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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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Rock And Roll Music
| words and music by | Chuck Berry |
CHESS Recording, demo
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 2:40 |
| First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Slightly shortened
| Length | 2:34 |
| First release on album | CHESS Masters (CHESS CXMP 2011, UK, 1983-04) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:28 |
| First release on album | Alive and Rockin' (Stack-O-Hits AG 9019, USA, 1983-05) |
6. or 15. 5. 1957 (CHESS Records)
CHESS Recording, alt. take
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd vocal (overdub) |
| Lafayette Leake | piano |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 2:24 |
| First release on album | Rock'n'Roll Rarities (CHESS CH2-92521, USA, 1986-03) |
6. or 15. 5. 1957 (CHESS Records)
CHESS Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Lafayette Leake | piano |
| Willie Dixon | double bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 2:29 |
| Master | CHESS 8499 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Rock & Roll Music b/w Blue Feeling (CHESS 1671, USA, 1957-09) |
| First release on album | One Dozen Berrys (CHESS LP 1432, USA, 1958-03) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:30 |
| First release on album | The Chuck Berry Collection (DEJA VU DVLP 2068, I, 1986) |
25. 10. 1963 Set 1 (The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
live 1963 Walled Lake, Friday Set 1
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Joe Hunter | piano |
| Henry "Hank" Cosby | tenor saxophone |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles | baritone saxophone |
| James Jamerson | bass |
| William "Benny" Benjamin (Papa Zita) | drums |
| Length | 1:42 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
25. 10. 1963 Set 2 (The Walled Lake Casino, Walled Lake, Michigan, USA)
live 1963 Walled Lake, Friday Set 2
as part of the medley
Medley: Goodnight Sweetheart/Johnny B Goode/Let It Rock/Rock & Roll Music
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Joe Hunter | piano |
| Henry "Hank" Cosby | tenor saxophone |
| Thomas "Beans" Bowles | baritone saxophone |
| James Jamerson | bass |
| William "Benny" Benjamin (Papa Zita) | drums |
| Length | 6:31 |
| First release on album | Rock And Roll Music (Bear Family BCD 17273 PL, D, 2014-10) |
Mercury Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Quincy Macon | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | electric piano |
| Carey Enlow | tenor saxophone |
| Forrest Frierson | bass |
| Ebbie Hardy | drums |
| unknown | tambourine |
| Length | 2:31 |
| Master | Mercury YWI-38886 |
| 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 | 2:31 |
| First release on 45rpm | Johnny B. Goode b/w Rock & Roll Music (Mercury C-30146, USA, 1972) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits [Mono] (Mercury 124.033 MDL, France, 1967) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:33 |
| First release on album | Rock 'n' Roll ! (Fontana SFL 13120, UK, 1969) |
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 | 3:40 |
| 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
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Ron Marinelli | guitar |
| Hughie Leggat | bass |
| Danny Taylor | drums |
| Length | 2:20 |
| Producer | Brower/Walker Enterprises |
| First release on album | Live in Concert (Magnum MR-703, USA, 1978) |
including talk from movie
| Length | 2:51 |
| Producer | D.A. Pennebaker |
| First release on album | Toronto Rock'n'Roll Revival 1969 (Sunset Blvd. Records CD-SBR-7995, USA, 2020) |
| Other notable release | Keep On Rockin' (movie) (Pennebaker Inc., USA, 1973) |
live 1972 BBC
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Jimmy Campbell | guitar |
| Mick Snow | piano |
| Billy Kinsley | bass |
| Dave Harrison | drums |
| Length | 1:44 |
| 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) |
live 1980 Seattle
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Barry Curtis | guitar |
| Tom Katica | electric piano |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass (prob.) |
| George Rudiger | drums |
| Length | 3:40 |
| Other source | KISW (radio broadcast, audience tape) |
without stage banter
| Length | 2:32 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry! Live! (Rough 640509040147, EU, 2017-12) |
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 | 3:27 |
| Producer | Kei Ishizaka |
| 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 | 3:22 |
| Other notable release | Tokyo 1981-04-29 YouTube |
Summer 1982 (Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA)
live 1982 Hollywood
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Tina Turner | vocal |
| Richie Zito | guitar |
| William Smith | piano |
| James Horn | saxophone |
| James "Jimmy" Marsala | bass |
| Willie Orneals | drums |
| Length | 3:55 |
| First release on album | Live (Columbia River VMK-1154, UK, 1997) |
live 1985 Los Angeles
| Chuck Negron | vocal |
| Chuck Berry | vocal |
| Ron Wood | guitar |
| Carl Wilson | guitar |
| John Paul Hammond | guitar |
| Carmine Grillo | guitar |
| Bill Champlin | organ |
| Jimmy Zavala | saxophone |
| Phil Kenzie | horns |
| Lee Thornberg | horns |
| Mike Chicowitz | horns |
| Bobby Keys | horns |
| Phil Chen | bass |
| Rudy Sarzo | bass |
| Mitch Mitchell | drums |
| Kenny Jones | drums |
| Mick Fleetwood | drums |
| Carmine Appice | percussion, chorus |
| John Lodge | percussion, chorus |
| John Mayall | harmonica |
| Barbara Paige | chorus |
| Aniijia Shockley | chorus |
| Ronnie Lane | chorus |
| Jim Ladd | master of ceremonies |
| Length | 6:08 |
| First release on album | Rock'n'Roll All Star Jam (Pepper Cake 2042-2, D, 2008-11) |
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 | 1:30 |
| 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
| Etta James | vocal |
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Keith Richards | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Chuck Leavell | keyboards |
| Joey Spampinato | bass |
| Steve Jordan | drums |
| Length | 4:18 |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Reheasals (no label, J, 2001) |
17. 10. 1986 Show 2 (Universal Movie "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll")
live 1986 Fox Theatre Show 2
| Etta James | vocal |
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Eric Clapton | guitar |
| Robert Cray | guitar |
| Keith Richards | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Chuck Leavell | keyboards |
| Joey Spampinato | bass |
| Steve Jordan | drums |
| Length | 3:47 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Reheasals (no label, J, 2001) |
| Other notable release | Concert Vault |
Album edit
| Length | 3:10 |
| Producer | Keith Richards |
| First release on album | Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (MCA Records MCA-6217, USA, 1987) |
Movie edit
| Length | 2:56 |
| 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 |
| Ingrid G. Berry | vocal |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| George French | bass |
| Herman Jackson | drums |
| Length | 5:26 |
| 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 | 0:58 |
| First release on album | The Sheik Of Chicago (Smashing Pumpkin Records PMK-1126, EU, 2016) |
live 1995 Cleveland
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Bruce Springsteen | guitar |
| Nils Lofgren | guitar |
| Melissa Etheridge | guitar |
| Steve Cropper | guitar |
| Booker T. Jones | organ |
| Donald "Duck" Dunn | bass |
| Length | 4:27 |
| First release on album | The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (Moonraker 014-19, USA, 1995) |
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 | 2:27 |
| 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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