Chuck Berry Is on Top

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AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of In style Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Information	^[4]

Chuck Berry Is on Prime is the third studio album by rock and roll artist Chuck Berry, launched in July 1959 on Chess Data, catalogue LP 1435. Aside from one monitor, “Blues for Hawaiians,” all picks had been beforehand launched on 45 rpm singles,^[1] a number of of which had been double-sided and charted twice. In his overview of the album for AllMusic, Cub Koda described it as “virtually a mini-greatest-hits package deal in and of itself” and probably the most completely realized assortment of Berry’s profession.^[2] In 2008, Cellular Constancy 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 identical CD.

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All tracks are written by Chuck Berry.

Aspect A
No.	Title	Size
1.	“Virtually Grown”	2:21
2.	“Carol”	2:48
3.	“Maybellene”	2:23
4.	“Candy Little Rock & Curler”	2:22
5.	“Anthony Boy”	1:54
6.	“Johnny B. Goode”	2:41

Aspect B
No.	Title	Size
1.	“Little Queenie”	2:43
2.	“Jo Jo Gunne”	2:47
3.	“Roll Over Beethoven”	2:24
4.	“Round and Round”	2:42
5.	“Hey Pedro”	1:57
6.	“Blues for Hawaiians”	3:23

Personnel

Chuck Berry – vocals, guitars
Bo Diddley – electrical guitar
Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake – piano
Willie Dixon – double bass
George Smith – bass
Fred Beneath, Ebbie Hardy, Jaspar Thomas – drums
Jerome Inexperienced – maracas
The Moonglows – backing vocals
Bob Bushnell – bass on “Round and Round”^[5]

Charting historical past

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Yr	Single	Chart	Place^[6]
1955	“Maybellene”	Billboard Prime 100	5
1956	“Roll Over Beethoven”	Billboard Prime 100	29
1958	“Johnny B. Goode”	Billboard Prime 100	8
1958	“Carol”	Billboard Scorching 100	18
1958	“Jo Jo Gunne”	Billboard Scorching 100	83
1958	“Candy Little Rock & Curler”	Billboard Scorching 100	47
1959	“Anthony Boy”	Billboard Scorching 100	60
1959	“Virtually Grown”	Billboard Scorching 100	32
1959	“Little Queenie”	Billboard Scorching 100	80

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