''Chuck Berry on Stage'' is the first live album by

Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...

, released in 1963 by Chess Records. Although promoted as a live album, it is a collection of previously released studio recordings (except for 5 songs..."All Aboard", "Trick or Treat", "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "Still Got The Blues", and a previously unreleased alternate take of "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man") with overdubbed audience sounds to simulate a live recording. One track on the album labelled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in

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' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". Chuck's cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" was later re-recorded and released on the very rare Chess LP CH60032 ''Chuck Berry'' in 1975.

Track listing

All songs composed by Chuck Berry except as noted # "

Maybellene "Maybellene" is a rock and roll song. It was written and recorded in 1955 by Chuck Berry, adapted in part from the Western swing fiddle tune " Ida Red". Berry's song told the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing ...

" (Berry,

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, Russ Fratto) – 2:25 # "Memphis, Tennessee" – 2:17 # "Surfin' Steel" – 2:32 # "Rockin' on the Railroad" (Let It Rock) (Edward Anderson, pseudonym of Chuck Edward Anderson Berry) – 1:51 # "Go, Go, Go" – 3:31 # "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (alternate take) – 1:46 # "Still Got the Blues" – 2:08 # "Surfin USA" ("Sweet Little Sixteen") – 3:13 # "Jaguar and Thunderbird" – 1:49 # " I Just Want to Make Love to You" ( Willie Dixon) – 2:13 # "All Aboard" – 2:15 # "Trick or Treat" – 1:37 # "The Man and the Donkey" – 2:07

Personnel

* Chuck Berry –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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– drums * Martha Berry –

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* Reggie Boyd – bass * Leroy C. Davis -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Willie Dixon – bass *

Jerome Green Jerome Green (c.1934 – c.1973) was an American percussionist and occasional lyricist and vocalist, known for playing maracas and acting as Bo Diddley's foil in his performances and on his recordings in the 1950s and early 1960s. Biography G ...

–

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s * Ebbie Hardy - drums * Johnnie Johnson –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

Lafayette Leake Lafayette Leake (June 1, 1919 – August 14, 1990) was an American blues and jazz pianist, organist, vocalist and composer who played for Chess Records as a session musician, and as a member of the Big Three Trio, during the formative years of Chic ...

– piano *

The Moonglows The Moonglows were an American R&B group in the 1950s. Their song " Sincerely" went to number 1 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Juke Box chart. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. ...

– backing vocals * George Smith – bass * Otis Spann – piano * Phil Thomas – drums

References

Chuck Berry live albums 1963 live albums Chess Records live albums Albums produced by Leonard Chess Albums produced by Phil Chess {{1960s-rock-album-stub