Chuck Berry's Golden Hits

Chuck Berry's Golden Hits is the tenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1967 by Mercury Records, his first for that label. It consists of new recordings of songs he had recorded for Chess Records and one new song. The re-recordings were performed with faster tempos and recorded in stereo. While the rest of Berry's albums for Mercury rest in obscurity, Golden Hits is still available.

Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
Studio album by
Chuck Berry
ReleasedMarch 1967
GenreRock and roll
Length36:59
LabelMercury
Chuck Berry chronology
Fresh Berry's
(1965)		 Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
(1967)		 Chuck Berry in Memphis
(1967)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

Side one

  1. "Sweet Little Sixteen" (2:32)
  2. "Memphis" (2:07)
  3. "School Days (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)" (2:35)
  4. "Maybellene" (2:35)
  5. "Back in the U.S.A." (2:27)

Side two

  1. "Johnny B. Goode" (2:45)
  2. "Rock and Roll Music" (2:33)
  3. "Roll Over Beethoven" (2:02)
  4. "Thirty Days" (2:10)
  5. "Carol" (2:24)
  6. "Club Nitty Gritty" (2:18)

1989 CD reissue
  1. "Sweet Little Sixteen"
  2. "Memphis"
  3. "School Days"
  4. "Maybellene"
  5. "Back in the U.S.A."
  6. "Around and Around"
  7. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
  8. "Johnny B. Goode"
  9. "Rock and Roll Music"
  10. "Roll Over Beethoven"
  11. "Thirty Days"
  12. "Carol"
  13. "Let It Rock"
  14. "Reelin' and Rockin'"
  15. "Club Nitty Gritty"

Personnel
  • Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals
  • Ebby Hardy – drums
  • Johnnie Johnson – piano, electric piano
  • Quincy Macon – rhythm guitar
  • Eugene Washington – drums
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References
  1. Eder, Bruce. Chuck Berry's Golden Hits at AllMusic
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