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"Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and recorded (in May 1957) by Chuck Berry. It has been widely covered and is one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions.

"Rock and Roll Music"
Single by Chuck Berry
B-side	"Blue Feeling"
Released	September 1957[1]
Recorded	May 1957
Studio	Chess (Chicago)[2]
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:30
Label	Chess
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Oh Baby Doll" (1957) "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) "Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958)

"Rock and Roll Music" was a record chart hit for Berry, reaching the top 10 in the United States. The Beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in Europe and in Australia, and the Beach Boys had a U.S. top 10 hit with the song in 1976.

Original song

The sessions for "Rock and Roll Music" took place in May 1957 in Chicago.[3] The session was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess.[3] Backing Berry were Lafayette Leake (piano), Willie Dixon (bass), and Fred Below (drums).[3] Chess records issued the song as a single in September 1957 on both the 45 and 78 rpm formats. It reached number six on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart and number eight on Hot 100 chart before the year's end.[4]

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Berry's version number 128 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[5] The song is also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".[6]

The Beatles version

"Rock and Roll Music"
Belgian single picture sleeve (1965)
Song by the Beatles
Released	December 4, 1964 (1964-12-04) (UK: Beatles for Sale)[7] December 15, 1964 (US: Beatles '65)
Recorded	October 18, 1964
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:30
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	George Martin

The Beatles performed the song in many of their early Hamburg shows, and also played it on the BBC program Pop Go The Beatles. In late 1964, exhausted from non-stop touring and recording and short of original material, they decided to record several of their old rock and rhythm and blues favorites to fill out their LP release Beatles for Sale.^{[citation needed]}

John Lennon provided the vocal. In contrast to Berry's even-toned rendition, Lennon sang it as loudly and dynamically as his voice would permit.^{[citation needed]} In the U.S., it was released on the LP Beatles '65. The song was part of the set list for the group's final tour in 1966;^{[citation needed]} the performance from their show of June 30 at the Nippon Budokan was included in 1996's Anthology 2 – and was also performed during the Get Back/Let It Be Sessions in January 1969. It also served as the title song to the Beatles' 1976 compilation album Rock 'n' Roll Music.

Credits for the piano vary. The original Beatles for Sale liner notes, by Derek Taylor, state that "George Martin joins John and Paul on one piano", implying an overdub by all three that was added after the basic take.[8] In the 1988 book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn described the recording as a single take with no overdubs, with "all The Beatles on their familiar instruments" and Martin on piano.[9]

In some countries, "Rock and Roll Music" was released as a single, with "I'm a Loser" as the B-side, in early 1965. It topped the charts in Norway,[10] Sweden,[11] Finland[12] and Australia.[13] The single peaked at number two in Germany[14] and the Netherlands, and number three in Belgium.[15]

Personnel

• John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano
• Paul McCartney – bass guitar, piano
• George Harrison – lead guitar
• Ringo Starr – drums
• George Martin – piano

The Beach Boys version

"Rock and Roll Music"
Single by the Beach Boys
from the album 15 Big Ones
B-side	"T M Song"
Released	May 24, 1976 (1976-05-24)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Rock, rock and roll
Length	2:29
Label	Brother/Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Sail On, Sailor" (1975) "Rock and Roll Music" (1976) "It's O.K." (1976)

The Beach Boys' version includes the use of backing vocals which repeat the phrase "Rock, roll, rockin' and roll".^{[citation needed]} There is a difference between the LP version and the single version in that the single version has more synthesizer.^{[citation needed]} Their version reached No. 5 on the US chart and No. 11 in Canada during the summer of 1976.[16]

Personnel

Personnel per 2000 liner notes.[17]

The Beach Boys

• Al Jardine – backing vocals
• Mike Love – backing vocals, lead vocals
• Brian Wilson – backing vocals, arranger, piano, Moog bass, ARP synthesizer
• Carl Wilson – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals, drums

Additional musicians and production staff

Album cover, art direction and logo was done by Dean Torrence and Jim Evans.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles[18]	11
UK[citation needed]	36
US Billboard Hot 100[19]	5
US Cash Box Top 100[20]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Rank
Canada[21]	112
US Billboard Hot 100[22]	81

Mental As Anything version

Australian band Mental As Anything covered the song Rock and Roll Music. It was released as the first single from the bands seventh studio album Cyclone Raymond.[23] The song was released on November 1988 and charted at number 5 on the Kent Music Report and it stayed on the chart for 22 weeks.[24]

"Rock and Roll Music"
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Cyclone Raymond
B-side	"Secret Life (Aus) Get You Back (UK)"
Released	November 1988
Recorded	World Expo '88
Genre	Rock
Length	3:00 4:50 (Extended mix)
Label	CBS Records (Aus) Epic Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Steve James
Mental As Anything singles chronology
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" (1988) "Rock and Roll Music" (1988) "Love Comes Running" (1988)

Track listings

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[25]	5

References

На других языках

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[de] Rock and Roll Music

Rock and Roll Music ist ein Rock-’n’-Roll-Song von Chuck Berry, der 1957 als Single veröffentlicht wurde und in den amerikanischen Charts bis auf Rang 8 stieg. Das Stück wurde von zahlreichen Musikern gecovert, darunter 1964 von The Beatles und 1976 von den Beach Boys.

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- [en] Rock and Roll Music (song)

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[es] Rock & Roll Music

«Rock & Roll Music» es una canción escrita y grabada originalmente por Chuck Berry. Publicada como sencillo en 1957, alcanzó el puesto n.º 8 en los Estados Unidos. Varios artistas realizaron sus propias versiones de la canción, las grabaciones más populares son las de The Beatles y The Beach Boys. Posteriormente fue grabada por otros artistas conocidos, incluyendo Humble Pie, Manic Street Preachers, Bill Haley & His Comets, REO Speedwagon, Tenpole Tudor y Australian Mental As Anything.

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[ru] Rock and Roll Music

«Rock and Roll Music», также «Rock ’n’ Roll Music» — песня американского музыканта Чака Берри, записанная им в 1957 году. Текст песни представляет собой своеобразную оду рок-н-роллу и сравнение его с другими жанрами.

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