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''Fresh Berry's'' icis the ninth studio album by
Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and de ...
, released by
Chess Records Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. It expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock an ...
in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
in November 1965 and in the United States in April 1966 as an
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in mono and
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formats. The US and UK versions of the album have different track listings, "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" is replaced by "Sad Day – Long Night". It was Berry's last album of new material for Chess Records until '' Back Home'', in 1970. After this album, he recorded his next several releases for
Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released ...
.


Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted Side one # "It Wasn't Me" - (2:32) # "Run Joe" (
Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, the King ...
, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby) - (2:16) # "Everyday We Rock & Roll" – 2:11 # " One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (
Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...
,
Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...
) - (2:43) # "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" - (2:35) # "It's My Own Business" - (2:11) Side two #
  • "Right Off Rampart Street" - (2:22) # " Vaya Con Dios" ( Buddy Pepper, Carl Hoff, Inez James, Larry Russell) - (2:36) # "Merrily We Rock & Roll" - (2:11) # "My Mustang Ford" - (2:17) # "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" ( Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) - (2:13) # "Wee Hour Blues" - (3:14)


    Personnel

    *Chuck Berry –
    guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...
    , vocals *Chuck Bernhard –
    bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...
    * Mike Bloomfield – guitar *
    Paul Butterfield Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer, and bandleader. After early training as a Western concert flute, classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored ...
    harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...
    * Johnnie Johnson
    piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...
    *Jaspar Thomas –
    drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
    ;Technical * Ron Malo – engineer * Don S. Bronstein – cover


    References


    External links

    * Chuck Berry albums 1965 albums Chess Records albums Albums produced by Leonard Chess Albums produced by Phil Chess {{1960s-rock-album-stub