Rock and Roll Music (song)

"Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and originally recorded by Chuck Berry which became a hit single in 1957, and was later covered by many artists, notably The Beatles.

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Chuck Berry - 1957 - Covered - The Beatles

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The lyrics of the song extoll the virtues of rock and roll in comparison to other musical styles, and express the singer's resolve to dance only to this style of music.

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The Beatles performed the song in many of their early Hamburg shows, and also played it on the BBC show, "Pop Go the Beatles". In late 1964, exhausted from non-stop touring and recording and short of original material, they decided to record several of their old rock and rhythm and blues favorites to fill out their LP release Beatles for Sale. Among these was a rollicking version of Berry's tune that eventually became as well-known as the original.

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Hamburg - BBC - Pop Go the Beatles - 1964 - Beatles for Sale

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The song has subsequently been recorded by a number of other well-known artists, including The Beach Boys, Humble Pie and Austrailian new wave band Mental as Anything.

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The Beach Boys - Humble Pie - Austrailia - New wave - Mental as Anything

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