Berry Is on Top

Berry Is on Top is the third studio album by rock and roll artist Chuck Berry, released in July 1959 on Chess Records, catalogue LP 1435. With the exception of one track, "Blues for Hawaiians", all selections had been previously released on 45 rpm singles,^[1] several of which were double-sided and charted twice. In his review of the album for AllMusic, Cub Koda described it as "almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself" and the most perfectly realized collection of Berry's career.^[2] In 2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued the album with St. Louis to Liverpool on an Ultradisc II Gold compact disc. In 2012, Hoodoo reissued the album with One Dozen Berrys on the same CD.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chuck Berry

Personnel

Chuck Berry – vocals, guitars
Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake – piano
Willie Dixon – double bass
George Smith – bass
Fred Below, Ebbie Hardy, Jaspar Thomas – drums
Jerome Green – maracas
The Moonglows – backing vocals
Bob Bushnell – bass on "Around and Around"^[5]

Charting history

Singles - Billboard (United States)

References

^ a b c Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966)". Retrieved 2009-09-03.
^ a b Cub Koda. "Chuck Berry Is on Top > Overview". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 568.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 54–55.
^ "The Chuck Berry Database — Details For Song: Around And Around — Chuck Berry Collector's Guide". www.crlf.de.
^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Chuck Berry". Retrieved October 27, 2017.

External links

Berry Is on Top at Discogs (list of releases)