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Product Identifiers

Record LabelIMT, Hoodoo Records

UPC8436559462785

eBay Product ID (ePID)6046074394

Product Key Features

Release Year2017

FormatCD

GenreRock

ArtistBerry, Chuck

Release TitleComplete 1955-1961 Chess Singles

Dimensions

Item Height0.38 in

Item Weight0.26 lb

Item Length5.68 in

Item Width4.97 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Number of Tracks54

Country/Region of ManufactureSpain

Tracks1.1 Maybellene 1.2 Wee Wee Hours 1.3 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) 1.4 Together (We Will Always Be) 1.5 No Money Down 1.6 The Downbound Train 1.7 Roll Over Beethoven 1.8 Drifting Heart 1.9 Brown Eyed Handsome Man 1.10 Too Much Monkey Business 1.11 You Can't Catch Me 1.12 Havana Moon 1.13 School Day 1.14 (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) 1.15 Deep Feeling 1.16 Oh Baby Doll 1.17 La Jaunda (Español) 1.18 Rock and Roll Music 1.19 Blue Feeling 1.20 Sweet Little Sixteen 1.21 Reelin' and Rockin' 1.22 Johnny B. Goode 1.23 Around and Around 1.24 Beautiful Delilah 1.25 Vacation Time 1.26 Carol 1.27 Hey Pedro 2.1 Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller 2.2 Joe Joe Gunne 2.3 Merry Christmas Baby 2.4 Run Rudolph Run 2.5 Anthony Boy 2.6 That's My Desire 2.7 Almost Grown 2.8 Little Queenie 2.9 Back in the U.S.A 2.10 Memphis, Tennessee 2.11 Broken Arrow 2.12 Childhood Sweetheart 2.13 Let It Rock 2.14 Too Pooped to Pop "Casey" 2.15 Bye Bye Johnny 2.16 Worried Life Blues 2.17 I Got to Find My Baby 2.18 Mad Lad 2.19 Jaguar and Thunderbird 2.20 Our Little Rendezvous 2.21 I'm Talking About You 2.22 Little Star 2.23 Come on 2.24 Go-Go-Go 2.25 Rock at the Philharmonic 2.26 Guitar Boogie 2.27 Route 66

NotesTwo CD set. Chuck Berry was one of the key figures in the rock 'n' roll explosion of the mid-'50s, as musical styles that had been part of R&B and country for a number of years came together in a cross-cultural hothouse fueled by the power of mass media and the rebellious attitudes of the baby boom generation. So distinctive and individual are Chuck's guitar technique and songwriting style that his hits from that era have become some of the touchstones which characterize the whole genre of rock' n' roll. His trademark guitar intros and riffs, and songs like 'Johnny B. Goode' and 'Roll Over Beethoven' have become part of the universal language of rock 'n' roll to the extent that any group of reasonably competent musicians could perform a passable version of them without a rehearsal. Signed to the Chess label on Muddy Waters' recommendation in 1955, he scored a million seller with his first hit 'Maybellene', and over the next few years recorded a string of classics, the songs articulating the experiences of teen life and the new consumerism in brilliantly observed lyrics as well as a musical style that combined the best of R&B and country. Even B-sides like 'Round And Round', 'Reeling And Rocking' and 'Memphis Tennessee' have become classics which have been essential elements of many bands repertoire over the years. This set comprises every A &B side released by Chuck during these phenomenal formative years, and it's a must-have for every true fan of rock' n' roll.