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    ChuckBerry,'JohnnyB.Goode'

    Writer:ChuckBerry
    Producers:LeonardandPhilChess
    Released:April'58,Chess
    15weeks;No.8
    "JohnnyB.Goode"wasthefirstrock&rollhitaboutrock&rollstardom.Itisstillthegreatestrock&
    rollsongaboutthedemocracyoffameinpopmusic.And"JohnnyB.Goode"isbasedinfact.Thetitle
    characterisChuckBerry"moreorless,"ashetoldRollingStonein1972."Theoriginalwords[were],
    ofcourse,'Thatlittlecoloredboycouldplay.'Ichangeditto'countryboy'orelseitwouldn'tgetonthe
    radio."Berrytookothernarrativeliberties.Johnnycamefrom"deepdowninLouisiana,closetoNew
    Orleans,"ratherthanBerry'sSt.Louis.AndJohnny"nevereverlearnedtoreadorwritesowell,"while
    Berrygraduatedfrombeautyschoolwithadegreeinhairdressingandcosmetology.
    ButtheessenceofBerry'staleaguitarplayerwithnothingtohisnamebutchopsgoestothebigcity
    andgetshisnameinlightsisautobiographical.In1955,BerrywasworkingasabeauticianinSt.
    LouiswhenhemetChessRecords'biggeststar,MuddyWaters,whosenthimtothelabel'scofounder
    LeonardChess.By1958,Berrywasrock&roll'smostconsistenthitmakerafterElvisPresley.Unlike
    Presley,Berrywrotehisownclassics."IjustwishIcouldexpressmyfeelingsthewayChuckBerry
    does,"'Presleyonceconfessed.
    "JohnnyB.Goode"isthesupremeexampleofBerry'spoetryinmotion.Therhythmsectionrollswith
    freighttrainmomentum,whileBerry'sstabbing,singlenotelickinthechorussounds,asheputit,"like
    aringin'abell"aperfectdescriptionofhowrock&rollguitarcanmakeyoufeelontopoftheworld.

    Appearson:TheAnthology(Chess)
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