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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 | 12. 4. 1960 |
for | CHESS Records |
at | Ter-Mar Records Studio |
Location | 2120 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois USA |
Down The Road Apiece
(Don Raye)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Walter "Champion" Cole | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Original Mono mix
Length | 2:13 |
Master | CHESS 10096 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | Betty Jean b/w Down The Road A Piece (Chess International AR 45179, NL, 1965-08-09) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
1986 Stereo mix
Length | 2:25 |
Engineer | Steve Hoffman |
First release on album | More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities (CHESS 9190, USA, 1986-08) |
Confessin' The Blues
(Jay McShann, Walter Brown)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Walter "Champion" Cole | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:07 |
Master | CHESS 10097 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Sweet Sixteen
(A. Nugetre (Ahmet Ertegün))
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:44 |
Master | CHESS 10098 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
Thirteen Question Method
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1960 Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
unknown | percussion |
Length | 2:11 |
Master | CHESS 10099 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
Stop And Listen
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
unknown | vocal |
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:25 |
Master | CHESS 10100 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | New Juke Box Hits (CHESS LP 1456, USA, 1961-03) |
I Still Got The Blues | Still Got The Blues
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:04 |
Master | CHESS 10101 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | On the Blues Side (ACE Records CDCH 397, UK, 1993) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:00 |
First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
I'm Just A Lucky So And So | Lucky So And So
(Duke Ellington, Mack David)
CHESS Recording
Chuck Berry | vocal, guitar |
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:50 |
Master | CHESS 10102 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
Mad Lad (instrumental)
(Roquel "Billy" Davis)
CHESS Recording
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Chuck Berry | steel guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:08 |
Master | CHESS 10103 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on 45rpm | I Got to Find My Baby b/w Mad Lad (CHESS 1763, USA, 1960-08) |
First release on album | Rockin' at the Hops (CHESS LP 1448, USA, 1960-07) |
Blues For Hawaiians | Crying Steel | Surfing Steel (instrumental)
(Chuck Berry)
CHESS 1960 Recording, named Crying Steel
Matthew "Matt Guitar" Murphy | guitar |
Chuck Berry | steel guitar |
Lafayette Leake | piano |
Willie Dixon | double bass |
Odie Payne | drums |
Length | 2:26 |
Master | CHESS 10104 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry - The Chess Box (CHESS CH6-80001, USA, 1988-11) |
Audience dubbed
- | audience (overdub) |
Length | 2:25 |
Producer | Leonard & Phil Chess |
First release on album | Chuck Berry On Stage (CHESS LP 1480, USA, 1963-08) |
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