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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 | 27. and 29. 7. 1959 |
| for | CHESS Records |
| at | Ter-Mar Records Studio |
| Location | 2120 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois USA |
Betty Jean | Chucky Boy
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, take 14
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:27 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Betty Jean | Chucky Boy
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, take 17
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:39 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
Betty Jean | Chucky Boy
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:29 |
| Master | CHESS 9626 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
County Line
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:15 |
| Master | CHESS 9627 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Carol b/w County Line (CHESS 1700 (Bootleg), EU, late 1970s) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 (CHESS 60028, USA, 1974-04) |
Childhood Sweetheart
(E. Anderson (Chuck Berry))
CHESS Recording, alt. take
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 3:13 |
| First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 3:11 |
| First release on album | Alive and Rockin' (Stack-O-Hits AG 9019, USA, 1983-05) |
Childhood Sweetheart
(E. Anderson (Chuck Berry))
CHESS Recording, original release, take 16
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:42 |
| Master | CHESS 9628 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Broken Arrow b/w Childhood Sweetheart (CHESS 1737, USA, 1959-09) |
| First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
One O'Clock Jump | Chuck's Jam
(Count Basie)
CHESS Recording
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 3:08 |
| Master | CHESS 9629 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 3:03 |
| First release on album | Alive and Rockin' (Stack-O-Hits AG 9019, USA, 1983-05) |
I Just Want To Make Love To You
(Willie Dixon)
CHESS 1959 Recording, take 3
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:01 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
I Just Want To Make Love To You
(Willie Dixon)
CHESS 1959 Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:11 |
| Master | CHESS 9630 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on album | On the Blues Side (ACE Records CDCH 397, UK, 1993) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 2:09 |
| First release on 45rpm | Rock'n'Roll Music b/w I Just Want To Make Love To You (CHESS 169512, F, 1968/69) |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
Broken Arrow | Never Do That Again
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, take 21
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 3:01 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
Broken Arrow | Never Do That Again
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:19 |
| Master | CHESS 9631 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Broken Arrow b/w Childhood Sweetheart (CHESS 1737, USA, 1959-09) |
| First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
longer fade?
| Length | 2:28 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
Let It Rock | Rockin' On The Railroad
(E. Anderson (Chuck Berry))
CHESS Recording, without overdub
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 1:53 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 (CHESS 60023, USA, 1973-02) |
Let It Rock | Rockin' On The Railroad
(E. Anderson (Chuck Berry))
CHESS Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar, 2nd guitar (overdub) |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 1:42 |
| Master | CHESS 9632 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Too Pooped to Pop b/w Let It Rock (CHESS 1747, USA, 1960-01) |
| First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Audience dubbed
| - | audience (overdub) |
| Length | 1:42 |
| First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
Too Pooped To Pop | Casey
(Roquel "Billy" Davis, Alonzo Mitchell)
CHESS Recording, take 4A
| Chuck Berry | guitar, vocal (overdub) |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:35 |
| First release on album | Johnny B. Goode (Hip-O Select B0009473-02, USA, 2008-01) |
Too Pooped To Pop | Casey
(Roquel "Billy" Davis, Alonzo Mitchell)
CHESS Recording, original release
| Chuck Berry | guitar, vocal (overdub) |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Leroy C. Davis | tenor saxophone |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Harvey Fuqua | chorus |
| Etta James | chorus |
| The Ecuadors | chorus |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | chorus |
| Length | 2:30 |
| Master | CHESS 9633 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Too Pooped to Pop b/w Let It Rock (CHESS 1747, USA, 1960-01) |
| First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Say You'll Be Mine
(R. Butler)
CHESS Recording
| Etta James | vocal |
| The Ecuadors | vocal |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | vocal |
| Harvey Fuqua | vocal |
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 2:19 |
| Master | CHESS 9634 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Say You'll Be Mine b/w Let Me Sleep Woman (ARGO 5353, USA, 1959-11) |
| First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
Slightly shortened version
| Length | 2:15 |
| First release on album | CHESS Masters (CHESS CXMP 2011, UK, 1983-04) |
Let Me Sleep Woman
(R. Butler)
CHESS Recording
| Etta James | vocal |
| The Ecuadors | vocal |
| Roquel "Billy" Davis | vocal |
| Harvey Fuqua | vocal |
| Chuck Berry | guitar |
| Johnnie C. Johnson | piano |
| Reggie Boyd | electric bass |
| Fred Below | drums |
| Length | 2:25 |
| Master | CHESS 9635 |
| Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
| First release on 45rpm | Say You'll Be Mine b/w Let Me Sleep Woman (ARGO 5353, USA, 1959-11) |
| First release on album | America's Hottest Wax (Reelin' 001, EU, 1979) |
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