Chuck Berry / discography
This discography is an overview of the released sound carriers of the American singer Chuck Berry .
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
1963 | Chuck Berry on stage | - | - | - |
UK6 (11 weeks) UK |
US29 (17 weeks) US |
- |
Studio album with recorded audience noises
|
1965 | St. Louis to Liverpool | - | - | - | - |
US124 (7 weeks) US |
- | |
1972 | The London Chuck Berry Sessions | - | - | - | - |
US8th
gold
(47 weeks)US |
R&B8 (33 weeks) R&B |
Studio recordings and live recordings of their
performance at the Lanchester Arts Festival in Coventry with the Average White Band |
1973 | Bio | - | - | - | - |
US175 (6 weeks) US |
R&B58 (2 weeks) R&B |
|
2017 | Chuck |
DE31 (3 weeks) DE |
AT19 (4 weeks) AT |
CH14 (6 weeks) CH |
UK9 (4 weeks) UK |
US49 (2 weeks) US |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
- 1957: After School Session
- 1958: One Dozen Berrys
- 1959: Berry Is on Top
- 1960: Rockin 'at the Hops
- 1960: Juke Box hits
- 1964: Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley )
- 1965: Chuck Berry in London
- 1965: Fresh Berry’s
- 1967: Chuck Berry in Memphis
- 1967: Live at the Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco (with The Miller Band )
- 1967: Chuck Berry's Golden Hits
- 1969: Concerto in B Goode
- 1970: Back Home
- 1971: San Francisco Dues
- 1972: Rock and Roll Music
- 1972: Super Deluxe
- 1975: Chuck Berry
- 1976: Portrait (2 12inch albums)
- 1976: Live in Concert
- 1979: Rockit
- 1980: The Dominoes & King Size Taylor (with King Size Taylor & the Dominos)
- 1981: Live
- 1981: Tokyo Session
- 1982: Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969, Volume II
- 1982: Chuck Berry
- 1983: Alive and Rockin '
- 1986: Rock 'n' Roll Rarities
- 1987: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1988: Rock 'n' Roll Music
- 1990: Story 1955–1958 (2 CDs)
- 1992: Blues Berry
- 1994: Live!
- 1998: The Musketeers of Rock & Roll (with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard )
- 2003: Eddy Mitchell Presente Les Rois du Rock Chuck Berry
- 2003: Chuck Berry Live
- 2014: Chuck Berry (2 LPs)
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
1963 | Chuck Berry | - | - |
UK12 (16 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
1964 | More Chuck Berry | - | - |
UK9 (8 weeks) UK |
- | - |
alternative album titles: Twist and
Rhythm & Blues Rendez-Vous |
Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits | - | - | - |
US34 (21 weeks) US |
- | ||
His Latest and Greatest | - | - |
UK8 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - | ||
You never can tell | - | - |
UK18 (2 weeks) UK |
- | - | ||
1967 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade | - | - | - |
US72 (20 weeks) US |
- | |
1972 | St. Louie to Frisco to Memphis | - | - | - |
US185 (7 weeks) US |
- |
Live performance at the Fillmore with the Steve Miller Band
|
1973 | Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 | - | - | - |
US110 (8 weeks) US |
- | |
1977 | Motor dad ' | - | - |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
2012 | The Best of Chuck Berry: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection |
- | - | - |
US134 (4 weeks) US |
- | |
2017 | gold | - |
CH48 (1 week) CH |
- | - | - |
Posthumous chart entry immediately after Chuck Berry's death on March 18, 2017
|
The Definitive Collection | - |
CH75 (1 week) CH |
- |
US33 (1 week) US |
- |
also entered posthumously in March
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1966: Greatest Hits
- 1966: Chuck Berry
- 1967: Rock 'n' Roll (with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis )
- 1970: I'm a rocker
- 1972: Rock 'n' Roll with Chuck Berry / The Best of Chuck Berry (DE) - (2 LPs)
- 1972: Johnny B. Goode
- 1972: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- 1973: Rock Hits
- 1973: Sweet Little Rock and Roller
- 1973: Original Oldies Vol. 2
- 1973: The Kings of Rock 'n' Roll (with Bill Haley and Little Richard )
- 1974: Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3
- 1974: All-Time Rock'n'Roll Party Hits
- 1974: Wild Berrys
- 1974: Chuck and His Friends (with tracks by various artists) (3 LPs)
- 1975: Flashback (2 LPs)
- 1976: Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits
- 1976: Chuck Berry
- 1977: The Story of Rock and Roll
- 1978: The Best of the Best of Chuck Berry
- 1978: Chuck Berry's 16 Greatest Hits
- 1979: all-time hits
- 1980: 20 great hits
- 1980: The Legends of Rock - Chuck Berry (2 LPs)
- 1980: Mods & Rockers
- 1980: Spotlight on Chuck Berry
- 1981: Chuck Berry ( Amiga , GDR only )
- 1981: Chess Masters Series
- 1981: Chuck Berry
- 1982: The Great Twenty-Eight (21st place in the Rolling Stone 500 )
- 1982: Portrait: Original Rock 'n' Roll Hits (2 LPs)
- 1982: Hail Hail Rock and Roll
- 1983: 20 greatest hits
- 1983: Back in the USA
- 1983: Chess Masters (2 LPs)
- 1983: Rock'n'Roll superstar Chuck Berry 16 super hits
- 1983: Reeling Rollin 'Rocking
- 1984: Greatest Hits - Original Versions
- 1985: Greatest Hits
- 1986: More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities from the Golden Age of Chess Records
- 1987: Greatest Hits
- 1987: Decade '55 - '65
- 1987: The Best Of… - Rock 'n' Roll Music
- 1987: Rock & Roll Music
- 1987: Reelin 'and a Rockin'
- 1988: Chess Masters
- 1988: great hits
- 1988: The Chess Box (box with 3 CDs)
- 1988: Hail Hail rock 'n' roll
- 1988: The Collection
- 1988: Roll Over Beethoven
- 1988: The Best Of
- 1988: Greatest Hits
- 1989: Rock and Roll Music
- 1989: Rock & Roll Music - Volume 1
- 1989: Roll Over Beethoven
- 1989: Vintage Gold (Mini-CD)
- 1989: Vintage Gold II (Mini-CD)
- 1989: Johnny B. Goode
- 1990: Missing Berries, Rarities, Volume 3
- 1990: 16 original world hits
- 1990: The Best of Chuck Berry
- 1990: Chuck Berry (EP)
- 1991: The EP Collection
- 1991: The Ultimate Collection
- 1991: The Best of Chuck Berry
- 1991: The Chess Masters - Volume One - 1955-1958
- 1991: The Collection
- 1992: 20 great tracks
- 1993: Blues Berry
- 1993: Mr Rock 'n' Roll
- 1993: On the Blues Side
- 1994: The Best of Chuck Berry (UK:silver)
- 1994: Let It Rock
- 1995: Live
- 1995: Let It Rock
- 1996: Chuck Berry (2 CDs)
- 1996: School Day (maxi single compilation)
- 1996: Portrait of Chuck Berry
- 1996: The Best of Chuck Berry (2 CDs)
- 1997: His Best, Volume 1
- 1997: His Best, Volume 2
- 1997: The Sensational Chuck Berry Live
- 1997: Guitar Legends (with Bo Diddley )
- 1997: Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
- 1997: Greatest Hits - Live
- 1998: Rock 'n' Roll Music
- 1998: Chuck Berry
- 1999: The Best of Chuck Berry
- 1999: Rock'n'Roll hits
- 2000: The Anthology
- 2000: TV Special 1972
- 2000: The Best Of
- 2001: Chuck Berry
- 2001: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
- 2003: Rock'n'Roll Music
- 2003: Blues
- 2004: The World Wide Rights Collection
- 2004: Greatest Hits
- 2005: The Definitive Collection
- 2006: Reelin 'and Rockin' - The Very Best Of
- 2007: Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Sixteen
- 2007: Rocks - Roll Over Beethoven
- 2007: Johnny B. Goode - His Complete '50s Chess Recordings (4 CDs)
- 2007: The Ultimate Collection (3 CDs)
- 2007: 18 greatest
- 2008: Rock 'n' Roll Legends
- 2009: You Never Can Tell - His Complete Chess Recordings 1960–1966 (4 CDs)
- 2010: Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969–1974 (4 CDs)
- 2010: Rockin ' (20 Original Recordings)
- 2010: Chuck Berry & Other Kings of Rock'n'Roll (with various artists; 3 CDs)
- 2010: You Can't Catch Me
- 2011: Icon
- 2011: The Best Of (2 CDs)
- 2011: Chuck Rocks
- 2012: 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and Rare Tracks (4 CDs)
- 2012: The Chess Years
- 2014: Rock and Roll Music - Any Old Way You Choose It - The Complete Studio Recordings… Plus! (Box with 16 CDs)
- 2014: The Essential Tracks (2 LPs)
- 2017: The Platinum Collection (3 CDs)
EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
2019 | Berry Christmas | - | - | - |
US82 (3 weeks) US |
- |
More EPs
- 1956: After School Session
- 1956: Rhythm and Blues with Chuck Berry
- 1958: Rock and Roll Music
- 1958: Sweet Little 16
- 1959: Reelin 'and Rockin'
- 1963: Chuck and Bo (with Bo Diddley )
- 1963: Chuck Berry
- 1963: Chuck and Bo Vol. 2 (with Bo Diddley)
- 1963: This Is Chuck Berry
- 1964: Chuck and Bo Vol. 3 (with Bo Diddley)
- 1964: The Best of Chuck Berry
- 1964: Chuck Berry hits
- 1964: Blue Mood
- 1965: Promised Land
- 1965: Come On
- 1966: I Got a Booking
- 1966: You Came a Long Way from St Louis
- 1972: Big Daddies (with Bo Diddley)
- 1979: Chuck Berry Vol. 1 - The Big Six - Super Single - The Single That Thinks It's an Album
- 1979: Chuck Berry Vol. 2 - The Big Six - Super Single - The Single That Thinks It's an Album
- 1984: Sweet Little Sixteen / Nadine (Is It You) / Johnny B. Good / Carol (Medley)
- 1985: Sweet Little Sixteen / Roll Over Beethoven / Johnny B. Good / School Day
- 1990: Maybellene / School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell) / Nadine / Carol
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | CH | UK | US | R&B | |||
1955 | Maybellene Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - | - |
R&B1 (16 weeks) R&B |
Chuck Berry and His Combo
|
Wee Wee Hours After School Session |
- | - | - | - |
R&B10 (1 week) R&B |
Chuck Berry and His Combo, B-side by Maybellene
|
|
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) More Chuck Berry |
- | - | - | - |
R&B2 (11 weeks) R&B |
Chuck Berry and His Combo
|
|
1956 | No Money Down After School Session |
- | - | - | - |
R&B8 (5 weeks) R&B |
Chuck Berry and His Combo
|
Roll Over Beethoven Berry Is on Top |
DE31 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
US29 (5 weeks) US |
R&B2 (7 weeks) R&B |
Chuck Berry and His Combo
|
|
Brown Eyed Handsome Man After School Session |
- | - | - | - |
R&B5 (8 weeks) R&B |
||
Too Much Monkey Business After School Session |
- | - | - | - |
R&B4 (6 weeks) R&B |
B-side of Brown Eyed Handsome Man
|
|
1957 | School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) After School Session |
- | - |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
US5 (26 weeks) US |
R&B1 (15 weeks) R&B |
|
Oh Baby Doll One Dozen Berrys |
- | - | - |
US57 (7 weeks) US |
R&B12 (1 week) R&B |
||
Rock and Roll Music One Dozen Berrys |
- | - | - |
US8 (19 weeks) US |
R&B6 (9 weeks) R&B |
||
1958 |
Sweet Little Sixteen One Dozen Berrys |
- | - |
UK16 (5 weeks) UK |
US2 (16 weeks) US |
R&B1 (11 weeks) R&B |
|
Johnny B. Goode Berry Is on Top |
- |
CH83 (1 week) CH |
UK-
silver
UK
|
US8 (15 weeks) US |
R&B2 (12 weeks) R&B |
Chart entry in Switzerland after Berry's death on March 18, 2017
|
|
Beautiful Delilah More Chuck Berry |
- | - | - |
US81 (2 weeks) US |
- | ||
Carol Berry is on top |
- | - | - |
US18 (10 weeks) US |
R&B9 (8 weeks) R&B |
||
Sweet Little Rock and Roll Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - |
US47 (9 weeks) US |
R&B13 (3 weeks) R&B |
||
Joe Joe Gun Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - |
US83 (5 weeks) US |
- | ||
Run Rudolph Run Rock 'n' Roll Legends |
- | - |
UK36 (8 weeks) UK |
US36 (5 weeks) US |
- | ||
Merry Christmas Baby St. Louis to Liverpool |
- | - | - |
US71 (3 weeks) US |
- | ||
1959 | Anthony Boy Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - |
US60 (5 weeks) US |
- | |
Almost Grown Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - |
US32 (13 weeks) US |
R&B3 (13 weeks) R&B |
||
Little Queenie Berry Is on Top |
- | - | - |
US80 (4 weeks) US |
- | ||
Back in the USA More Chuck Berry |
- | - | - |
US37 (8 weeks) US |
R&B16 (8 weeks) R&B |
||
1960 | Let It Rock / Memphis Tennessee Rockin 'at the Hops |
- | - |
UK6 (13 weeks) UK |
US64 (8 weeks) US |
- | |
Too Pooped to Pop (Casey) Rockin 'at the Hops |
- | - | - |
US42 (6 weeks) US |
R&B18 (3 weeks) R&B |
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1963 | Go Go Go Chuck Berry on Stage |
- | - |
UK38 (6 weeks) UK |
- | - | |
1964 | Nadine (Is It You?) Plays Tunes by Chuck Berry |
- | - |
UK27 (7 weeks) UK |
US23 (10 weeks) US |
R&B23 (18 weeks) R&B |
|
No Particular Place to Go St. Louis to Liverpool |
- | - |
UK3 (12 weeks) UK |
US10 (11 weeks) US |
R&B2 (14 weeks) R&B |
||
You Never Can Tell St. Louis to Liverpool |
- | - |
UK23
silver
(8 weeks)UK |
US14 (9 weeks) US |
- | ||
Little Marie St. Louis to Liverpool |
- | - | - |
US54 (6 weeks) US |
R&B30 (6 weeks) R&B |
||
Promised Land St. Louis to Liverpool |
- | - |
UK26 (6 weeks) UK |
US41 (7 weeks) US |
R&B16 (7 weeks) R&B |
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1965 | Dear Dad Chuck Berry in London |
- | - | - |
US95 (4 weeks) US |
- | |
1972 | My Ding-a-ling The London Chuck Berry Sessions |
DE40 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
UK1 (17 weeks) UK |
US1
gold
(17 weeks)US |
R&B42 (7 weeks) R&B |
|
Reelin 'and Rockin' The London Chuck Berry Sessions |
- | - |
UK18 (7 weeks) UK |
US27 (13 weeks) US |
- |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More singles
- 1956: Down Bound Train
- 1956: You Can't Catch Me
- 1959: Broken Arrow
- 1960: Bye Bye Johnny
- 1960: I Got to Find My Baby
- 1960: Jaguar and Thunderbird
- 1960: I'm Talking About You
- 1961: Come On
- 1964: Chuck's Beat (with Bo Diddley )
- 1965: It Wasn't Me
- 1966: Ramona, Say Yes
- 1966: Club Nitty Gritty
- 1967: Feelin 'It (with The Miller Band )
- 1968: Louie to Frisco
- 1969: It's Too Dark in There
- 1970: Tulane
- 1972: School Days
- 1973: Bio
- 1973: South of the Border
- 1975: Shake, Rattle and Roll
- 1979: Oh What a Thrill
- 1991: Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll - The Mix
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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United States (RIAA) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | 1,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × silver3 | - | - | 460,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 3 × silver3 | 2 × gold2 | - |
swell
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles Albums AT CH UK US
- ↑ a b c The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
Web links
- Chuck Berry at Allmusic (English)
- Chuck Berry at Discogs (English)