Chuck Berry in London

1965 studio album by Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry in London

Studio album by

Chuck Berry

Released| April 1965
Recorded| December 1964 – January 1965
Genre| Rock and roll
Length| 35:33
Label| Chess
Producer| Leonard Chess, Philip Chess
Chuck Berry chronology
| St. Louis to Liverpool
(1964)  | Chuck Berry in London
(1965)  | Fresh Berry's
(1965)

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Singles from  Chuck Berry in London

1. "Dear Dad"
Released: March 1965

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Record Mirror| [2]

Chuck Berry in London is the eighth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1965 by Chess Records. Only eight of the tracks were actually recorded in London with the UK R&B group The 5 Dimensions, in January, 1965. Five other tracks were recorded in Chicago in December, 1964 with the Jules Blattner Group. The remaining track, "Night Beat" was left over from a 1957 session. "I Want to Be Your Driver," which later appeared as the final track on The Great Twenty-Eight, is based on "Me and My Chaffeur Blues" by Memphis Minnie. [3]

## Track listing

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All songs written by Chuck Berry except as noted

### Side one

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1. "My Little Love-Light" – 2:38
2. "She Once Was Mine" – 2:38
3. "After It's Over" – 2:20
4. "I Got a Booking" – 2:54
5. "Night Beat" – 2:43
6. "His Daughter Caroline" – 3:16
7. "You Came a Long Way from St Louis" (Bob Russell, John Benson Brooks) – 2:08

### Side two

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1.   2. "St. Louis Blues" (W.C. Handy) – 2:39
3. "Jamaica Farewell" (Lord Burgess) – 2:08
4. "Dear Dad" – 1:51
5. "Butterscotch" – 2:40
6. "The Song of My Love" – 2:30
7. "Why Should We End This Way" – 2:53
8. "I Want to Be Your Driver" – 2:15

## Personnel

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* Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals
* Jules Blattner – guitar
* Jeff Crivet – guitar
* Louis Cennamo – bass
* Bill Bixler – bass
* Bob Scrivens – piano
* Peter John Hogman – harmonica
* Howard Jones – drums
* Chick Kattenhorn – drums
* Brian Hamilton – tenor saxophone
* Bill Armstrong – backing vocals
* Brian Smith – backing vocals
* Mike Boocock – backing vocals
* Rick Green – backing vocals
* Neil Carter – backing vocals
* Roger Eagle – backing vocals
* Roger Fairhurst – backing vocals

## Charting history

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Singles \- Billboard (North America)

Year  | Single  | Chart  | Position[4]

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1965  | "Dear Dad"  | Billboard Hot 100 | 95

## References

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1. ^ "AllMusic Review - Chuck Berry in London". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (20 March 1965). "Chuck Berry In London" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 210\. p. 8\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. ^ "Can You (Who?) Never Tell? RJ Smith on Chuck Berry". 3 February 2023.
4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - Chuck Berry". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2017.

## External links

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* Chuck Berry in London at Discogs (list of releases)

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Chuck Berry

Studio albums|

* After School Session (1957)
* One Dozen Berrys (1958)
* Berry Is on Top (1959)
* Rockin' at the Hops (1960)
* New Juke Box Hits (1961)
* Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) (1964)
* St. Louis to Liverpool (1964)
* Chuck Berry in London (1965)
* Fresh Berry's (1965)
* Chuck Berry's Golden Hits (1967)
* Chuck Berry in Memphis (1967)
* From St. Louie to Frisco (1968)
* Concerto in "B Goode" (1969)
* Back Home (1970)
* San Francisco Dues (1971)
* The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 1)
* Bio (1973)
* Chuck Berry (1975)
* Rockit (1979)
* Chuck (2017)

Live albums|

* Chuck Berry on Stage (1963)
* Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (1967)
* The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 2)
* Chuck Berry Live in Concert (1978)
* Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
* Live! (2000)
* Live on Stage (2000)
* Chuck Berry – In Concert (2002)

Compilations|

* Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956)
* Chuck Berry Twist (1962)
* Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967, 1973, 1974)
* The Great Twenty-Eight (1982)
* The Chess Box (1988)
* The Anthology (2000)
* Volume 2 (1995)

Singles|

* "Maybellene" / "Wee Wee Hours" (1955)
* "Roll Over Beethoven" / "Drifting Heart" (1956)
* "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (1956)
* "School Days" / "Deep Feeling" (1957)
* "Rock and Roll Music" / "Blue Feeling"
* "Sweet Little Sixteen" / "Reelin' and Rockin'" (1958)
* "Carol"/ "Hey Pedro" (1958)
* "Johnny B. Goode" / "Around and Around" (1958)
* "Run Rudolph Run" (1958)
* "Almost Grown" / "Little Queenie" (1959)
* "Back in the U.S.A." / "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959)
* "Nadine" (1964)
* "No Particular Place to Go" (1964)
* "My Ding-a-Ling" (1972)

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* Discography
* Chuck Berry House
* Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
* Chess Records
* Johnnie Johnson
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