Berry, Chuck - Chuck Berry Is on Top (1959)

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Obsazení:

Chuck Berry – lead vocals, guitar, steel guitar (12)
Johnnie Johnson – piano
Willie Dixon – double bass, chorus on "Anthony Boy"
Jasper Thomas – drums, chorus on "Anthony Boy"

Odie Payne – drums (2, 7, 11)
Ebbie Hardy – drums (3)
Melvin Billups – drums (9)
Paul Gayten – piano (2)
Otis Spann – piano (4, 5), chorus (5)
Lafayette Leake – piano (7)
Bob Bushnell – bass (10, 12)
Leonard Chess – maracas (3)
Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone (9)
Vincent Pitts – trumpet (9)

Harvey and the Moonglows – backing vocals on "Almost Grown"
Etta James – backing vocals on "Almost Grown"

Previously unreleased:  "Blues for Hawaiians"

Songs released before but not included on the album:
"Beautiful Delilah", "Vacation Time", "Merry Christmas Baby", "Run Rudoplh Run",
"That's My Desire", "Back in the U.S.A." and "Memphis, Tennessee" (singles, A & B sides)

Songs recorded during this period, but not released for a long time:
"Oh Yeah", recorded 12. 6. 1958, and released on compilation Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3, April 1974
"Long Fast Jam" and "Long Slow Jam", instrumentals written by Chuck Berry & Johnnie Johnson,
recorded September 1958, and released on Johnny B. Goode (box set), January 2008
"Do You Love Me", recorded 17. 2. 1959, and released on Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3, April 1974
"Blue on Blue", instrumental recorded 17. 2. 1959, and released on Johnny B. Goode (box set), January 2008
...and many alternate versions of songs from this album that were later released on Johnny B. Goode (box set), January 2008