Artist: Chuck Berry
Author: Chuck Berry
Label: Chess
Year: 1964
Written in the Springfield, Missouri prison, where he served time for violating the Mann Act. Nadine, Tulane, You Never Can Tell and also No Particular Place To Go were written during those lost years. The Promised Land became a hit in the year the Beatles started raving about him.
Covers:
Freddy Weller [top 3 C&W]
Johnnie Allan [Cajun version and a millionseller due to many reissues]
Elvis Presley [inspired by Johnnie Allan's cover]
Johnny Hallyday [n°1 Fr as La Terre promise]
Normaal [as Kisjeskul]
It wasn't easy to have all cities lined up correctly in The Promised Land, since roadmaps weren't allowed in prison.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)