Chuck Berry discography
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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...

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Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
US 200
Billboard 200
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US R&B
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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CA
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

After School Session
After School Session
After School Session is Chuck Berry's first studio album, released in 1957 by Chess Records. The album was released in May 1957 as LP 1426, making it the second LP record released by Chess.- Releases :...

  • Released: May 1957
  • Label: Chess
    Chess Records
    Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....

     (LP-1426)
  • Format: mono
    Monaural
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     LP
    LP record
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One Dozen Berrys
One Dozen Berrys
One Dozen Berrys is Chuck Berry's second album. It was released in 1958 under Chess Records.This album published in both UK and US only as LP record in 1958.-Track listing:All songs written by Chuck Berry.Side one#"Sweet Little Sixteen" – 3:03...

  • Released: March 1958
  • Label: Chess (LP-1432)
  • Format: mono LP
  • Rockin' at the Hops
    Rockin' at the Hops
    Rockin' At The Hops is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1960 under Chess Records. Its opening track, "Bye Bye Johnny", was a sequel to Berry's earlier hit, "Johnny B. Goode".- Songs :...

  • Released: July 1960
  • Label: Chess (LP-1448)
  • Format: mono LP
  • New Juke Box Hits
  • Released: March 1961
  • Label: Chess (LP-1456)
  • Format: mono LP
  • Two Great Guitars
    Two Great Guitars
    Two Great Guitars: Bo Diddley/Chuck Berry is a studio album by Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, which was released in August 1964 by Checker Records, and is now considered to be one of rock music's earliest "super session" albums...

  • Released: August 1964
  • Label: Checker
    Checker Records
    Checker Records is an inactive record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary to Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, who ran the label until they sold it to General Recorded Tape in 1969, shortly before Leonard's death.The label...

     (LP-2991)
  • Format: mono LP
  • St. Louis to Liverpool
    St. Louis to Liverpool
    St. Louis to Liverpool is a rock and roll album by Chuck Berry, released in 1964 on Chess Records, catalogue 1488. It peaked at #124 on the Billboard album chart.-Content:...

  • Released: November 1964
  • Label: Chess (LP/S-1488)
  • Format: mono/stereo
    Stereophonic sound
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     LP
  • 124
    Chuck Berry in London
    Chuck Berry in London
    Chuck Berry In London is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1965 under Chess Records.-Track listing:# "My Little Love Light"# "She Once Was Mine"# "After It's Over"# "I Got a Booking"# "Night Beat"# "His Daughter Caroline"...

  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Chess (LP/S-1495)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • Fresh Berry's
    Fresh Berry's
    Fresh Berry's is a studio album by American rock and roll icon Chuck Berry. The album was first released by Chess Records in the United Kingdom in November 1965. It was later released in the United States in April 1966 as an LP record in both mono and stereo formats...

  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Chess (LP/S-1498)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
  • Released: March 1967
  • Label: Mercury
    Mercury Records
    Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

     (MG-21103/SR-61103)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • Chuck Berry in Memphis
    Chuck Berry in Memphis
    Chuck Berry in Memphis is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1967 by Mercury Records.-Track listing:# "Back To Memphis"# "I Do Really Love You"# "Ramblin' Rose"# "Sweet Little Rock and Roller"...

  • Released: September 1967
  • Label: Mercury (MG-21123/SR-61123)
  • Format: mono/stereo LP
  • From St. Louie to Frisco
    From St. Louie to Frisco
    From St. Louie to Frisco is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1968 by Mercury Records.-Track listing:# "Louie To Frisco"# "Ma Dear"# "The Love I Lost"# "I Love Her, I Love Her"# "Little Fox"# "Rock Cradle Rock"# "Soul Rockin'"...

  • Released: November 1968
  • Label: Mercury (SR-61176)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • 185
    Concerto in B. Goode
    Concerto in B. Goode
    Concerto In B. Goode is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1969 on the Mercury Records label. The title song is an extended instrumental exploration of "the Chuck Berry style" by its creator, running approximately 18 minutes in length and taking up the entire second side of the album. The...

  • Released: June 1969
  • Label: Mercury (SR-61223)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • Back Home
    Back Home (Chuck Berry album)
    Back Home was released in 1970 by Chess Records. The album title refers to Chuck Berry 'coming home' back to Chess Records after several years with Mercury Records.- Track listing :# "Tulane"# "Have Mercy Judge"# "Instrumental"# "Christmas"# "Gun"...

  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: Chess (LPS-1550)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • San Francisco Dues
    San Francisco Dues
    San Francisco Dues is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1971 by Chess Records.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Chuck Berry# "Oh Louisiana" – 4:28# "Let's Do Our Thing Together" – 2:20# "Your Lick" – 2:34# "Festival" – 4:08...

  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Chess (CH-50008)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • The London Chuck Berry Sessions
    The London Chuck Berry Sessions
    The London Chuck Berry Sessions is a studio/live album by American rock and roll icon Chuck Berry released by Chess Records in October 1972. Side one of the album consisted of studio recordings, while side two featured three extended live performances recorded at the Lanchester Arts Festival in...

  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: Chess (CH-60020)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • 8 8 6
    Bio
    Bio (Chuck Berry album)
    Bio is a Chuck Berry album released in 1973 by Chess Records.-Track listing:# "Bio"# "Hello Little Girl, Goodbye"# "Woodpecker"# "Rain Eyes"# "Aimlessly Driftin'"# "Got It And Gone"# "Talkin' About My Buddy"-Personnel:...

  • Released: August 1973
  • Label: Chess (CH-50043)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • 175 58
    Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry (1975 album)
    Chuck Berry is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1975 by Chess Records. Some pressings of this album carry the title Chuck Berry '75...

  • Released: February 1975
  • Label: Chess (CH-60032)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • Rock It
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Atco
    Atco Records
    ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

     (SD-38-118)
  • Format: stereo LP
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

    Live albums

    • Chuck Berry on Stage
      Chuck Berry on Stage
      Chuck Berry On Stage is a Chuck Berry album which was released in 1963 under Chess Records. Although promoted as a live album, this was in fact a collection of previously released studio recordings with overdubbed audience sounds to simulate a live recording...

      (1963) (Studio
      Recording studio
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       recordings
      Sound recording and reproduction
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       with overdubbed M.C. and audience)
    • Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
      Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
      Live at Fillmore Auditorium is a Chuck Berry live album which was released in September 1967 on Mercury Records. Berry is backed by The Steve Miller Blues Band, which would become better known as the Steve Miller Band. The album was re-released on CD by Rebound Records, including three additional...

      (1967) (bonus tracks included on 1994 re-release)
    • The London Chuck Berry Sessions
      The London Chuck Berry Sessions
      The London Chuck Berry Sessions is a studio/live album by American rock and roll icon Chuck Berry released by Chess Records in October 1972. Side one of the album consisted of studio recordings, while side two featured three extended live performances recorded at the Lanchester Arts Festival in...

      (1972) (Side 2)
    • Chuck Berry Live in Concert
      Chuck Berry Live in Concert
      Chuck Berry Live In Concert is a live album by Chuck Berry which was released in 1978, nine years after it was recorded at the 1969 Rock and Roll Revival concert in Toronto, Canada.-Track listing:# "Rock and Roll Music"# "Nadine"# "School Days"...

      (1978)
    • Alive and Rockin (1981)
    • Chuck Berry Live (1981)
    • Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969 Vol. II (1982)
    • Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969 Vol. III (1982)
    • Live!
      Live! (Chuck Berry album)
      Live! is a Chuck Berry live album which was released in 2000 by Columbia Records.-Track listing:# "School Days" – 3:09# "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:58# "Roll Over Beethoven" – 3:36# "Every Day I Have The Blues" – 4:00# "Bio" – 3:01...

      (2000)
    • Live on Stage
      Live on Stage (Chuck Berry album)
      -Track listing:# "School Days" – 3:09# "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:58# "Roll Over Beethoven" – 3:36# "Every Day I Have The Blues" – 4:00# "Bio" – 3:01# "Medley: Maybellene/Mountain Dew" – 2:46# "Let It Rock" – 3:42# "Medley: Carol/Little Queenie" – 4:15...

      (2000)
    • Chuck Berry - In Concert
      Chuck Berry - In Concert
      Chuck Berry - In Concert is a Chuck Berry album released in 2002 by Magnum Records.-Track listing:# "Johnny B. Goode" – 5:25# "School Days" – 2:25# "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:47# "Rock & Roll Music" – 2:30# "In The Wee Wee Hours" – 5:11...

      (2002)

    Compilation albums

    Title Album details Peak chart positions
    U.S. 200
    Billboard 200
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    U.S. Blues
    United States
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    U.K.
    UK Albums Chart
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    Chuck Berry Is on Top
    Chuck Berry Is on Top
    Chuck Berry Is on Top is a compilation 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". In his review of the album on Allmusic, Cub Koda describes...

    • Released: July 1959
    • Label: Chess LP-1435
    • Format: LP
    Chuck Berry Twist
    Chuck Berry Twist
    Chuck Berry Twist is a compilation album by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry. The album was released in February 1962 by Chess Records during Chuck Berry's imprisonment...

  • Released: February 1962
  • Label: Chess LP-1465
  • Format: LP
  • More Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry Twist
    Chuck Berry Twist is a compilation album by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry. The album was released in February 1962 by Chess Records during Chuck Berry's imprisonment...

  • Released: December 1963 (UK only)
  • Label: Pye International
    Pye International Records
    Pye International Records was a record label founded in 1958, as a subsidiary of Pye Records. The company distributed many American labels in the UK, including Chess, Kama Sutra, Buddah, Colpix and King...

     NPL 28028
  • Format: LP
  • 9
    Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits
  • Released: April 1964
  • Label: Chess LP-1485
  • Format: LP
  • 34
    The Latest and the Greatest
  • Released: May 1964 (UK only)
  • Label: Pye International NPL 28031
  • Format: LP
  • 8
    You Never Can Tell
  • Released: September 1964 (UK only)
  • Label: Pye International NPL 29039
  • Format: LP
  • 18
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade is a three volume compilation of music by American rock musician Chuck Berry, 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...

  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Chess 2CH-1514
  • Format: Double LP
  • 72
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade is a three volume compilation of music by American rock musician Chuck Berry, 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...

  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: Chess 2CH-60023
  • Format: Double LP
  • 110
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade
    Chuck Berry's Golden Decade is a three volume compilation of music by American rock musician Chuck Berry, 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...

  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Chess 2CH-60028
  • Format: Double LP
  • Motorvatin
  • Released: 1976 (Europe only)
  • Label: Chess 9288 690
  • Format: LP
  • 7
    The Great Twenty-Eight
    The Great Twenty-Eight
    The Great Twenty-Eight is a greatest hits album by classic rock and roller Chuck Berry, released in 1982. In 2003, the album was ranked number 21 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the second highest ranking compilation on the list, after Elvis Presley's The...

  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Chess 2CH-8201
  • Format: Double LP
  • Motive Series
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Mercury 6463129
  • Format: LP
  • Chess Masters
  • Released: March 1983
  • Label: Chess CXMP 2011
  • Format: LP
  • Rock 'n' Roll Rarities
  • Released: March 1986
  • Label: Chess 2CH-92521
  • Format: Double LP
  • More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities
  • Released: Agust 1986
  • Label: Chess CH-9190
  • Format: LP, CD
    Compact Disc
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    , Cassette
    Compact Cassette
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  • The Chess Box
    The Chess Box
    The Chess Box is a title given to several box sets released by Chess Records for artists such as Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. The most prominent of these is the set for Chuck Berry, which won a Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1989...

  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Chess CHD3-80001
  • Format: CD
  • Missing Berries: Rarities, Vol. 3
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Chess CHC/D-9318
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • The Collection
  • Released: August 26, 1991
  • Label: MCA
    MCA Records
    MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

     MCAC-17751
  • Format: Cassette
  • 36 All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Universal Distribution
  • Format: CD
  • Let It Rock
  • Released: June 4, 1996
  • Label: Universal Special MCAC/D-20931
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • The Best of Chuck Berry
  • Released: July 26, 1996
  • Label: MCA MCAD-11560
  • Format: Double CD
  • Guitar Legends
  • 5 songs by Chuck Berry, 5 songs by Bo Diddley
  • Released: February 11, 1997
  • Label: Universal Special 20974
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • His Best, Vol. 1
  • Released: March 25, 1996
  • Label: MCA/Chess CHD-9371
  • Format: CD
  • His Best, Vol. 2
  • Released: May 20, 1997
  • Label: MCA/Chess CHD-9381
  • Format: CD
  • The Best of Chuck Berry
  • Released: September 15, 1997
  • Label: Universal Distribution
  • Format: CD
  • Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
  • Released: October 14, 1997
  • Label: MCA/Chess CHD-80245
  • Format: CD
  • 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry
  • Released: March 23, 1999
  • Label: MCA MCAC/D-11944
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • 13
    Anthology
    Anthology (Chuck Berry album)
    Anthology is a two-disc compilation album by rock and roll performer Chuck Berry released on July 27, 2000 by Chess Records. The album is intended as an overview of Chuck Berry's song-writing career. It is a two-disc anthology which contains 50 tracks of Chuck Berry's finest songs.The album was...

  • Released: June 27, 2000
  • Label: MCA/Chess CHD-112304
  • Format: CD
  • The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: September 5, 2000
  • Label: Universal International 17751
  • Format: CD
  • Blues
  • Released: August 12, 2003
  • Label: MCA/Chess B000053002
  • Format: CD
  • Chuck Berry
  • Released: October 28, 2003
  • Label: Universal International 98017
  • Format: CD
  • Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings
  • Released: February 19, 2008
  • Label: Hip-O Select-Geffen-Universal
  • Format: CD
  • You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966
  • Released: March 31, 2009
  • Label: Hip-O Select-Geffen-Universal 12465
  • Format: CD
  • Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969-1974
  • Released: MArch 23, 2010
  • Label: Hip-O Select-Geffen-Universal 13790
  • Format: CD
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

    Soundtracks

    Title Album details
    Rock, Rock, Rock
    • Released: Dec 1956
    • Label: Chess
      Chess Records
      Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....

       (LP-1425)
    • Format: mono
      Monaural
      Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...

       LP
      LP record
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    Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: MCA (MCA/C/D-6217)
  • Format: LP/Cassette/CD

  • EPs

    Title Album details
    After School Session
    • Released: May 1957
    • Label: Chess (EP 5118)
    • Format: 7" 45 RPM
      Gramophone record
      A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

    • Origin: US
      United States
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    Rock and Roll Music
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Chess (EP 5119)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: US
  • Sweet Little 16
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Chess (EP 5121)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: US
  • Pickin' Berries
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Chess (EP 5124)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: US
  • Sweet Little Rock and Roller
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Chess (EP 5126)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: US
  • Chuck Berry
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Pye International (NEP 44011)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: UK
    United Kingdom
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  • This Is Chuck Berry
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Pye International (NEP 44013)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: UK
  • The Best of Chuck Berry
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: Pye International (NEP 44018)
  • Format: 7" 45 RPM
  • Origin: UK

  • Singles

    Year Title Chart positions
    US Hot
    Billboard Hot 100
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    US R&B
    Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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    CA
    RPM (magazine)
    RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...


    GE
    Media Control Charts
    The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...


    NL
    NO
    VG-lista
    VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...


    UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...


    1955 "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...

    " (A-side)
    5 1
    "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....

    " (B-side)
    10
    "Thirty Days" 2
    "No Money Down" 8
    1956 "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...

    "
    29 2 31
    "Too Much Monkey Business
    Too Much Monkey Business
    "Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and performed by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry. It was released as Chuck's fifth single in September 1956 for Chess Records, and appeared as the third track on Chuck's first solo LP, After School Session in May 1957, as well as the EP of the same name...

    "
    4
    "You Can't Catch Me
    You Can't Catch Me
    "You Can't Catch Me" is a song written and performed by Chuck Berry, released as a single in 1956. The song's lyrics mention racing a souped-up "air-mobile" down the New Jersey Turnpike...

    "
    1957 "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
    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...

    "
    3 1 24
    "Oh Baby Doll" 57 12
    "Rock and Roll Music
    Rock and Roll Music
    "Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry which became a hit single in 1957 and has been covered by many artists....

    "
    8 6
    "Havana Moon
    Havana Moon
    Havana Moon is a 1983 album by Carlos Santana released as a solo project.It features covers of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry songs and performances by Booker T & the MGs, Willie Nelson and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and also Carlos' father Jose singing "Vereda Tropical" — a song Carlos had first...

    "
    1958 "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...

    "
    2 1 16
    "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...

    "
    8 1
    "Beautiful Delilah" 81
    "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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    18 9
    "Joe Joe Gun" (A-side) 83
    "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" (B-side) 47 13
    "Merry Christmas Baby
    Merry Christmas Baby
    "Merry Christmas Baby" is an R & B Christmas standard written by Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore. It has been covered by many artists including Otis Redding, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Hanson. The original 1947 version by Johnny Moore's Three Trailblazers "Merry Christmas Baby" is an R...

    " (A-side)
    71
    "Run Rudolph Run
    Run Rudolph Run
    "Run, Rudolph, Run" is a Christmas song popularized by Chuck Berry and written by Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie and published by St. Nicholas Music . The song was first recorded by Berry in 1958 and released as Chess Records 1714...

    " (B-side)
    69 36
    1959 "Anthony Boy" 60
    "Almost Grown
    Almost Grown (song)
    "Almost Grown" is a song written and performed by Chuck Berry. It was released as a double a-side with "Little Queenie". The song is featured in the 1973 film American Graffiti...

    " (A-side)
    32 3
    "Little Queenie" (B-side) 80
    "Back in the U.S.A.
    Back in the U.S.A.
    "Back in the U.S.A." is a song by Chuck Berry, which was first issued in 1959 as a single a-side and on Berry's 1962 album More Chuck Berry, . The song's lyrics were supposedly written based upon Berry returning to the USA following a trip to Australia and witnessing the living standards of...

    " (A-side)
    37 16
    "Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis, Tennessee (song)
    "Memphis, Tennessee" is a song by rock & roll singer-songwriter Chuck Berry. It is sometimes shortened to "Memphis". In the UK, the song charted at #6 in 1963, at the same time Decca Records issued a cover version in the UK by Dave Berry and the Cruisers, who came from Sheffield, Yorkshire...

    " (B-side)
    6
    "Childhood Sweetheart"
    1960 "Let It Rock
    Let It Rock (Chuck Berry song)
    "Let It Rock" is a song by Chuck Berry from his 1960 album Rockin' at the Hops. The same year, it was released as the B-side of the single "Too Pooped to Pop " and reached #64 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #6 in the UK. The song is about working on a train track as a train is...

    " (A-side)
    64 6
    "Too Pooped To Pop" (B-side) 42 18
    "Bye Bye Johnny"
    "I Got to Find My Baby
    I Got to Find My Baby
    "I Got to Find My Baby" is a song written by Chuck Berry and has also been covered by The Beatles, which appears on album Live at the BBC.-History:...

    "
    "Jaguar and Thunderbird" 109
    1961 "Little Star"
    "Go-Go-Go"
    1963 "I'm Talking About You
    I'm Talking about You
    I'm Talking About You is a song by Chuck Berry, released by him in 1961.Cover versions: The Hollies , The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones, Roger Chapman, The Beatles I'm Talking About You is a song by Chuck Berry, released by him in 1961.Cover versions: The Hollies (in Stay with the...

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    1964 "Nadine" 23 7 27
    "No Particular Place To Go
    No Particular Place To Go
    "No Particular Place to Go" is a song by American rock and roll icon Chuck Berry, released as a single by Chess Records in May 1964 and was released on the album St...

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    10 2 6 3
    "You Never Can Tell
    You Never Can Tell (song)
    "You Never Can Tell" also occasionally referred to as "C'est La Vie" is a rock and roll song by Chuck Berry. It was composed while he was in prison for intent to commit a sex crime. The song was originally released in 1964 on the album St...

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    14 11 23
    "Little Marie" 54 30 40
    "Promised Land
    Promised Land (song)
    "Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in 1965, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term...

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    41 16 30 26
    "Chuck's Beat"
    with Bo Diddley
    Bo Diddley
    Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

    1965 "Dear Dad" 95
    "It Wasn't Me"
    1966 "Ramona Say Yes"
    "Club Nitty Gritty"
    1967 "Back to Memphis"
    "Feelin' It"
    1968 "St. Louis to Frisco"
    1969 "Good Looking Woman"
    1970 "Tulane"
    1972 "My Ding-a-Ling
    My Ding-a-Ling
    "My Ding-a-Ling" was the title of a novelty song recorded by Chuck Berry, and his only U.S. number-one single on the pop charts. Later that year the song, in a longer unedited form, was on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions...

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    1 42 1 40 29 7 1
    "Reelin' and Rockin'" (live) 27 21 18
    1973 "Bio"
    1975 "Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Shake, Rattle and Roll
    "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a prototypical twelve bar blues-form rock and roll song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner, and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets...

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    1979 "California"
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart.


    Note that not all of Berry's UK singles were released in the same year as the initial U.S. release, and not all of Berry's UK singles featured the same A-Side/B-Side
    A-side and B-side
    A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

     configurations as in the U.S.


    Billboard
    Billboard (magazine)
    Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

     did not publish a separate R&B singles chart in 1964. For this year only, R&B chart positions are from Cash Box magazine.
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