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Promised Land (Chuck Berry song) " Promised Land " is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in December 1964, it was Berry's fourth single issued following his prison term for a ...
Like several other songs on Darkness on the Edge of Town, Springsteen had the chorus for "The Promised Land" before he was able to come up with the lyrics for the verses. [13] The song's title pays homage to Chuck Berry's song "Promised Land". [4] [14] [13] In Berry's song, the singer leaves his Virginia home to go to the "promised land" of ...
Memphis, Tennessee (song) " Memphis, Tennessee ", sometimes shortened to " Memphis ", is a song by Chuck Berry, first released in 1959. In the UK, the song charted at number 6 in 1963; at the same time Decca Records issued a cover version in the UK by Dave Berry and the Cruisers, which also became a UK Top 20 hit single.
You Never Can Tell (song) " You Never Can Tell ", also known as " C'est La Vie " or " Teenage Wedding ", is a song written by Chuck Berry. It was composed in the early 1960s while Berry was in federal prison for violating the Mann Act. [ 2] Released in 1964 on the album St. Louis to Liverpool and the follow-up single to Berry's final Top Ten ...
Back in the U.S.A. "Back in the U.S.A." is a song written by Chuck Berry that was released in 1959 and was a top 40 hit. A cover version in 1978 by Linda Ronstadt was also a hit.
Chuck Berry singles chronology. "Roll Over Beethoven". (1956) " Too Much Monkey Business ". (1956) "You Can't Catch Me". (1956) " Too Much Monkey Business " is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in September 1956 as his fifth single. It was also released as the third track on his first solo LP, After School ...
St. Louis to Liverpool is the seventh and tenth overall studio album by the American musician Chuck Berry. Released in 1964 by Chess Records. It peaked at number 124 on the US Billboard album chart, the first of Berry's studio albums to appear on the chart. [2] Music critic Dave Marsh called St. Louis to Liverpool "one of the greatest rock ...
Jim Gaffigan, surveying the front table as host of the annual MusiCares gala Friday night, had a thought. Looking at “the musical powerhouses Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney ...