Chuck Berry Is on Top

Album by Chuck Berry

Released July 1959

Bo Diddley
guitar [1]
Bob Bushnell
electric bass guitar [12]
Chester Simmons
background vocals [1]
Chuck Barksdale
background vocals [1]
Chuck Berry
guitar [1-9, 11], lead vocals [1-7, 9, 11], steel guitar [12], vocal [1, 5, 8]
Etta James
background vocals [1]
Fred Below
drums (drum set) [4]
Harvey Fuqua
background vocals [1]
James Nolan
background vocals [1]
Jasper Thomas
background vocals [5], drums (drum set) [1, 5-6, 8, 12], vocal [5]
Jerome Green
maracas [3]
Johnnie Johnson
piano [1, 3-4, 6, 9, 12]
Lafayette Leake
piano [7]
Leonard & Phil Chess
producer [1-9, 11-12]
Leonard Chess
maracas [3]
Leroy C. Davis
tenor saxophone [9]
Marvin Gaye
background vocals [1]
Melvin Billups
drums (drum set) [9]
Odie Payne
drums (drum set) [2, 7, 11]
Otis Spann
background vocals [5], piano [5], vocal [5]
Paul Gayten
piano [2]
Reese Palmer
background vocals [1]
The Marquees
background vocals [1]
The Moonglows
background vocals [1]
Vincent Pitts
trumpet [9]
Willie Dixon
background vocals [5], bass [1, 4], double bass [1-3, 5-9, 11], vocal [5]
[unknown]
percussion [2, 11]