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Johnny Rivers - Memphis

Johnny Rivers - Memphis Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Johnny Rivers At The Whisky a Go Go
Released: 1964

Memphis Lyrics

Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall

Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge

Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

Last time I saw Marie she's waving me good-bye
With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
Marie is only six years old, information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee

Writer/s: C. BERRY
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Chuck Berry wrote this and recorded it in 1959 as "Memphis, Tennessee." It languished as the B-side of his Back In The U.S.A. single, but was revived when the white blues guitarist Lonnie Mack covered it in 1963. With the title shortened to "Memphis," his version went to #5 in the US.

Johnny Rivers, who had some success as a songwriter (Rick Nelson's "I'll Make Believe"), but had yet to score a hit as an artist, landed a regular gig in 1963 at the Whisky a Go Go, a popular club on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles (The Doors would later make their mark playing shows at The Whiskey). In 1964 he released a live album recorded at the club called Johnny Rivers At The Whisky a Go Go, with "Memphis" issued as a single. It became a huge hit for Rivers, going to #2 in America and launching a career that included nine Top 10 singles. He also had tremendous influence on the business side; he started a record label called Soul City which signed the Fifth Dimension and Jimmy Webb .

This song tells quite a story and has an interesting twist ending. We hear about the singer getting a phone call from a girl who wouldn't leave a number, but he knows it came from Memphis, Tennessee. He calls the operator, trying to locate his girl Marie (which conveniently rhymes with "Tennessee"), who he thinks is the one trying to reach him. At the end of the song, we find out that Marie is his six-year-old daughter, and that he is a divorced father trying desperately to get in touch with her.

Chuck Berry drew on accounts he heard from friends and acquaintances to craft his lyric. "I had known couples who had divorced and the tragedies of the children," he said.

Rivers followed up this song with another Chuck Berry cover: "Maybellene," which went to #12 in the US.

In February 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent a week hosting The Mike Douglas Show. During this stint, Lennon performed this song and "Johnny B. Goode" with Chuck Berry, who Lennon referred to as "my hero." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

This song made a return to the charts in 1981 when Fred Knoblock's cover made #10 on the Country charts and bubbled under at #102 on the Hot 100.

Rae Sremmurd - Throw Sum Mo

Rae Sremmurd - Throw Sum Mo Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: SremmLife
Released: 2014

Throw Sum Mo Lyrics

Ass fat, yeah I know, you just got cash? Blow sum mo'
Blow sum mo', blow sum mo'
The more you spend it, the faster it go
Bad bitches, on the floor, it's rainin' hunnid's, Throw Sum Mo'
Throw sum mo', throw sum mo', throw sum mo'

Hi, bye hater, I flood the club with paper
Shawty got a ass, some for now, some for later
Somethin' like Nicki's, dancin' like Maliah
I'm throwin' all this money I'ma fuck around and buy her
I can flick the money all night 'til my wrist tired
If you put in work, this the night you gon' retire
You a bad bitch, I ain't even gon' deny her
She told me "throw that money", I said "make it worth my while"
I'm 'bout to empty out the ATM
She doin' tricks that make a nigga wanna' spend
Girl you know you got me fascinated
Just keep on dancin' 'til I'm outta paper (Never)

Ass fat, yeah I know, you just got cash? Blow sum mo'
Blow sum mo', blow sum mo'
The more you spend it, the faster it go
Bad bitches, on the floor, it's rainin' hunnid's, throw sum mo'
Throw sum mo', throw sum mo', throw sum mo'

Franklins, rainin' on your body
Rainin' on your body, rainin' on your body
Won't you do what I say? Start rubbin' on your body
You like hunnid's on your body, girl you needs to get naughty
Hold up, hold on, her eyes on me, is that your ho?
If so I'ma get her fore' the nights over
DJ play my shit so I'm finna' crank up off in the V.I.P zone
See the money go up and she dance on sight
By the end of the night she on endo'
Lemme' see you make it clap on tempo
Lemme' see you get low like limbo

Ass fat, yeah I know, you just got cash? Blow sum mo'
Blow sum mo', blow sum mo'
The more you spend it, the faster it go
Bad bitches, on the floor, it's rainin' hunnid's, throw sum mo'
Throw sum mo', throw sum mo', throw sum mo'

Come in ho, mistletoe, I got birdies, crows
Flip it a bit, wanna jump on the dick
I'm like bool let's get it, let's get it
I got these bitches kissin' on these bitches
I can't even count em', I fuck by the digits
Swag terrific, I might fuck that bitch in the kitchen
Baby don't use dirty dishes or else you might whip up a burr!
My neck, my wrists is a burr!
She wanna fuck my dogs I'm like "woof"
Panoramic roof, I drop the coupe, boo
Pulled up with a bitch, she look like New New
It's okay if I lie to you, bitch, I swear the truth
Hey, she come right back like them divers do
Fifty thousand off fifty niggas, no caliber

Ass fat, yeah I know, you just got cash? Blow sum mo'
Blow sum mo', blow sum mo'
The more you spend it, the faster it go
Bad bitches, on the floor, tt's rainin' hunnid's, throw sum mo'
Throw sum mo', throw sum mo', throw sum mo'

Writer/s: COBY, KENNETH / MARAJ, ONIKA / FELTON, JEREMY PHILLIP / BROWN, KHALIF / BROWN, AAQUIL / WILLIAMS, JEFFREY LAMAR
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee recruited Nikki Minaj to croon the hook of this strip club banger. The Mississippi rappers previously worked with the Queen Barb when she added a verse to their "No Flex Zone" track. She praised the duo for this cut, tweeting that it goes "hard as f---."

Atlanta rapper Young Thug spits the third verse in which he boasts about losing count about the number of women he's had sex with. Slim Jimmy told Complex about the collaboration: "It was DJ Drama's studio and Young Thug was in there," he said. "We went in there and just did it so fast. He's dope. He's funny."

This was the first time the Rae Sremmurd duo had met Nicki Minaj. Slim Jimmy recalled to Complex: "She walked in looking like the most beautiful woman on the planet, and everything was in slow motion. Then time stopped. I couldn't say anything because my mouth wouldn't open. I was trying to say Hi, but I couldn't."

The Goo Goo Dolls - Slide

The Goo Goo Dolls - Slide Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Dizzy Up The Girl
Released: 1998

Slide Lyrics

Slide Song Chart

Lead singer and guitarist Johnny Rzeznik wrote this. It's about a girl who has an abortion. Her boyfriend is being very supportive, declaring his love for her and asking her to just "let it slide" and move on with their lives. (thanks, Jen - Mt. Laurel, NJ)

Rzeznik said of this before performing it on VH1 Storytellers: "The song is actually about these two teenage kids, and the girlfriend gets pregnant, and they're trying to decide whether she should get an abortion, or they should get married or what should go on..." (thanks, Johnny - Boston, MA)

This continued a string of hits for the Goo Goo Dolls that were not typical of their hard-rocking sound. This, "Name," "Iris," and "Black Balloon" were all ballads.

The Goo Goo Dolls performed this on Sesame Street in a duet with Elmo as "Pride." The lyrics were changed to be about things that give kids pride, like helping mom bake an apple pie.

The band performed this in late 1998 at the American Music Awards. They were introduced by an unknown brunette named Britney Spears. (thanks, Britney - Calabasas, CA)

Nancy Bardawil shot the music video in downtown Los Angeles in and around the El Dorado Hotel. According to VH1's Pop Up Video, the director used a hand-cranked 100-year-old camera to get some of the stuttery shots and put water over the lens for the blurred effect in the diner scenes.

Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy

Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Up
Released: 1991

Deeply Dippy Lyrics

Deeply Dippy 'bout the curves you got
Deeply hot, hot for the curves you got
Deeply dippy 'bout the fun we had
Deeply mad, mad for the fun we had

Oh my love, I can't make head nor tail of passion
Oh my love, let's set sail for seas of passion now

Deeply dippy bout the way you walk
A contact sport, let the neighbours talk
Deeply dippy I'm your Superman
I'll explain, you're my Lois Lane

Oh my love, I can't make head nor tail of passion
Oh my love, let's set sail for seas of passion now

Deeply dippy bout your Spanish eyes,
Sierra smile, legs that go on for miles and miles
(Oh, see those legs man!)
Miles and miles

(I said)oh my love, I can't make head nor tail of passion
Oh my love, so let's set sail for seas of passion
Oh my love, I can't make head nor tail of passion
Oh my love, so let's set sail for seas of passion now

Writer/s: FAIRBRASS, FRED/FAIRBRASS, RICHARD/MANZOLI, ROBERT /
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, SPIRIT MUSIC GROUP
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The brothers Richard and Fred Fairbrass were an acoustic duo before teaming up with guitarist Rob Manzoli and becoming Right Said Fred. Their first two singles were whimsical dance songs: "I'm Too Sexy" and "Don't Talk Just Kiss." This mellow song is a return to their roots, with Richard Fairbrass singing a tender ode to a lady love.

The song caught fire in their native UK, going all the way to #1. In America, however, it sank without a trace, leaving stateside audiences with the impression that Right Said Fred were one-hit wonders.

In our interview with Right Said Fred , Fred Fairbrass explained that this song started with the title. "We just liked the repetition," he explained. "We liked each verse starting with the title of the song. That was it, really. Nothing more than that. We just liked the nursery rhyme nature of it."

The horn section on this song was comprised of:

Molly Duncan - saxophone
Sid Gauld - trombone
Neil Sidwell - trumpet

Duncan is a founding member of the Average White Band.

The music video, directed by James Lebon, shows the band fashionably larking about amongst a bevy of beautiful people.

This clip was deemed "too gay" for the American market, so their American label had them shoot another one, which the Fairbrass brothers remember being on board the Queen Elizabeth 2. Since the song did so poorly in America, this video was never released.

Kiss - Plaster Caster

Kiss - Plaster Caster Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Love Gun
Released: 1977

Plaster Caster Lyrics

Baby's getting anxious, the hour's getting late
The night is almost over, she can't wait

Oh, things are complicating, my love is in her hands
And there's no more waiting, she understands

The plaster's gettin' harder and my love is perfection
A token of my love for her collection, her collection

Plaster Caster, grab a hold of me faster
And if you wanna see my love, just ask her
And my love is the plaster
And yeah, she's the collector
She wants me all the time to inject her

The plaster's gettin' harder and my love is perfection
A token of my love for her collection

Plaster caster, plaster caster
Grab a hold of me faster, plaster, faster
And if you wanna see my love, just ask her, ask her
Go on, ask her

The plaster's gettin' harder and my love is perfection
A token of my love for her collection, her collection

Plaster caster, plaster caster
Grab a hold of me faster, plaster, faster
If you wanna see my love, just ask her, ask her

Plaster caster, plaster caster
She wants my love to last her, last her, last her
And she calls me by the name of master, master

Plaster caster, plaster caster
Grab a hold of me faster, plaster, faster
If you wanna see my love, just ask her, ask her

Plaster caster, plaster caster
Grab a hold of me faster, plaster, faster
And if you wanna see my love, just ask her, ask her
Plaster caster, plaster caster

Writer/s: SIMMONS, GENE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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This song is about a Chicago groupie known as Cynthia Plaster Caster. When they were assigned an art project to plaster cast "something solid that could retain it's shape," Cynthia and her friends Dianne and Marilyn came up with a clever way to get backstage and have a unique interaction with band members (or band's members): they would made molds of their penises in plaster of paris.

Carrying around an official looking "kit," their plan worked and they succeeded in making casts for many musicians and their associates, most notably Jimi Hendrix, who had an exceptionally large cast. The Plaster Casters are discussed in detail in a chapter on groupies in Jerry Hopkins' book The Rock Story, and some excellent reading is available at Cynthia's Website . (thanks, Ekristheh - Halath)

How did Cynthia Plaster Caster feel about this song? Here's what she told us in 2014:

"When someone first alerted me to the song 'Plaster Caster,' I wasn't too thrilled. It seemed like Gene Simmons wrote the song to make people think that he'd been casted, which he most certainly never was. But years later when Evan Dando's band the Lemonheads covered it, I started to notice how catchy the melody was. Nowadays, I'm all right with the song. Don't LOVE it, but I like it. If it's changed my life, I'm not aware of it."

The members of Kiss were never molded by Cynthia, but the band is notorious for their backstage activities with groupies. Gene Simmons is rumored to have a collection of Polaroids that would make Larry Flynt blush.

Cynthia Plaster Caster is one of the greatest groupies of the golden era of groupies, which was the mid-'60s to the late '70s. Competition was fierce for the attention of rock stars, and Cynthia had a gimmick that made her so renown, musicians would seek her out. Beyond the gimmick, however, Cynthia was very astute: she worked in a team, doing most of her damage with her apprentice Dianne. She had a penchant for British acts, so she learned their dirty language, which got their attention; she knew that "rig," "chopper" and "Hampton wick" were all cockney slang for penis, so she would often open an encounter by asking, "how's your rig," then introducing her services. A master of marketing, she had business cards and T-shirts, branding her and Dianne "The Plaster Casters of Chicago." She was so successful that impostors came on the scene and started stealing her act, but boys in the band always wanted the real thing.

Frank Zappa considered Cynthia a brilliant conceptual artist, and brought her to California. Zappa, who was introduced to the Casters by Eric Clapton, never got casted, but was always coming up with ideas for how they could present their art. The casts have been exhibited from time to time, but Zappa didn't live long enough to pull off his idea for a "Cock Rock" exhibit featuring the casts.

Right Said Fred - Don't Talk Just Kiss

Right Said Fred - Don't Talk Just Kiss Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Up
Released: 1991

Don't Talk Just Kiss Lyrics

Ooh yeah' surrender me a kiss
"et me loose on you inch by inch
The one and only reason is fun fun fun
Well baby' we've only just begun

Don't Talk Just Kiss
We're beyond words and sound
Don't talk just kiss
"et your tongue fool around
"et's fool around

Ooh yeah' there's people there's love
You and I both apply to the above
The one and only reason is fun fun fun
Well baby' we've only just begun

Don't talk just kiss
We're beyond words and sound
Don't talk just kiss
"et your tongue fool around

Huh'huh we're wasting precious time
Don't talk kiss' make it mine
The one and only reason is fun fun fun
Well baby' we've only just begun

Don't talk just kiss
We're beyond words and sound
Don't talk just kiss
"et your tongue fool around

Come on' come on' come on' come on
Fool around
Surrender your love to me

Don't talk just kiss
We're beyond words and sound
Don't talk just kiss
"et your tongue fool around

"et's fool around what d'you say

Writer/s: FAIRBRASS, FRED/FAIRBRASS, RICHARD/MANZOLI, ROBERT /
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, SPIRIT MUSIC GROUP
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In our interview with the Fairbrass brothers of Right Said Fred, Fred Fairbrass explained the inspiration for this song: "I had a girlfriend, Vicki. We were arguing, and she actually said to me, 'Don't talk, just kiss.' We liked the title, and then Rob [Manzoli, guitarist] had this neat guitar line. Rich and I wrote the verse, and the little acoustic thing was mine. So we pieced it together with bits and pieces that we had hanging around and it got built around the title."

This was the second Right Said Fred single, following "I'm Too Sexy," which was a #1 hit in America and made #2 in the UK. British listeners were very receptive this follow-up single, but American audiences turned their backs on it and the song stalled at #76, marking the last Hot 100 entry for the band. "Sexy" was so pervasive in America that radio stations were still playing it when "Don't Talk Just Kiss" was released, and interest in another Right Said Fred offering was close to nil. The band became known as a one-hit wonder in America, but in the UK they did even better with their next single, "Deeply Dippy," which hit #1.

The soul singer Jocelyn Brown contributed vocals to this track and appeared in the video. Brown's voice was all over the airwaves at the time, as she had been sampled in the Snap! hit "The Power."

Dionne Warwick - I Say a Little Prayer

Dionne Warwick - I Say a Little Prayer Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Windows Of The World
Released: 1967

I Say a Little Prayer Lyrics

The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I Say a Little Prayer for you
While combing my hair, now
And wondering what dress to wear, now
I say a little prayer for you

[Chorus]
Forever and ever, you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together forever, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me

I run for the bus, dear
While riding I think of us, dear
I say a little prayer for you
At work, I just take time
And all through my coffee break-time
I say a little prayer for you

[Chorus]

I say a little prayer for you
I say a little prayer for you
Forever and ever, you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together forever, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me

My darling, believe me
For me there is no one
But you

Writer/s: BURT BACHARACH, HAL DAVID
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song and also produced it. They first heard Dionne Warwick singing backup for The Drifters, which is when they realized she had the perfect voice for their songs. Bacharach and David had a string of hits with Warwick, including "Walk On By" and "Do You Know the Way to San José."

The song's writers were never happy with the tempo of this song, and thought it would flop. Burt Bacharach said in Record Collector magazine: "I never thought I made the right record on that. I think I made the tempo a little too fast, a little bit too nervous with Dionne. I didn't want the record to come out but got overridden. I'm glad that I got overridden."

In this joyful song of devotion, the singer doesn't just think about her man, she prays for him, starting from when she wakes up in the morning and continuing through her workday. She sounds a little co-dependent ("To live without you would only be heartbreak for me"), and there's even a chance that this is an unrequited love ("Why don't you answer my prayer?"). Nonetheless, most ears hear it as an expression of true love, which makes it a favorite at weddings. The song also resonated with wives and girlfriends whose men were fighting in the Vietnam War.

Aretha Franklin recorded this song less than a year after Warwick's version was released. In the UK, Aretha's recording was the big hit, making #4 (her highest-charting UK single after "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," which hit #1). In the US, Aretha's version - produced by Atlantic Records head Jerry Wexler - was first released as the B-side of "The House That Jack Built," but quickly flipped when it was apparent that "Prayer" was the hit. Her cover went to #10 in the US.

The thread connecting these two versions of the song is the backup singers, the Sweet Inspirations. After performing on the original, the singers found themselves working with Aretha Franklin, who started singing it with them during sessions for her Aretha Now album. She came up with an original arrangement, and when Wexler heard it, he insisted on recording the song. Burt Bacharach has said that he likes Aretha's version the best, describing it as "much better than the cut I did with Dionne."

Something a little bit different - the song's title is in the verse, rather than the chorus. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)

The female vocals are a crucial component to this song. They were performed by a group called The Sweet Inspirations, which were comprised at the time of Cissy Houston, Estelle Brown, Myrna Smith and Sylvia Shemwell (Houston is Warwick's aunt, and Whitney Houston's mother). Their contribution gave the song a powerful Gospel sound and made the chorus pop.

The Sweet Inspirations were in on this song at the same time as Warwick - they practiced it with her during rehearsals at Burt Bacharach's house. It was a very relaxed atmosphere where they were able to hone the song before entering the studio.

This song has made four trips to the US Hot 100, first by Warwick and Franklin, then by Glen Campbell and Anne Murray, whose medley of the song with "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" made #81 in 1971 (Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore also recorded this medley in 1968).

In 1997, the song was introduced to a new generation when Diana King did a cover for the 1997 Julia Roberts movie My Best Friend's Wedding. This version went to #38.

Another popular recording is by Sergio Mendes, whose piano-driven instrumental made #106 in 1968.

In a 1997 interview with Switch, Hal David explained that he would take a long, careful look at the work before fitting his words to Bacharach's melodies. He added that sometimes the placement of the title was not so obvious with Bacharach's music. For instance, the chorus section in 'I Say a Little Prayer,' that's ordinarily where the title would fall, but it seemed to me that the title should come in the less obvious place in the middle of the verse after 'The moment I wake up, before I put on my make-up.'" (This interview is available at Rock's Backpages .)

The B-side of the single was "Theme From Valley Of The Dolls," which Warwick recorded for the movie of the same name.

Irish singer Mary Black has recorded two versions of this song. A studio cut is on her 1989 album No Frontiers, and a live version is on her 2001 CD, Best Of Mary Black volume 2. (thanks, Martemus - Austin, TX)

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rock, Rock, Rock
Released: 1956

You Can't Catch Me Lyrics

I bought a brand-new air-mobile
It custom-made, 'twas a Flight De Ville
With a pow'ful motor and some hideaway wings
Push in on the button and you can hear her sing

Now You Can't Catch Me, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours
I was rollin' slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers
Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up with me
Then come wavin' by me in a little' old souped-up jitney
I put my foot on my tank and I began to roll
Moanin' siren, 'twas the state patrol
So I let out my wings and then I blew my horn
Bye bye New Jersey, I've become airborne

Now you can't catch me, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night
Not a gray cloud floatin' in sight
Big full moon shinin' up above
Cuddle up honey, be my love
Sweetest little thing I've ever seen
I'm gonna name you Maybellene
Flyin' on the beam, set on flight control
Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll
Two, three hours passed us by
Five to two dropped to 5:05
Fuel consumption way too fast
Let's get on home before we run out of gas

Now you can't catch me, no baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

Writer/s: CHUCK BERRY
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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Bruce Springsteen wasn't the first to write rock songs about the liberating power of a fast car - Chuck Berry also had a fascination with automobiles, which he sings about here (part of the song takes place on the New Jersey Turnpike, a road Springsteen is quite familiar with).

"This was a yearning which I had since I was aged seven to drive about in a car," Berry told Record Mirror in 1967. "It was my fascination for the roads, for driving, motoring, which prompted me to write those songs."

Driving way too fast under the moonlight with your baby in the car while listening to rock and roll on the radio... it doesn't get any better.

At the end of this song, we find out that the car is named Maybellene, referring to Berry's earlier automotive hit.

One of Berry's early singles, this song surprisingly had no chart success - it didn't even make the R&B tally where all of his previous singles cracked the Top 10.

Berry performed this song in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock, where he can be seen doing his famous duckwalk.

John Lennon used the guitar riff and some of the lyrics to this for "Come Together." He was sued by Berry and eventually settled.

The Rolling Stones recorded this in 1965. Chuck Berry was one of their heroes, especially to Keith Richards.

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me

Chuck Berry - You Can't Catch Me Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Rock, Rock, Rock
Released: 1956

You Can't Catch Me Lyrics

I bought a brand-new air-mobile
It custom-made, 'twas a Flight De Ville
With a pow'ful motor and some hideaway wings
Push in on the button and you can hear her sing

Now You Can't Catch Me, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours
I was rollin' slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers
Here come a flat-top, he was movin' up with me
Then come wavin' by me in a little' old souped-up jitney
I put my foot on my tank and I began to roll
Moanin' siren, 'twas the state patrol
So I let out my wings and then I blew my horn
Bye bye New Jersey, I've become airborne

Now you can't catch me, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night
Not a gray cloud floatin' in sight
Big full moon shinin' up above
Cuddle up honey, be my love
Sweetest little thing I've ever seen
I'm gonna name you Maybellene
Flyin' on the beam, set on flight control
Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll
Two, three hours passed us by
Five to two dropped to 5:05
Fuel consumption way too fast
Let's get on home before we run out of gas

Now you can't catch me, no baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close, you know I'm gone like a cool breeze

Writer/s: CHUCK BERRY
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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You Can't Catch Me Song Chart

Bruce Springsteen wasn't the first to write rock songs about the liberating power of a fast car - Chuck Berry also had a fascination with automobiles, which he sings about here (part of the song takes place on the New Jersey Turnpike, a road Springsteen is quite familiar with).

"This was a yearning which I had since I was aged seven to drive about in a car," Berry told Record Mirror in 1967. "It was my fascination for the roads, for driving, motoring, which prompted me to write those songs."

Driving way too fast under the moonlight with your baby in the car while listening to rock and roll on the radio... it doesn't get any better.

At the end of this song, we find out that the car is named Maybellene, referring to Berry's earlier automotive hit.

One of Berry's early singles, this song surprisingly had no chart success - it didn't even make the R&B tally where all of his previous singles cracked the Top 10.

Berry performed this song in the 1956 film Rock, Rock, Rock, where he can be seen doing his famous duckwalk.

John Lennon used the guitar riff and some of the lyrics to this for "Come Together." He was sued by Berry and eventually settled.

The Rolling Stones recorded this in 1965. Chuck Berry was one of their heroes, especially to Keith Richards.

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven

Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Chuck Berry Is On Top
Released: 1956

Roll Over Beethoven Lyrics

I'm gonna write a little letter,
Gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rockin' rhythm record
I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today

You know, my temperature's risin'
And the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps on singin' the blues
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

I got the rockin' pneumonia,
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I think I'm rollin' arthritis
Sittin' down by the rhythm review
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two

Well, if you feel you like it
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just
A trifle further and reel and rock it,
Roll it over,
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two

Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle,
Ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggles like a glow worm,
Dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner,
Oughta see 'em reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop

Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

Writer/s: CHUCK BERRY
Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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This song is about the rock 'n' roll craze that was taking over America. Beethoven and Tchikovsky were classical composers who were being bumped aside by rock. At the time, many critics dismissed rock music as a passing fad.

Berry was careful to write lyrics that told a coherent story, which in this case follows a young many as he pursues his favorite music. Berry also took care to deliver his lyrics clearly so a wider audience could understand them. This helped him avoid the fate of many Little Richard songs: more popular, but sanitized covers by Pat Boone.

The Beatles released a version of this in 1963. They played it at most of their early live shows.

This was used in the 1992 movie Beethoven, which is about a Saint Bernard.

The Electric Light Orchestra covered this in 1973, mixing in some of Beethoven's music. It was their biggest hit at the time, going to #6 in the UK and #42 in the US.

Iron Maiden spoofed this on their song "Roll Over Vic Vella," which was used as the B-side to the single for "From Now to Eternity" It's one of the few singles that featured a photograph of the band performing as cover art. (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

For a February 4, 1977 primetime special celebrating 25 years of American Bandstand, Berry performed this song joined by Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels and Doc Severinsen. This was one of the first "all-star jams" that would later become commonplace. This performance served as a showcase for the musicians, who were introduced as they performed by Paul Williams . (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Tim Dugger - (I Called Her) Tennessee

Tim Dugger - (I Called Her) Tennessee Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: single release only
Released: 2012

(I Called Her) Tennessee Lyrics

(I Called Her) Tennessee Song Chart

Dean Madonia has been writing country music in Nashville since 2002. He met up-and-coming country artist, Tim Dugger, through a mutual friend who was producing Dugger. Madonia and Dugger wrote "(I Called Her) Tennessee" in their first writing session together.

In our interview with Dean Madonia , he revealed Dugger's intention for the tune: "He just wanted to write a song about partying and spring break and I was like, 'Well, I lived in Fort Lauderdale for 20 years so I know a little bit about that.'"

Madonia explained that they came up with the title first, which can sometimes make it difficult to write a song. When they got near the end of it, they needed a hook. "I thought of some people that I've known that we just called them by their state name: 'Okay, there Michigan. Hey, Alabama,'" said Madonia. "And it was like, 'Hey, I never knew her name so I called her Tennessee,' and we both looked at each other and were like, 'Yes!' So that was like a gift. It just came."

Tim Dugger is an Alabama native who relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Dugger is a huge NASCAR fan and plays a great deal of concerts in that circuit. He became a favorite among the drivers and their crews, which ultimately led him to Nashville, where he signed a record contract with Curb Records.

Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music

Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: One Dozen Berrys
Released: 1957

Rock And Roll Music Lyrics

Rock And Roll Music
Just let me hear some of that
Rock And Roll Music,
Any old way you choose it,
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it,
Any old time you use it.
It's gotta be Rock And Roll Music,
If you want to dance with me,
If you want to dance with me.

I've got no kick againt modern jazz,
Unless they try to play it too darn fast,
And change the beauty of the melody,
Until they sounded like a symphony,
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man await a sax,
I must admit the have a rockin' band,
Man they were going like a hurricane
That's why I go for that
Rock and roll music

Way down South they gave a jubilee,
The jockey folks they had a jamboree,
They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup,
The folks dancin' they all got shook up
And started playin' that
Rock and roll music

Don't care to hear 'em play a tango,
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo,
It's way to early for a congo,
So keep a rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that
Rock and roll music

Writer/s: BARRY, JEFF
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This is about a guy who will only dance to rock and roll. Like many of Berry's songs, it doesn't have deep lyrical content, but a distinctive guitar riff.

Berry: "I was heavy into rock and roll and had to create something that hit the spot without question."

The Beatles played this at their early concerts and recorded it on Chuck Berry's 38th birthday. It was one of their favorite songs to play live, and they used it when they needed an additional track for their album Beatles For Sale. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Blues legend Willie Dixon played bass on this track.

The Beach Boys also recorded this song. Their version reached US #5 and UK #36 in 1976.