Chuck Berry's Golden Decade is a three volume compilation of music by American

United States

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 rock

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 musician Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

, released by individual volumes in 1967, 1973, and 1974. Covering the decade spanning 1955 and 1964, each volume consisted of a two-LP set of 24 Chuck Berry songs. The first volume reached #72 on Billboard's

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 "Pop Albums

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" chart. The second volume peaked at #110. The third volume, which included only two hit singles among its tracks, did not chart.

The first two volumes were critically well received. In 1967, Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

noted that the first volume was "the album you must get" when "looking for the Chuck Berry standards". In 1980, music journalist Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 included the first and second volumes in his list of essential albums for "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties".

All three volumes are out of print.

Chuck Berry's Golden Decade

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

1. "Maybellene
   Maybellene
   "Maybellene" is a song recorded by Chuck Berry, adapted from the traditional fiddle tune "Ida Red" that tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance. It was released in July 1955 as a single on Chess Records of Chicago, Illinois. It was Berry's first single release and his first hit...
   
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2. "Deep Feeling"
3. "Johnny B. Goode
   Johnny B. Goode
   "Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...
   
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4. "Wee Wee Hours
   Wee Wee Hours
   "Wee Wee Hours" is a song composed and recorded by Chuck Berry in 1955. Originally released as the B-side of Berry's first single "Maybellene", it went on to become a hit, reaching #10 in the Billboard R&B chart....
   
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5. "Nadine"
6. "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man"
7. "Roll Over Beethoven
   Roll Over Beethoven
   "Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single by Chuck Berry originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music...
   
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8. "Thirty Days"
9. "Havana Moon"
10. "No Particular Place To Go"
11. "Memphis"
12. "Almost Grown"
13. "School Days
    School Days (song)
    "School Days" is a song written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry, released by the Chess record label as a single in March 1957, and released on the LP After School Session two months later . It is one of his best known songs and is often considered a rock and roll anthem...
    
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14. "Too Much Monkey Business"
15. "Oh, Baby Doll"
16. "Reelin' and Rockin'"
17. "You Can't Catch Me"
18. "Too Pooped to Pop"
19. "Bye Bye Johnny"
20. "'Round and 'Round"
21. "Sweet Little Sixteen
    Sweet Little Sixteen
    "Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. It reached number two on the American charts, Berry's highest position ever on the charts, with the exception of the suggestive number one hit "My...
    
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22. "Rock and Roll Music"
23. "Anthony Boy"
24. "Back In the U.S.A."

Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Volume 2

All songs written by Chuck Berry except where noted.

1. "Carol
   Carol (song)
   "Carol" is a song written by Chuck Berry, first released by Chuck Berry in 1958. It was later covered by The Beatles for a live BBC performance during 1963, this version was released on the 1994 compilation album Live at the BBC. It was also recorded by The Rolling Stones and released on their...
   
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2. "You Never Can Tell"
3. "No Money Down"
4. "Together We Will Always Be"
5. "Mad Lad" (Davis)
6. "Run Rudolph Run"
7. "Let It Rock"
8. "Sweet Little Rock and Roller"
9. "It Don't Take But A Few Minutes"
10. "I'm Talking About You"
11. "Driftin' Blues
    Driftin' Blues
    "Driftin' Blues" or "Drifting Blues" is a blues standard done in the West Coast blues style. Written and first recorded by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers,the song became one of the biggest blues hits of the 1940s. Over the years, it has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists...
    
    " (Brown, Moore, Williams)
12. "Go Go Go"
13. "Jaguar and the Thunderbird"
14. "Little Queenie"
15. "Betty Jean"
16. "Guitar Boogie"
17. "Down the Road Apiece" (Raye)
18. "Merry Christmas Baby" (Baxter, Moore)
19. "The Promised Land"
20. "Jo Jo Gunne"
21. "Don't You Lie to Me
    Don't You Lie to Me
    "Don't You Lie to Me" is a blues song recorded by Tampa Red in 1940. It became a standard of the blues, with recordings by various artists...
    
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22. "Rockin' at the Philharmonic"
23. "La Juanda" (Espanola)
24. "Come On"

Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Volume 3

All songs written by Chuck Berry except where noted.

1. "Beautiful Delilah"
2. "Go Bobby Soxer"
3. "I Got to Find My Baby"
4. "Worried Life Blues
   Worried Life Blues
   "Worried Life Blues" is a song that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time. Originally recorded by Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather in 1941, "Worried Life Blues" was an early blues hit and Maceo's most recognized song...
   
   " (Big Maceo Merriweather
   Big Maceo Merriweather
   Big Maceo Merriweather was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, active in Chicago in the 1940s.-Career:...
   
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5. "Roly Poly"
6. "Downbound Train"
7. "Broken Arrow" (E. Anderson)
8. "Confessin' the Blues" (Walter Brown
   Walter Brown (singer)
   Walter Brown was a blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit, "Confessin' The Blues"....
   
   , Jay McShann
   Jay McShann
   Jay McShann was an American Grammy Award-nominated jump blues, mainstream jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer....
   
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9. "Drifting Heart"
10. "In-Go" (author unknown)
11. "Man and the Donkey"
12. "St. Louis Blues' (W.C. Handy)
13. "Our Little Rendezvous"
14. "Childhood Sweetheart"
15. "Blues for Hawaiians"
16. "Hey Pedro"
17. "My Little Love Light"
18. "Little Marie"
19. "Berry Pickin'"
20. "County Line"
21. "House of Blue Lights" (Don Raye
    Don Raye
    Don Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...
    
    , Freddie Slack
    Freddie Slack
    Frederick Charles Slack was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader.He played with the Jimmy Dorsey Band in the 1930s and was a charter member of the Will Bradley Orchestra when it formed in 1939...
    
    )
22. "Do You Love Me"
23. "Blue on Blue"
24. "Oh Yeah"