"Roll Over Beethoven ""Roll Over Beethoven"" is a 1956 hit single written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records, with ""Drifting Heart"" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music. The title of the song is an imperative directed at the composer Ludwig van Beethoven to roll over in his grave in reaction to the new genre of music that Berry was promoting. The song has been covered by many other artists, including the Beatles and the Electric Light Orchestra. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked"
"also been given the opportunity to perform it on the television program ""American Bandstand"". A 1964 version by Pat Wayne and the Beachcombers is noteworthy because of the involvement of the guitarist Jimmy Page, later of The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin. It was re-released in 1989 as part of the compilation """". In 1992 Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band recorded a version of the song as the main theme for the feature film ""Beethoven"". Roll Over Beethoven ""Roll Over Beethoven"" is a 1956 hit single written by Chuck Berry, originally released on Chess Records, with ""Drifting Heart"""
"Shake, Rattle and Roll ""Shake, Rattle and Roll"" is a twelve bar blues-form song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his songwriting pseudonym of Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets. The song as sung by Big Joe Turner is ranked #127 on the ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In early 1954, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records suggested to Jesse Stone that he write an up-tempo blues for Big Joe Turner, a blues shouter whose career had begun in"
"it number 97 on its list of the ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". According to ""Rolling Stone"" and Cub Koda of AllMusic, Berry wrote the song in response to his sister Lucy always using the family piano to play classical music when Berry wanted to play popular music. It was, as biographer Bruce Pegg says, ""inspired in part by the rivalry between his sister Lucy's classical music training and Berry's own self-taught, rough-and-ready music preference"". The lyric ""roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news"" refers to how classical composers would roll over in their graves upon hearing that"
"the words of Chuck Berry."" Kevin Strait, curator of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, said that Berry is ""one of the primary sonic architects of rock and roll."" Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, 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), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive."
"1969, and it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by ""Rolling Stone"" magazine in its 2004 ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time."" Hutmaker's business cards had the lyrics to the song printed on their back sides. The veracity of these claims is disputed. ""Mr. Jimmy"" more likely refers to Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller. Jimmy Hutmaker Jimmy Hutmaker (April 18, 1932 – October 3, 2007), also known as ""Mister Jimmy"", was a celebrity in Excelsior, Minnesota until his death on October 3, 2007. Hutmaker was born April 18, in 1932 in New Germany, Minnesota and moved"
"Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, 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), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive. Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music. Born into a middle-class African-American family"
"Group. In September 2017, Dualtone, the label which released Berry's final album, ""Chuck"", agreed to publish all his compositions in the United States. A pioneer of rock and roll, Berry was a significant influence on the development of both the music and the attitude associated with the rock music lifestyle. With songs such as ""Maybellene"" (1955), ""Roll Over Beethoven"" (1956), ""Rock and Roll Music"" (1957) and ""Johnny B. Goode"" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics successfully aimed to appeal to the early teenage market by using"
"song in concert in 2011. John Lennon also recorded the song as an outtake. Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song) ""Glad All Over"" is a 1957 song recorded by rock and roll and rockabilly artist Carl Perkins, ""The Rockin' Guitar Man"", at Sun Records in 1957. It was released as a 45 and 78 single, Sun 287, on January 6, 1958 (b/w ""Lend Me Your Comb""). It was written by Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy Bennett. A performance of the song was featured in the 1957 film ""Jamboree"", where Carl Perkins and his band perform the song in a"
"music was spilling over into the mainstream pop."" At the end of June 1956, his song ""Roll Over Beethoven"" reached number 29 on the ""Billboard""s Top 100 chart, and Berry toured as one of the ""Top Acts of '56"". He and Carl Perkins became friends. Perkins said that ""I knew when I first heard Chuck that he'd been affected by country music. I respected his writing; his records were very, very great."" As they toured, Perkins discovered that Berry not only liked country music but also knew about as many songs as he did. Jimmie Rodgers was one of his"
"US in 1956 billed as ""the King of Rock & Roll""; Dickie Pride, Roy Young, and Helen Shapiro. The only act to create what has been described as ""a pre-Beatle rock classic"", were Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, whose song ""Shakin' All Over"" managed to become a rock and roll standard. Several of the most lasting and innovative British records of the period were produced by Joe Meek. These included ""Johnny Remember Me"" by John Leyton, a UK number one record in 1961, and ""Telstar"" by the Tornados in 1962, which was number one in the UK and became the"
"record of the genre (Bill Haley had American chart success with ""Crazy Man, Crazy"" in 1953, and in 1954, ""Shake, Rattle and Roll"" sung by Big Joe Turner reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart). Haley's recording nevertheless became an anthem for rebellious 1950s youth and is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world. The song is ranked No. 158 on the ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights"
"Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin song) ""Rock and Roll"" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from the band's fourth album in 1971. The song includes a guest appearance by the Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart. In 1972 Robert Christgau called it ""simply the most dynamic hard-rock song in the music."" Befitting its title, the song is based on one of the most popular structures in rock and roll, the three-chord song. It is performed in the key of A at a tempo of 170 beats per minute. Led"
"record. Contenders include Goree Carter's """" (1949); Jimmy Preston's ""Rock the Joint"" (1949), which was later covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1952; and ""Rocket 88"" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (in fact, Ike Turner and his band the Kings of Rhythm), recorded by Sam Phillips for Sun Records in 1951. Four years later, Bill Haley's ""Rock Around the Clock"" (1955) became the first rock and roll song to top ""Billboard"" magazine's main sales and airplay charts, and opened the door worldwide for this new wave of popular culture. It has also been argued that ""That's"
"Rollin' Stone ""Rollin' Stone"" is a blues song recorded by Muddy Waters in 1950. It is his interpretation of ""Catfish Blues"", a Delta blues that dates back to 1920s Mississippi. Although the single (with ""Walkin' Blues"" as the B-side) did not appear in the national record charts, it sold about 70,000 copies. ""Still a Fool"", recorded by Muddy Waters a year later using the same arrangement and melody, reached number nine on the Billboard R&B chart. ""Rollin' Stone"" has been recorded by a variety of artists, and both ""Rolling Stone"" magazine and the rock group the Rolling Stones are named"
"Greasy"" (1976). Think It Over ""Think It Over"" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets. This recording, released by Brunswick Records as a 45-rpm single (9-55072), reached number 27 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart, number 9 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart, and number 11 in the UK. Vi Petty, Norman Petty's wife, played piano on this recording. The song has been recorded by Bobby Vee, the Hollies, Skeeter Davis, Gloria Lynne, P.J. Proby, and Ringo Starr. Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album,"
"R&B-drenched, rock and roll. The song was voted #62 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list, ""The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". The song is also a part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's ""500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll"" list. In 1998 ""Bo Diddley"" was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. In 2017, the single was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame. Buddy Holly recorded the song in 1956, but it was not released until the LP ""Reminiscing"" in 1963 and later became a single release. Buddy Holly on vocals/guitar and Jerry Allison on"
"all time by ""Rolling Stone"". In another list, the magazine ranked it as the greatest Beatles song. John Lennon wrote the melody and most of the lyrics to the verses of ""A Day in the Life"" in mid January 1967. Soon afterwards, he presented the song to Paul McCartney, who contributed a middle-eight section. In a 1970 interview, Lennon discussed their collaboration on the song: According to author Ian MacDonald, ""A Day in the Life"" was strongly informed by Lennon's LSD-inspired revelations, in that the song ""concerned 'reality' only to the extent that this had been revealed by LSD to"
"Move It On Over (song) ""Move It On Over"" is a very popular song written and recorded by the American mainly country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1947. The song was Williams' first major hit, reaching #4 on the ""Billboard"" Singles chart. The song is considered one of the earliest examples of rock and roll music. Many others have recorded and performed the song subsequently, notably hit versions by George Thorogood in the 1980s and Travis Tritt in the '90s. ""Move It On Over"" was recorded on April 21, 1947 at Castle Studio in Nashville, Hank's first session for MGM"
"Instrumental versions were done by Ray Conniff His Orchestra and Chorus, Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, Richard Clayderman, Django Reinhardt. English lyrics, unrelated to the French lyrics, were later written by Jack Lawrence and entitled ""Beyond the Sea"". The English version has been recorded by many artists, including Benny Goodman, Mantovani, Roger Williams and Gisele MacKenzie, but Bobby Darin's version released in 1959 is the best known by many, reaching #6 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The song reached the top 40 twice prior to the Darin version (Goodman's version in 1948, Williams's in 1955). More recent versions include"
"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"
"Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Francis, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents. In the mid-1950s, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. Chuck Berry, with ""Maybellene"" (1955), ""Roll Over Beethoven"" (1956), ""Rock and Roll Music"" (1957) and ""Johnny B. Goode"" (1958), refined and developed the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, focusing on teen life and"
"the ultimate rock & roll call to arms, declaring a new era"". The opening guitar solo sounds similar to Berry's most famous hit, ""Johnny B. Goode"". The sheet music for the two songs is very similar. Koda calls it a ""masterpiece"" that helped to define rock and roll. ""Roll Over Beethoven"" is one of the most widely covered songs in popular music – ""a staple of rock and roll bands"", according to Koda – with notable versions by Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beatles, and Electric Light Orchestra. ""Roll Over Beethoven"" was a favourite of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George"
"Think It Over ""Think It Over"" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets. This recording, released by Brunswick Records as a 45-rpm single (9-55072), reached number 27 on the ""Billboard"" pop singles chart, number 9 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart, and number 11 in the UK. Vi Petty, Norman Petty's wife, played piano on this recording. The song has been recorded by Bobby Vee, the Hollies, Skeeter Davis, Gloria Lynne, P.J. Proby, and Ringo Starr. Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album, ""Take It"
"Glad All Over (Carl Perkins song) ""Glad All Over"" is a 1957 song recorded by rock and roll and rockabilly artist Carl Perkins, ""The Rockin' Guitar Man"", at Sun Records in 1957. It was released as a 45 and 78 single, Sun 287, on January 6, 1958 (b/w ""Lend Me Your Comb""). It was written by Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy Bennett. A performance of the song was featured in the 1957 film ""Jamboree"", where Carl Perkins and his band perform the song in a recording studio in a scene similar to Elvis Presley's studio performance in ""Jailhouse Rock"""
"Over and Over (Bobby Day song) ""Over and Over"" is a song written by Robert James Byrd and recorded by him using the stage name Bobby Day. Day's version entered the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1958, the same week a version of the same song by Thurston Harris entered the chart. Day's version reached #41, and was the B-side to ""Rockin' Robin"". Thurston Harris' version peaked at #96. In the song, the singer describes going to a party with misgivings of having a good time, until he sees a pretty girl. The singer attempts to ask her out, but she"
"""I Forgot to Remember to Forget"" and ""That's All Right"". I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) ""I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"" is a popular song written in 1953 by Joe Thomas and Howard Biggs. Since then, it became something of a minor pop standard, largely due to several well-received versions of the song. It is best known for appearing on Elvis Presley's first album, and for a performance of the song by The Beatles (that appears on their ""Live at the BBC"" album). The Beatles also performed the song at the Star-Club in"
"went to number three on the ""Billboard"" Top 100 chart in 1957. It is ranked number 194 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's 2004 list of the ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time"". It is ranked as the 106th greatest song of all time and the third best song of 1957 by Acclaimed Music. In 1999, National Public Radio (NPR) included the song on the NPR 100, a list of the ""100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century"". The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum"
"by Harry Parr-Davies. Peerce made three recordings of the song: in 1936, under the pseudonym Paul Robinson; in 1945, under his own name, with an orchestra conducted by Sylvan Levin; and in 1958 (the Las Vegas version) with Joe Reisman and his Orchestra. The 1945 recording became a worldwide hit for Peerce, outselling all his many operatic recordings, and becoming second only to Enrico Caruso's recording of George M. Cohan's ""Over There"" among the best-selling records made by opera and concert singers. His other compositions included: Sandor Harmati Sandor Harmati (9 July 18924 April 1936) was a Hungarian-American violinist, conductor"
"100 Aller Tijden"" (""All-Time Top 100 [Singles]"") since 1977, reaching number one on eight occasions, more than any other artist. In 1999, the annual ""Top 2000"" poll commenced to find the best songs ever made, and ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" has been ranked number one in all but four years (2005, 2010, 2014 and 2015 when it was number two). In a 2012 readers poll conducted by ""Rolling Stone"", ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" was voted the best vocal performance in rock history. In 2010, the song ranked at 166 on Rolling Stone magazine's ""500 Greatest Songs of All Time"" list. In 2012, the song"
"Rock Around the Clock ""Rock Around the Clock"" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym ""Jimmy De Knight"") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single on both the United States and United Kingdom charts and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s. It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful"
"All Shook Up ""All Shook Up"" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley, published by Elvis Presley Music, and composed by Otis Blackwell. The single topped the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks. It also topped the ""Billboard"" R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to do so, and peaked at No. 1 on the country chart as well. It is certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. It was ranked #352 on ""Rolling Stone""'s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Blackwell wrote the song at the offices of"
"Over the Mountain; Across the Sea ""Over the Mountain; Across the Sea"" is a song written by Rex Garvin. The song was a hit for Johnnie & Joe in 1957 and Bobby Vinton in 1963. ""Over the Mountain; Across the Sea"" was originally released by Johnnie & Joe in 1957. Johnnie & Joe's version reached No. 8 on ""Billboard""s ""Top 100 Sides"" chart, No. 3 on ""Billboard""s chart of ""R&B Best Sellers in Stores"", and No. 6 on ""Billboard""s chart of ""Most Played R&B by Jockeys"". Bobby Vinton released a cover of the song in 1963. Vinton's version spent 10"