Johnny B. Goode

Johnny b. Goode is a single from 1958, composed and sung by Chuck Berry. It is one of Berry's best-known songs. The number is on the seventh place on The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [1]

The highest position that the number has ever reached is the eighth spot in the Billboard Hot 100.



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[hide] *1 Background  ==Background[ Edit] == The song was written by Berry in 1955. The song is about a poor boy from the countryside, who plays guitar and hopes to be there once famous. [2]  according to Berry is the song partly autobiographical. Originally in the text would be sung about a "mixed-race", but country boy seemed to him afterwards more convenient. [3]
 * 2 Artists
 * 3 Status
 * 4 Covers
 * 5 Radio 2 Top 2000

The title suggests that the guitar player from the song Johnny hot and behaves well. "Goode" can also save on Goode Avenue in St. Louis, where Berry was born. [2]  the name Johnny comes by Berry's piano player Johnnie Johnson,[4] [5]  but in the song it went rather over Berry itself. [6]  For the recording of the song "Johnny b. Goode", however, not Johnnie Johnson played but Lafayette Leake the piano.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Middleton2_7-0" len="178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7] ==Artists<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Status<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="341" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Berry's version of the song is processed on the Voyager Golden Record, which is attached to the two Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977.
 * Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Middleton2_7-1" len="178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * Lafayette Leake -Piano<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Middleton2_7-2" len="178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * Willie Dixon -bass guitar<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Middleton2_7-3" len="178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]
 * Fred Below -drums<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Middleton2_7-4" len="178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The song is prominently featured in the film Back to the Future in 1985. Michael j. Foxplays ' character Marty McFly a cover of the song, after he has travelled back in time, and thus gives the unconscious Chuck Berry (whose cousin Marvin is present in the activities) inspiration for the song.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">When Chuck Berry in september 1986 was first included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he played live "Johnny b. Goode" and "Rock and Roll Music", aided by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8] .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In March 2005, "Johnny b. Goode" on the 42nd place in Q's list of best 100 guitar pieces. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] ==Covers<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">"Johnny b. Goode" is one of the most frequently covered rock and roll songs in history. The song has been covered by:

<p len="17" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;"> ==Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * AC/DC
 * Aerosmith
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks
 * Bad Religion
 * Bb King
 * Beach Boys
 * Burning
 * The Beatles
 * Big Tom And The Mainliners
 * Bill Haley & His Comets
 * Bon Scott (with Cheap Trick)
 * Marc Broussard
 * Andrés Calamaro
 * Mark Campbell as Marty McFly
 * The Carpenters
 * Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
 * Dion
 * Down Low
 * Dr. Feelgood
 * Johnny Dowd
 * Earthlings?
 * John Farnham
 * Five Iron Frenzy
 * Freddie & the Dreamers
 * Green Day
 * The Grateful Dead
 * Hanson
 * Jimi Hendrix
 * Will High
 * Buddy Holly
 * Elton John
 * Judas Priest
 * Jerry Lee Lewis
 * Julian Lennon
 * Led Zeppelin
 * Living Colour
 * LL Cool J ("Go Cut Creator Go")
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd
 * Mf Doom
 * Wes Paul
 * Eddie Meduza
 * Frank Marino
 * Men at Work
 * Motörhead
 * NOFX
 * NRBQ
 * Off Kilter
 * Operation Ivy
 * Buck Owens
 * Phish
 * Elvis Presley
 * Prince
 * Ratdog
 * The Rolling Stones
 * Carlos Santana
 * The Sex Pistols
 * The Shadows
 * Slade
 * Slaughter & The Dogs
 * Status Quo
 * The Massagers
 * Stray Cats
 * Los Suaves
 * George Thorogood
 * The Tornadoes
 * Peter Tosh (1983)
 * Cidade Negra
 * Twisted Sister
 * The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
 * Uncle Tupelo
 * The Who
 * Brian Wilson
 * Johnny Winter
 * Jonny Lang
 * Phillip Magee
 * John Mayer Trio
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Johnny Candles