Rock and Roll Music

About Rock and Roll Music

"Rock and Roll Music" is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll star Chuck Berry. The song has been widely covered and is recognized as one of Berry's most popular and enduring compositions. In the fall of 1957, his recording reached number 6 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart and number 8 on its Hot 100 chart. The song has been recorded by many well-known artists. The Beatles' 1964 recording topped singles charts in Europe and in Australia, and the Beach Boys had a U. S. top ten hit with the song in 1976. Other artists who have covered the song include Bill Haley & His Comets, Dickie Rock and the Miami Showband, REO Speedwagon, Mental As Anything, Humble Pie, Manic Street Preachers, and Bryan Adams. Berry performed it on December 16, 1957, on ABC's short-lived variety program The Guy Mitchell Show. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Berry's version number 128 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song is also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. more »

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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 have no kick against modern jazz,
Unless they try to play it too darn fast;
And change the beauty of the melody,
Until they sound just like a symphony,

That's why I go for 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 took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man awailin' sax,
I must admit the have a rockin' band,
Man they were blowing like a hurricane

That's why I go for 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

Way down south they gave a jubilee,
The jokey folks they had a jamboree,
They're drinkin' homebrew from a wooden cup,
The folks dancin' got all shook up
And started playin' 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

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

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music. more »

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