Chuck Berry Is on Top

Chuck Berry Is on Top
Studio album by Chuck Berry
Released	July 1959 (1959-07)[1]
Recorded	May 21, 1955–1959 in Chicago, Illionis
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	29:26
Label	Chess LP–1435[1]
Producer	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry chronology
One Dozen Berrys (1958) Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959) Rockin' at the Hops (1960)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Chuck Berry Is on Top is a compilation album by rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry, released in July 1959 on Chess Records. The album consists of some of his single releases up to that point, along with one new track "Blues for Hawaiians".^[1] In his review of the album on Allmusic, Cub Koda describes it as "almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself". He also describes it as the most perfectly realized collection of Berry's career.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

Side one

1. "Almost Grown" – 2:18
2. "Carol" – 2:44
3. "Maybellene" – 2:18
4. "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" – 2:18
5. "Anthony Boy" – 1:50
6. "Johnny B. Goode" – 2:38

Side two

1. "Little Queenie" – 2:40
2. "Jo Jo Gunne" – 2:44
3. "Roll Over Beethoven" – 2:20
4. "Around and Around" – 2:20
5. "Hey Pedro" – 1:54
6. "Blues for Hawaiians" – 3:22

Personnel

• Chuck Berry – guitar, lead vocals
• Fred Below – drums
• Bo Diddley – guitar
• Willie Dixon – bass
• Jerome Green – maracas
• Ebbie Hardy – drums
• Johnnie Johnson – piano
• Lafayette Leake – piano
• The Moonglows – backing vocals
• George Smith – bass
• Jaspar Thomas – drums

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966)". http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/chessupto1966.html. Retrieved 2009-09-03. 
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Cub Koda. "Chuck Berry Is on Top > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved February 9, 2011.