Chuck Berry Is on Top

Chuck Berry Is on Top
Studio album by Chuck Berry
Released July 1959[1]
Recorded May 21, 1955–1959 in Chicago, Illinois
Genre Rock and roll
Length 29:26
Label Chess LP–1435[1]
Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry chronology

One Dozen Berrys
(1958)		 Chuck Berry Is on Top
(1959)		 Rockin' at the Hops
(1960)
Singles from Chuck Berry Is On Top
  1. "Maybellene"
    Released: July 1955
  2. "Johnny B. Goode" / "Around and Around"
    Released: March 31, 1958
  3. "Carol"
    Released: 1958
  4. "Jo Jo Gunne"
    Released: 1958
  5. "Anthony Boy"
    Released: 1959
  6. "Almost Grown" / "Little Queenie"
    Released: 1959
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Allmusic [2]

Chuck Berry Is on Top is the third studio album by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry, released in July 1959 on Chess Records. The album consists of some of his single releases up to that point, along with one new track "Blues for Hawaiians".[1] In his review of the album on Allmusic, Cub Koda described it as "almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself", and as the most perfectly realized collection of Berry's career.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

Side one
  1. "Almost Grown" – 2:21
  2. "Carol" – 2:48
  3. "Maybellene" – 2:23
  4. "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" – 2:22
  5. "Anthony Boy" – 1:54
  6. "Johnny B. Goode" – 2:41
Side two
  1. "Little Queenie" – 2:43
  2. "Jo Jo Gunne" – 2:47
  3. "Roll Over Beethoven" – 2:24
  4. "Around and Around" – 2:42
  5. "Hey Pedro" – 1:57
  6. "Blues for Hawaiians" – 3:23

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966)". Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cub Koda. "Chuck Berry Is on Top > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved February 9, 2011.

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