Chuck Berry Is on Top

Tracklist

• 1
  Almost Grown
  2:21
  3.6 ★
• 2
  Carol
  2:21
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Maybellene
  2:27
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Sweet Little Rock & Roller
  2:39
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Anthony Boy
  2:26
  2.6 ★
• 6
  Johnny B. Goode
  2:30
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Little Queenie
  2:36
  4.4 ★
• 8
  Jo Jo Gunne
  2:49
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Roll Over Beethoven
  2:30
  4.2 ★
• 10
  Around and Around
  2:20
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Hey Pedro
  2:18
  1.0 ★
• 12
  Blues for Hawaiians
  2:25
  3.5 ★

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Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits 2017

Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969–1974

Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969–1974 2010

You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960–1966

You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960–1966 2009

The Best

The Best 2007

Johnny B. Goode: His Complete ’50s Chess Recordings

Johnny B. Goode: His Complete ’50s Chess Recordings 2007

Release credits

• Bo Diddley
  guitar [1]
• Bob Bushnell
  electric bass guitar [10, 12]
• Chester Simmons
  background vocals [1]
• Chuck Barksdale
  background vocals [1]
• Chuck Berry
  guitar [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10], lead vocals [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10], steel guitar [12], vocal [1, 5]
• Etta James
  background vocals [1]
• Harvey Fuqua
  background vocals [1]
• James Nolan
  background vocals [1]
• Jasper Thomas
  background vocals [5], drums (drum set) [1, 5-6, 10], membranophone [12], vocal [5]
• Jerome Green
  maracas [3]
• Johnnie Johnson
  piano [1, 3, 6, 9-10, 12]
• Lafayette Leake
  piano [7]
• Leonard & Phil Chess
  producer [1, 3, 5-7, 9-10, 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) [7]
• Otis Spann
  background vocals [5], piano [5], vocal [5]
• 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], double bass [1, 3, 5-7, 9], vocal [5]
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Issues

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  C
  (Combined release view)
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  B
  Berry Is on Top

  12" Vinyl
  July 1959
• C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  12" Vinyl (Reissue, Stereo)
  1978
• 

  C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  CD
  1987
• C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  12" Vinyl
  1987
• 

  C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  CD
  1993
• C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  CD
  1 October 1999
• 

  C
  Chuck Berry Is on Top

  CD
  19 April 2010
• B
  Berry Is On Top

  CD
  22 July 2015
• 

  B
  Berry Is on Top

  Digital Media
  11 December 2015
• B
  Berry Is on Top

  Digital Media
  16 November 2022