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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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| Date | 7., 8. & 9. 1. 1964 |
| for | CHESS Records |
| at | Ter-Mar Recording Studio |
| Location | 2120 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois USA |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Slightly shortened
| Length | 2:30 |
| First release on album | Let It Rock (CHECKMATE 1955, NL, 1987) |
1960s Stereo mix
| Length | 2:39 |
| First release on album | You Never Can Tell (Marble Arch MALS-702, UK, 1967-12) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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