Artist: Chuck Berry
Author: Chuck Berry
Label: Chess
Year: 1956
The first time Berry used his famous guitar intro, learned from Louis Jordan's Ain't That Just Like A Woman ('46 - see there) with Carl Hogan on guitar. Goree Carter's Rock Awhile ('49) is another possible inspiration.
Covers:
Velaires [doo wop hit]
Beatles [and in '62 Live in Hamburg]
Jerry Lee Lewis [and again in 2010]
Eddy Mitchell [as Repose Beethoven]
Beach Boys [same intro in Fun, Fun, Fun]
Wizzard [as Bend Over Beethoven]
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)