Rock and Roll Music - wikipedia Rock and Roll Music This article is about the song. For the general style of music, see Rock music. For the specific genre of music, see Rock and roll. For the compilation album by The Beatles, see Rock ' n ' Roll Music ( The Beatles album ). `` Rock and Roll Music '' Single by Chuck Berry from the album One Dozen Berrys B - side `` Blue Feeling '' Released September 1957 ( 1957 - 09 ) Format 7 '' 45 - RPM, 10 '' 78 - RPM Recorded May 6 or 15, 1957, Chicago, Illinois Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 30 Label Chess 1671 Songwriter ( s ) Chuck Berry Producer ( s ) Leonard Chess, Phil Chess Chuck Berry singles chronology `` Oh Baby Doll '' ( 1957 ) `` Rock and Roll Music '' ( 1957 ) `` Sweet Little Sixteen '' ( 1958 ) `` Oh Baby Doll '' ( June 1957 ) `` Rock and Roll Music '' ( September 1957 ) `` Sweet Little Sixteen '' ( January 1958 ) `` Rock and Roll Music '' is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll star Chuck Berry. The song has been widely covered and is recognized as one of Berry 's most popular and enduring compositions. In the fall of 1957, his recording reached number 6 on Billboard magazine 's R&B Singles chart and number 8 on its Hot 100 chart. The song has been recorded by many well - known artists, including Bill Haley & His Comets, the Beatles, the Beach Boys ( who had a top ten hit with the song on the Hot 100 in 1976 ), Dickie Rock and the Miami Showband, REO Speedwagon, Mental As Anything, Humble Pie, Manic Street Preachers and Bryan Adams. Berry performed it on December 16, 1957, on ABC 's short - lived variety program The Guy Mitchell Show. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Berry 's version number 128 on its list of the `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. The song is also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Contents 1 Chuck Berry original 1.1 Recording 1.2 Release and chart performance 1.3 Single track listings 1.3. 1 Chess 7 '' single 1.3. 2 Chess 7 '' EP 1.3. 3 Chess 7 '' maxi single 1.3. 4 Golden 45 7 '' Single 2 The Beatles version 2.1 Personnel 3 The Beach Boys version 3.1 Personnel 4 Charts 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 References 6 External links Chuck Berry original Recording The sessions for `` Rock and Roll Music '' took place on either May 6 or May 21, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. The session was produced by Leonard Chess and Phil Chess. Backing Berry were Lafayette Leake ( piano ), Willie Dixon ( bass ), and Fred Below ( drums ). Release and chart performance Sometime after the single was released in September 1957, `` Rock and Roll Music '' reached # 6 on Billboard magazine 's R&B Singles chart and # 8 on the Billboard Top 100 chart before the year 's end. Single track listings Chess 7 '' single Side one `` Rock and Roll Music '' Side two `` Blue Feeling '' Chess 7 '' EP Side one `` Rock and Roll Music '' `` Blue Feeling '' Side two `` Oh Baby Doll '' `` La Jaunda '' Chess 7 '' maxi single Side one `` Rock and Roll Music '' Side two `` Johnny B. Goode '' `` School Days '' Golden 45 7 '' Single Side one `` Rock and Roll Music '' Side two `` Sweet Little Sixteen '' The Beatles version `` Rock and Roll Music '' The Belgian single release of the song, backed with `` I 'm a Loser '' Song by the Beatles from the album Beatles for Sale Released December 4, 1964 ( 1964 - 12 - 04 ) Recorded 18 October 1964 Genre Rock and roll Length 2 : 30 Label Parlophone Songwriter ( s ) Chuck Berry Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles performed the song in many of their early Hamburg shows, and also played it on the BBC show Pop Go The Beatles. In late 1964, exhausted from non-stop touring and recording and short of original material, they decided to record several of their old rock and rhythm and blues favorites to fill out their LP release Beatles for Sale. Among these was a version of Berry 's tune that eventually became as well known as the original. The lead vocal in The Beatles ' version was performed by John Lennon. In contrast to Berry 's even - toned rendition, Lennon sang it as loudly and dynamically as his voice would permit. In the United States, it was released on the LP, Beatles ' 65. The song was part of the set list for the group 's final tour in 1966 - the performance from their June 30 show at the Nippon Budokan was included in 1996 's Anthology 2 - and was also performed during the Get Back / Let It Be Sessions in January 1969. It also served as the title song to The Beatles ' 1976 compilation album, Rock ' n ' Roll Music. The Beatles ' version of `` Rock and Roll Music '' was released as a single in some countries, and topped the charts in Finland, Norway, the Netherlands ( double a-side with `` No Reply '' ) and Australia. Personnel John Lennon -- lead vocals, rhythm guitar Paul McCartney -- bass George Harrison -- lead guitar Ringo Starr -- drums George Martin -- piano Personnel according to The Beatles Bible Sources have varied in crediting the piano on the track. The original Beatles for Sale liner notes, by Derek Taylor, said that `` George Martin joins John and Paul on one piano '', implying an overdub by all three that was added after the basic take. In the 1988 book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn described the recording as a single take with no overdubs, with `` all The Beatles on their familiar instruments '' and Martin on piano. The tape engineer for the session, Geoff Emerick, provided yet another account in his 2006 book ; he recalled that McCartney played piano while Harrison covered on bass and that the only overdub was for double - tracking Lennon 's vocal. The Beach Boys version `` Rock and Roll Music '' Single by The Beach Boys from the album 15 Big Ones B - side `` TM Song '' Released May 24, 1976 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Recorded 1976 Genre Rock Length 2 : 29 Label Brother / Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Chuck Berry Producer ( s ) Brian Wilson The Beach Boys singles chronology `` Sail On, Sailor '' ( 1975 ) `` Rock and Roll Music '' ( 1976 ) `` It 's O.K. '' ( 1976 ) `` Sail On, Sailor '' ( 1975 ) `` Rock and Roll Music '' ( 1976 ) `` It 's O.K. '' ( 1976 ) The Beach Boys ' version is notable for the use of backing vocals which repeat the phrase `` Rock, roll, rockin ' and roll. '' There is a difference between the LP version and the single version in that the LP version has more synthesizer. Their version reached number 5 on the US chart and number 11 in Canada during the summer of 1976. Personnel Mike Love -- lead vocals Brian Wilson -- tack piano, organ, Moog bass, ARP synthesizer, backing vocals Dennis Wilson -- drums, backing vocals Carl Wilson -- backing vocals Al Jardine -- backing vocals Marilyn Wilson -- backing vocals Mike Altschol -- saxophone Ed Carter -- lead guitar Steve Douglas -- saxophone Dennis Dreith -- clarinet Gene Estes -- percussion Billy Hinsche -- rhythm guitar John J. Kelson, Jr. -- clarinet Carol Lee Miller -- autoharp Jack Nimitz -- clarinet Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position Australia 35 Canada RPM Top Singles 11 UK 36 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Cash Box Top 100 11 Year - end charts Chart ( 1976 ) Rank Canada 112 US Billboard Hot 100 81 References ^ Jump up to : Rudolph, Dietmar. `` A Collector 's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry : The Chess Era ( 1955 -- 1966 ) ''. Retrieved December 4, 2010. ^ Jump up to : Anthology ( CD liner ). Chuck Berry. United States : Geffen Records / Chess Records. 2005. pp. 21, 27. 0602498805589. Jump up ^ `` Chuck Berry : Music Biography, Credits and Discography ''. AllMusic. 1926 - 10 - 18. Retrieved 2014 - 06 - 13. ^ Jump up to : `` Chuck Berry : Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved December 3, 2010. Jump up ^ `` The Beach Boys : Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved December 4, 2010. Jump up ^ Jann S. Wenner, ed. ( December 9, 2004 ). `` The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Rolling Stone. United States ( 963 ). Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Jump up ^ `` The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ''. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Jump up ^ Howlett, Kevin ; Mike Heatley ( 2008 ). `` Beatles for Sale - Historical Notes ''. Beatles for Sale ( CD liner ). The Beatles. Capitol. p. 16. 0946 3 82414 2 3. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles Bible : Rock and Roll Music ''. Retrieved 2009 - 04 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Album Liner Notes : Beatles for Sale ''. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 22. Jump up ^ Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York : Harmony Books. p. 50. ISBN 0 - 517 - 57066 - 1. Jump up ^ Emerick, Geoff ; Massey, Howard ( 2006 ). Here, There and Everywhere : My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles. New York : Gotham. pp. 96 -- 97. ISBN 978 - 1 - 59240 - 179 - 6. Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( 17 July 2013 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. bac-lac.gc.ca. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 7 / 31 / 76 ''. tropicalglen.com. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1976 / Top 100 Songs of 1976 ''. www.musicoutfitters.com. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Chuck Berry Studio albums After School Session ( 1957 ) One Dozen Berrys ( 1958 ) Chuck 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 ) Rock It ( 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 ) Hit 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 ) `` Johnny B. Goode '' / `` Around and Around '' ( 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 ) Other articles Discography Chuck Berry House Hail ! Hail ! Rock ' n ' Roll Book Category Beatles for Sale Songs Side one `` No Reply '' `` I 'm a Loser '' `` Baby 's in Black '' `` Rock and Roll Music '' `` I 'll Follow the Sun '' `` Mr. Moonlight '' `` Kansas City '' / `` Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey '' Side two `` Eight Days a Week '' `` Words of Love '' `` Honey Do n't '' `` Every Little Thing '' `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` What You 're Doing '' `` Everybody 's Trying to Be My Baby '' Non-album single `` I Feel Fine '' `` She 's a Woman '' Outtakes `` Leave My Kitten Alone '' Related articles Beatles for Sale ( EP ) Beatles for Sale No. 2 Beatles ' 65 Beatles VI The Beatles discography Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters The Beach Boys singles discography 1960s 1961 `` Surfin ' '' / `` Luau '' 1962 `` Surfin ' Safari '' / `` 409 '' `` Ten Little Indians '' / `` County Fair '' 1963 `` Surfin ' U.S.A. '' / `` Shut Down '' `` Surfer Girl '' / `` Little Deuce Coupe '' `` Be True to Your School '' / `` In My Room '' `` Little Saint Nick '' / `` The Lord 's Prayer '' 1964 `` Fun, Fun, Fun '' / `` Why Do Fools Fall in Love '' `` I Get Around '' / `` Do n't Worry Baby '' `` When I Grow Up ( To Be a Man ) '' / `` She Knows Me Too Well '' `` Dance, Dance, Dance '' / `` The Warmth of the Sun '' `` The Man with All the Toys '' / `` Blue Christmas '' 1965 `` Do You Wanna Dance ? '' / `` Please Let Me Wonder '' `` Help Me, Rhonda '' / `` Kiss Me, Baby '' `` California Girls '' / `` Let Him Run Wild '' `` The Little Girl I Once Knew '' / `` There 's No Other ( Like My Baby ) '' `` Barbara Ann '' / `` Girl Do n't Tell Me '' 1966 `` Sloop John B '' / `` You 're So Good to Me '' `` Would n't It Be Nice '' / `` God Only Knows '' `` Good Vibrations '' / `` Let 's Go Away for Awhile '' 1967 `` Then I Kissed Her '' / `` Mountain of Love '' `` Heroes and Villains '' / `` You 're Welcome '' `` Wild Honey '' / `` Wind Chimes '' `` Darlin ' '' / `` Here Today '' 1968 `` Friends '' / `` Little Bird '' `` Do It Again '' / `` Wake the World '' `` Bluebirds over the Mountain '' / `` Never Learn Not to Love '' 1969 `` I Can Hear Music '' / `` All I Want to Do '' `` Break Away '' / `` Celebrate the News '' 1970s 1970 `` Add Some Music to Your Day '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' `` Cottonfields '' / `` The Nearest Faraway Place '' `` Slip On Through '' / `` This Whole World '' `` Tears in the Morning '' / `` It 's About Time '' 1971 `` Cool, Cool Water '' / `` Forever '' `` Would n't It Be Nice '' ( live ) / `` The Times They Are a-Changin ' '' ( by Merry Clayton ) `` Long Promised Road '' / `` Deirdre '' `` Long Promised Road '' / `` ' Til I Die '' `` Surf 's Up '' / `` Do n't Go Near the Water '' 1972 `` You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone '' / `` Cuddle Up '' `` Marcella '' / `` Hold On Dear Brother '' 1973 `` Sail On, Sailor '' / `` Only with You '' `` California Saga : California '' / `` Funky Pretty '' `` Surfin ' U.S.A. '' / `` The Warmth of the Sun '' `` Child of Winter ( Christmas Song ) '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' `` Sail On, Sailor '' / `` Only with You '' 1976 `` Rock and Roll Music '' / `` TM Song '' `` It 's O.K. '' / `` Had to Phone Ya '' `` Everyone 's in Love with You '' / `` Susie Cincinnati '' 1977 `` Honkin ' Down the Highway '' / `` Solar System '' 1978 `` Peggy Sue '' / `` Hey Little Tomboy '' 1979 `` Here Comes the Night '' / `` Baby Blue '' `` Good Timin ' '' / `` Love Surrounds Me '' `` Lady Lynda '' / `` Full Sail '' `` It 's a Beautiful Day '' / `` Sumahama '' 1980s 1980 `` Goin ' On '' / `` Endless Harmony '' `` Livin ' with a Heartache '' / `` Santa Ana Winds '' 1981 `` The Beach Boys Medley '' / `` God Only Knows '' `` Come Go with Me '' / `` Do n't Go Near the Water '' 1985 `` Getcha Back '' / `` Male Ego '' `` It 's Gettin ' Late '' / `` It 's O.K. '' `` She Believes in Love Again '' / `` It 's Just a Matter of Time '' 1986 `` Rock ' n ' Roll to the Rescue '' / `` Good Vibrations '' ( live ) `` California Dreamin ' '' / `` Lady Liberty '' `` Happy Endings '' ( with Little Richard ) / `` California Girls '' ( live ) `` Kokomo '' / `` Tutti Frutti '' ( Little Richard ) `` Still Cruisin ' '' / `` Kokomo '' 1990s `` Somewhere Near Japan '' / `` Kokomo '' `` Problem Child '' / `` Problem Child ( Instrumental ) '' `` Hot Fun in the Summertime '' / `` Summer of Love '' `` I Just Was n't Made for These Times '' / `` Would n't It Be Nice '' / `` Here Today '' 2010s 2011 `` Good Vibrations '' / `` Heroes and Villains '' `` Do n't Fight the Sea '' / `` Friends '' `` Cabinessence '' / `` Wonderful '' 2012 `` That 's Why God Made the Radio '' / `` That 's Why God Made the Radio '' ( instrumental ) `` Is n't It Time '' / Live in Chicago Book Category 15 Big Ones Songs Side one `` Rock and Roll Music '' `` It 's O.K. '' `` Had to Phone Ya '' `` Chapel of Love '' `` Everyone 's in Love with You '' `` Talk to Me '' `` That Same Song '' `` TM Song '' Side two `` Palisades Park '' `` Susie Cincinnati '' `` A Casual Look '' `` Blueberry Hill '' `` Back Home '' `` In the Still of the Night '' `` Just Once in My Life '' Outtakes `` 10,000 Years Ago '' `` Come Go With Me '' `` Come to the Sunshine '' `` Do n't Fight the Sea '' `` Gold Rush '' `` Let 's Dance '' `` Lisa '' `` Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore '' `` Mony Mony '' `` On Broadway '' `` Peggy Sue '' `` Running Bear '' `` Secret Love '' `` Shake, Rattle, and Roll '' `` Short Skirts '' `` Working in the Coal Mine '' Related articles Adult / Child The Beach Boys The Beach Boys discography Fifty Big Ones Surfin ' Safari Surfin ' U.S.A. Surfer Girl Little Deuce Coupe Shut Down Vol. 2 All Summer Long Christmas Album Today ! 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Question: who played piano on rock and roll music by the beatles
Answer: George Martin