Song

Rock And Roll Music

Release date: 04 December 1964

"Rock and Roll Music"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album One Dozen Berrys
B-side "Blue Feeling"
Released September 1957 (1957-09)
Format 7" 45 RPM, 10" 78 RPM
Recorded May 6 or 15, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:30
Label Chess 1671
Writer(s) Chuck Berry
Producer Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Oh Baby Doll"
(June 1957)
"Rock and Roll Music"
(September 1957)
"Sweet Little Sixteen"
(January 1958)
"Rock and Roll Music"
Song by The Beatles from the album Beatles for Sale
Released December 4, 1964 (1964-12-04)
Recorded Sometime from August to October 1964 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre Rock and roll
Length 2:30
Label Parlophone
Writer Chuck Berry
Producer George Martin
Beatles for Sale track listing
14 tracks
Side one
  1. "No Reply"
  2. "I'm a Loser"
  3. "Baby's in Black"
  4. "Rock and Roll Music"
  5. "I'll Follow the Sun"
  6. "Mr. Moonlight"
  7. "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!"
Side two
  1. "Eight Days a Week"
  2. "Words of Love"
  3. "Honey Don't"
  4. "Every Little Thing"
  5. "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
  6. "What You're Doing"
  7. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
"Rock and Roll Music"
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
B-side "T M Song"
Released May 24, 1976
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded 1976
Genre Rock
Length 2:29
Label Brother/Reprise
Writer(s) Chuck Berry
Producer Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Sail On, Sailor"
(1975)
"Rock and Roll Music"
(1976)
"It's O.K."
(1976)
15 Big Ones track listing
15 tracks
Side one
  1. "Rock and Roll Music"
  2. "It's O.K."
  3. "Had to Phone Ya"
  4. "Chapel of Love"
  5. "Everyone's in Love with You"
  6. "Talk to Me"
  7. "That Same Song"
  8. "T M Song"
Side two
  1. "Palisades Park"
  2. "Susie Cincinnati"
  3. "A Casual Look"
  4. "Blueberry Hill"
  5. "Back Home"
  6. "In the Still of the Night"
  7. "Just Once in My Life"

"Rock and Roll Music" is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry. The song has been widely covered, and is recognized as one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. In the fall of 1957, the song reached #6 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart and #8 on the Hot 100 chart.

The song has been recorded by many well-known artists, including Bill Haley & His Comets, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, REO Speedwagon, Mental As Anything, Humble Pie, and Manic Street Preachers. Berry performed his song on December 16, 1957, on ABC's short-lived variety program, The Guy Mitchell Show.

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