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For the album of the same name, see Surfin' U.S.A. (album). " Surfin' U.S.A. " is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, credited to Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson. It is a rewritten version of Berry's " Sweet Little Sixteen " set to new lyrics written by Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love. The song was released as a single on March 4 ...
Sweet Little Sixteen. " Sweet Little Sixteen " is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. His performance of it at that year's Newport Jazz Festival was included in the documentary film Jazz on a Summer's Day. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, one of two of Berry ...
The song was inspired by Chuck Berry's method of combining simple chord progressions with lyrical references to place names (for example, in "Back in the U.S.A." and "Sweet Little Sixteen"). "Surfin' Safari" includes several references to Southern California surfing locations (Malibu, Rincon, the Channel Islands, Huntington, and Sunset Beach ...
Surfin' U.S.A. is the second studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released March 25, 1963 on Capitol Records. It reached number 2 in the US during a chart stay of 78 weeks, eventually being certified gold by the RIAA , and brought the group newfound national success.
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 ...
One track on the album labelled "Surfin' USA", is "Sweet Little Sixteen", originally released in 1958, the melody of which was used in The Beach Boys' 1963 hit "Surfin' USA". Chuck's cover of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love To You" was later re-recorded and released on the very rare Chess LP CH60032 Chuck Berry in 1975.
Chuck Berry singles chronology. "Almost Grown". (1959) " Back in the U.S.A. ". (1959) "Broken Arrow". (1959) "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.
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 ...