Thirty Days (Chuck Berry song)

"Thirty Days (to come back home)", also written "30 Days", is a 1955 song and chart single by Chuck Berry.[1] Berry wrote "30 Days" to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music.[2] The song was covered by Ernest Tubb 1955, Bill Black And His Combo 1964, The Tractors 1995 and others

References

  1. Billboard - 29 oct. 1955 new disks on the national chart are Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" on Chess and Dinah Washington's "I Concentrate on You" on Mercury."
  2. Howard A. DeWitt Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll music 1985 - - Page 14 "The sound of the country pedal steel guitar was transformed into rock-and-roll on Chuck Berry's electric guitar. ... When Chuck wrote 30 Days to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music, he unwittingly acknowledged his debt to country ..."