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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 | 19. 11. 1958 |
| for | CHESS Records |
| at | Ter-Mar Studio |
| Location | 2120 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois USA |
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) |
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