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Perhaps the best Rock and Roll tune ever: (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 OP
Can't argue there EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #1
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Two other contenders justaprogressive Aug 2025 #2
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1950s all right. I remember those days. Not a single non-white dancer on the TV show! Wonder Why Aug 2025 #5
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Something by Berry, anyway. malthaussen Aug 2025 #6
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Sorry, but I've gotta go with this one... ihaveaquestion Aug 2025 #7
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Johnny B. Goode is LogDog75 Aug 2025 #8
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #13
So many, but MY choice would be 'Jailhouse Rock' some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #9
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #14
Not the updated Trump version (Jailhouse Walk)? DFW Aug 2025 #21
ROFL!! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 2025 #22
We did that one before the election DFW Aug 2025 #24
I'm partial to this one. LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #15
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #18
My Dad loved Chuck Berry Figarosmom Aug 2025 #16
😊 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #19
This one gets my vote ... Jeebo Aug 2025 #17
😃 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #20
I wished I could play a guitar like that. Emile Aug 2025 #23
☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #25
Bobby Blue Bland Keepthesoulalive Aug 2025 #26
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #31
'Satisfaction' (1965) sop Aug 2025 #27
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The Best Rock & Roll tune ever... Mike Nelson Aug 2025 #28
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Oh Boy! VGNonly Aug 2025 #29
😊 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #34
Yeah, it might be the best rock & roll song ever (I still have my '45 version) red dog 1 Aug 2025 #30
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Wonder Why

(7,043 posts)
5. 1950s all right. I remember those days. Not a single non-white dancer on the TV show!
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 02:44 PM
Aug 2025


Great music.

malthaussen

(18,575 posts)
6. Something by Berry, anyway.
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 03:11 PM
Aug 2025

Maybe "Roll Over Beethoven," which is of course virtually indistinguishable from "Johnny B. Goode."

In fact, now that I think of it, most of Chuck Berry's songs were virtually indistinguishable from one another. Parents at the time noticed this, and commented on it. That doesn't make them bad, you understand.

-- Mal

DFW

(60,210 posts)
21. Not the updated Trump version (Jailhouse Walk)?
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 09:06 AM
Aug 2025


Just as long as none of us talk
We'll never do the Jailhouse Walk

DFW

(60,210 posts)
24. We did that one before the election
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 11:11 AM
Aug 2025

But it hasn't lost much of its relevance, we think..........

Figarosmom

(12,039 posts)
16. My Dad loved Chuck Berry
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 11:39 PM
Aug 2025

I remember seeing him in the late 60s and he was on fire .

All the songs on this thread hold memories. I'm not about to chose one as the best in rock and roll history. There are so many good ones. But this one would be in my line up :

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Mike Nelson

(10,943 posts)
28. The Best Rock & Roll tune ever...
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 02:39 PM
Aug 2025

... is the one that gives you THAT feeling, when you hear it... every time... even though the specific song can change! Johnny B Goode certainly qualifies.

red dog 1

(33,080 posts)
30. Yeah, it might be the best rock & roll song ever (I still have my '45 version)
Tue Aug 5, 2025, 05:57 PM
Aug 2025

and it should have been a number one hit for Chuck, but it wasn't.

Some of his other great songs that weren't number 1 hits include:
- "No Particular Place to Go"
- "Maybellene"
- "Sweet Little Sixteen"
- "Nadine"
- "Reelin & a Rockin"
- "You Never Can Tell"
- "School Days"
- "Memphis"

Yet the only Number 1 hit Chuck Berry ever had was "My Ding-a-Ling"

(Go figure)

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