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| "Memphis, Tennessee" |
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| Single by Chuck Berry |
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| A-side |
"Back in the U.S.A." |
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| Format |
7" single B-side |
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| Label |
Chess 1729 |
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| Writer(s) |
Chuck Berry |
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| Chuck Berry singles chronology |
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| "Almost Grown" |
"Back in the U.S.A."
(1959) |
"Broken Arrow" |
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| "Memphis" |
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| Single by Johnny Rivers |
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| from the album At the Whisky à Go Go |
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| B-side |
"It Wouldn't Happen With Me" |
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| Format |
7" single A-side |
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| Label |
Imperial 66032 |
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| Writer(s) |
Chuck Berry |
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| Johnny Rivers singles chronology |
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"Memphis"
(1964) |
"Maybellene" |
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"Memphis, Tennessee" is a song by rock & roll singer-songwriter Chuck Berry. It is sometimes shortened to "Memphis". In the UK, the song charted at #6 in 1963, at the same time Decca Records issued a cover version in the UK by Dave Berry and the Cruisers, who came from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Dave Berry's version also became a UK Top 20 hit single, the first of a string of British hit singles which ended with a cover of BJ Thomas' "Mama" reaching #5 in 1966. "Memphis, Tennessee" was most successfully covered by Johnny Rivers whose version of the song was a #2 US hit in 1964.
Berry later composed a sequel, "Little Marie", which appeared in 1964 as a single and on the album St. Louis to Liverpool.
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