
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Pete Cosey | guitar |
Bryce Roberson | guitar |
Sonny Thompson | keyboards, organ |
Louis Satterfield | bass |
Maurice White | drums |
without overdub, Stereo mix
Length | 2:45 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
horn section overdub, Mono mix
unknown | tenor saxophone (overdub), baritone saxophone (overdub), trumpet (overdub) |
Length | 2:39 |
Master | CHESS 14667 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Ramona, Say Yes b/w Lonely School Days (CHESS 1963, USA, 1966-06) |
First release on album | Let It Rock (CHECKMATE 1955, NL, 1987) |
Viva Rock And Roll
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Bryce Roberson | guitar |
Pete Cosey | guitar |
Sonny Thompson | piano |
Louis Satterfield | bass |
Maurice White | drums |
Length | 2:00 |
Master | CHESS 14668 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | San Francisco Dues (CHESS 50008, USA, 1971-09) |
His Daughter Caroline
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1966 Recording, fast
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Bryce Roberson | guitar |
Pete Cosey | guitar |
Sonny Thompson | keyboards, organ |
Louis Satterfield | bass |
Maurice White | drums |
Length | 2:43 |
Master | CHESS 14669 |
First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Hip-O Select B0012465-02, USA, 2009-02) |
Lonely School Days
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1966 Recording, fast
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Bryce Roberson | guitar |
Pete Cosey | guitar |
Sonny Thompson | keyboards, organ |
Louis Satterfield | bass |
Maurice White | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:32 |
Master | CHESS 14670 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Ramona, Say Yes b/w Lonely School Days (CHESS 1963, USA, 1966-06) |
Original Stereo mix
Length | 2:32 |
First release on album | San Francisco Dues (CHESS 50008, USA, 1971-09) |
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