Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week; this week, in celebration of today being the 98th anniversary of the birth of Rock & Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, we’ve got a collection featuring some of his best songs, enjoy!
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Downbound Train by Chuck Berry
From The Album: The After School Session (1957)
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Havana Moon by Chuck Berry
From The Album: The After School Sessions (1957)
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I’m Talking About You
From The Album: New Juke Box Hits (1961)
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Johnny B. Goode
From The Album: Chuck Berry Is On Top (1959)
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Let It Rock
From The Album: Rockin’ At The Hop (1961)
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Maybelline
From The Album: Chuck Berry Is On Top (1959)
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Night Beat
From The Album: Chuck Berry In London (1964)
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No Particular Place To Go
From The Album: St. Louis To Liverpool (1964)
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Promised Land
From The Album: St. Louis To Liverpool (1964)
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Rock & Roll Music by Chuck Berry
From The Album: One Dozen Berrys (1958)
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Too Much Monkey Business by Chuck Berry
From The Album: The After School Session (1957)
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Wonderful Woman by Chuck Berry
From The Album: Chuck (2017)
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You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry
From The Album: St. Louis To Liverpool (1964)
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And for fun, one more song!
A video clip from the celebratory Chuck Berry 60th Birthday Concerts in 1986; released the following year as the music doc Hail! Hail! Rock & Roll. The concerts were organized by Keith Richards and feature several other prominent guests including pianist Johnnie Johnson who played with Berry during his Chess recording days, Robert Cray, Etta James, Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, Linda Rondstadt and Julian Lennon who joins Berry & Richards on this clip of:
Johnny B. Goode
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Hoopla Album of The Week
Not at Chuck Berry album – but a related title, a greatest hits LP from Chess Records, the label Berry recorded his classic tunes for!
Chess Pieces: The Very Best of Chess Records by Various Artists
And from the album the song:
Juke by Little Walter
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Have a great weekend,
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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The Libby App
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Hoopla
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