Carol (Chuck Berry song)

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"Carol"
Single by Chuck Berry
B-side "Hey Pedro"
ReleasedAugust 1958 (1958-08)
Recorded12 June 1958
Studio Chess (Chicago) [1]
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:21
Label Chess
Songwriter Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Beautiful Delilah"
(1958)		"Carol"
(1958)		"Jo Jo Gunne"
(1958)

"Carol" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, first released by Chess Records in 1958, with "Hey Pedro" as the B-side. The single reached number 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 and number 12 on the magazine's R&B chart. [2] In 1959, it was included on his first compilation album, Berry Is on Top .

Contents

Berry employs his well-known guitar figure, which AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes as "a guitar lick that indeed propelled not just Berry's greatest works, but the rock & roll genre itself." [3]

Charts

ChartPeak position
Billboard Hot 100 18
Billboard R&B Chart 12

Other Versions

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones recorded it in 1964 for their debut album and a live version was released on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1969). [3] A live recording from Oakland in November 1969 is included in the bootleg album, Live'r Than You'll Ever Be .

The Beatles

The Beatles recorded a version of the song for Pop Go the Beatles in July 1963 [4] . The song appears on their 1994 album Live at the BBC.

References

  1. ↑ "The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 12. 6. 1958". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p.  42. ISBN   0-89820-068-7.
  3. 1 2 Greenwald, Matthew. "Chuck Berry: Carol – Review". AllMusic . Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Carol". The Beatles Bible. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2025-10-21.


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