Maybellene/Down The Road A Piece/Mad Lad/School Day(Ring Ring Goes The Bell)/Sweet Little Sixteen/ Confessin' The Blues/Back In The USA/Johnny B Goode/Oh Baby Doll/Come On/I Got To Find My Baby/Betty Jean/Round & Round/Almost Grown
It took eight years from his first hit for early rock & roller Chuck Berry to break into the UK album chart. This self titled album combines some singles with lesser known tracks. It uses the same cover as the US 1960 LP release Rockin’ At The Hops. Current compilations give a much more complete picture of Chuck Berry's enormous musical legacy. (UK:12)
"Immense importance as a rock & roll original."
"It is very likely that had it not been for Berry's wholly revolutionary synthesis of R & B and rockabilly, his infectious, propulsive songs, his flashy, rock & roll attitude, and his no-nonsense approach to electric guitar solos, popular music would not have developed as it did."
"Chuck Berry is the master and his unique guitar sound, his fabulous collection of rock 'n' roll and blues material, is as popular now as it ever was."
"Its the rhythms that get the feet tapping, the songs everyone knows a line or two of, just think Sweet Little Sixteen."
"Chuck was always a great lyric writer but its that rockin' beat that makes his stuff so catchy."
“Johnny B Goode is surely a timeless classic that will never get old."
“I consider Maybellene to be the first true rock 'n' roll song, written in 1955. Nothing at that time sounded like it."
“He was great, he had his own 'beat', and I just loved his music in the late 50s."
“Chuck Berry is rock and roll. He is the foundation of rock and roll."
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