| Chuck Berry discography | |
|---|---|
 Berry in 1958 | |
| Studio albums | 20 |
| Live albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 31 |
| Singles | 45 |
| Soundtrack albums | 2 |
This is the discography of rock and roll musician Chuck Berry.
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Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details [1] [2] [3] | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
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US [4] |
CAN [5] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NL [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| After School Session | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| One Dozen Berrys |
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| Chuck Berry Is on Top |
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| Rockin' at the Hops |
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| New Juke Box Hits |
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| Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) |
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| St. Louis to Liverpool |
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124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chuck Berry in London |
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| Fresh Berry's |
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| Chuck Berry's Golden Hits |
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| Chuck Berry in Memphis |
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| From St. Louie to Frisco |
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185 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Concerto in B. Goode |
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| Back Home |
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| San Francisco Dues |
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| The London Chuck Berry Sessions | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bio |
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175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
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| Rock It |
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| Chuck |
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49 | — | 39 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 9 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
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US [4] |
CAN [5] |
UK [10] | |||
| Chuck Berry on Stage |
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29 | — | 6 | |
| Live at the Fillmore Auditorium |
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| The London Chuck Berry Sessions |
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8 | 6 | — | |
| Chuck Berry Live in Concert |
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| Alive and Rockin' |
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| Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969 Vol. II |
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| Toronto Rock 'n' Roll Revival 1969 Vol. III |
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| Live! |
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| Live on Stage |
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| Chuck Berry – In Concert |
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| Rockin' Rollin' New Year's Eve [12] |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
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US [4] |
FRA [6] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| Chuck Berry Twist |
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— | — | — | 12 | |
| More Chuck Berry |
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— | — | — | 9 | |
| Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits |
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34 | — | — | — | |
| The Latest and the Greatest |
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— | — | — | 8 | |
| You Never Can Tell |
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— | — | — | 18 | |
| Chuck Berry's Golden Decade |
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72 | — | — | — | |
| Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 2 |
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110 | — | — | — | |
| Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Vol. 3 |
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| Motorvatin' |
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— | — | — | 7 | |
| The Great Twenty-Eight |
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| Motive Series |
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| Chess Masters |
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| Rock 'n' Roll Rarities |
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| More Rock 'n' Roll Rarities | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Best of the Best of Chuck Berry |
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| The Chess Box |
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| Missing Berries: Rarities, Vol. 3 |
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| The Collection |
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| 36 All-Time Greatest Hits |
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| Let It Rock |
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| The Best of Chuck Berry |
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| Guitar Legends (with Bo Diddley) |
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| His Best, Vol. 1 |
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| His Best, Vol. 2 |
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| The Best of Chuck Berry |
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| Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller |
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| 20th Century Masters: The Best of Chuck Berry |
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134 | — | — | — | |
| Anthology |
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— | 175 | 48 | 110 | |
| The Ultimate Collection |
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| Blues |
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| The Definitive Collection |
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33 | — | 75 | — | |
| Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings |
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| You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960–1966 |
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| Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969–1974 |
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| Rock And Roll Music – Any Old Way You Choose It - The Complete Studio Recordings... Plus! |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Rock, Rock, Rock! | |
| Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll |
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EPs
| Title | Album details |
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| After School Session | |
| Rock and Roll Music |
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| Sweet Little 16 |
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| Pickin' Berries |
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| Sweet Little Rock and Roller |
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| Chuck Berry |
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| This Is Chuck Berry |
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| The Best of Chuck Berry |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
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US [15] [16] |
US R&B [15] [17] |
CAN [5] |
FRA [6] |
GER [7] |
NL [8] |
NOR [18] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| 1955 | "
Maybellene" " Wee Wee Hours" |
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1 10 |
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| "
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)" b/w "Together (We Will Always Be)" |
— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rock, Rock, Rock!
After School Session | ||
| 1956 | "
No Money Down" b/w " The Downbound Train" |
— | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | After School Session | |
| "
Roll Over Beethoven" b/w "Drifting Heart" |
29 | 2 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | Rock, Rock, Rock!
After School Session | ||
| "
Too Much Monkey Business" b/w " Brown Eyed Handsome Man" |
— | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | After School Session | ||
| "
You Can't Catch Me" b/w "Havana Moon" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rock, Rock, Rock!
After School Session | ||
| 1957 | "
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)" b/w "Deep Feeling" |
3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | After School Session | |
| "Oh Baby Doll" b/w "Lajaunda" |
57 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Dozen Berrys | ||
| "
Rock and Roll Music" b/w "Blue Feeling" |
8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1958 | "
Sweet Little Sixteen" b/w " Reelin' and Rockin'" |
2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | ||
| "
Johnny B. Goode" b/w " Around and Around" |
8 | 2 | — | 73 | — | — | — | 83 | — | Chuck Berry Is on Top | ||
| "Beautiful Delilah" b/w "Vacation Time" |
81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "
Carol" b/w "Hey Pedro" |
18 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry Is on Top | ||
| "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" "Joe Joe Gunne" |
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| "
Merry Christmas Baby" " Run Rudolph Run" |
71 10 |
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Non-album single | ||
| 1959 | "Anthony Boy" b/w "That's My Desire" |
60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry Is on Top
Non-album track | |
| "
Almost Grown" " Little Queenie" |
32 80 |
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Chuck Berry Is on Top | ||
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Back in the U.S.A." " Memphis, Tennessee" |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Broken Arrow" b/w "Childhood Sweetheart" |
108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rockin' at the Hops | ||
| 1960 | "
Let It Rock" "Too Pooped to Pop" |
64 42 |
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| "Bye Bye Johnny" b/w "Worried Life Blues" |
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| "
I Got to Find My Baby" b/w "Mad Lad" |
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| "Jaguar and Thunderbird" b/w "Our Little Rendezvous" |
109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single
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| 1961 | "Little Star" b/w "I'm Talking About You" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New Juke Box Hits | |
| "Go-Go-Go" b/w "Come On" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | Non-album singles | ||
| 1963 | "Diploma for Two" b/w "I'm Talking About You" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New Juke Box Hits | |
| "
Memphis" b/w " Surfin' USA" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry on Stage | ||
| 1964 | "
Nadine (Is It You?)" b/w "O Rangutang" |
23 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | Non-album singles | |
| "
No Particular Place to Go" b/w "You Two" |
10 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | St. Louis to Liverpool | ||
| "
You Never Can Tell" b/w "Brenda Lee" |
14 | 14 | 11 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 23 |
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| "Chuck's Beat" b/w "Bo's Beat" (both by Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Two Great Guitars | ||
| "Little Marie" b/w "Go, Bobby Soxer" |
54 | 30 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | St. Louis to Liverpool | ||
| "
Promised Land" b/w "The Things I Used to Do" |
41 | 41 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | |||
| 1965 | "Dear Dad" b/w "Lonely School Days" |
95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "It Wasn't Me" b/w "Welcome Back Pretty Baby" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Fresh Berry's | ||
| 1966 | "Ramona Say Yes" b/w "Lonely School Days" |
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| "Club Nitty Gritty" b/w "Laugh and Cry" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry's Golden Hits | ||
| 1967 | "Back to Memphis" b/w "I Do Really Love You" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry in Memphis | |
| "Feelin' It" (with Miller Band) b/w "It Hurts Me Too" (with Miller Band) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at the Fillmore Auditorium | ||
| 1968 | "Louie to Frisco" b/w "Ma Dear" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | From St. Louie to Frisco | |
| 1969 | "It's Too Dark in There" b/w "Good Looking Woman" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Concerto in "B Goode" | |
| 1970 | "Tulane" b/w "Have Mercy Judge" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back Home | |
| 1972 | "
My Ding-a-Ling" b/w "Johnny B. Goode" |
1 | 42 | 1 | — | 40 | 29 | 7 | — | 1 |
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Reelin' and Rockin'" b/w "Let's Boogie" |
27 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | |||
| 1973 | "Bio" b/w "Roll 'Em Pete" (non-album track) |
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| 1975 | "
Shake, Rattle and Roll" b/w "Baby What You Want Me to Do" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck Berry | |
| 1979 | "Oh What a Thrill" b/w "California" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rockit | |
| 2017 | "Big Boys" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Chuck | |
| "Wonderful Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Lady B. Goode" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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Billboard did not publish a separate R&B singles chart in 1964. For this year only, R&B chart positions are from Cash Box magazine. [17]
Billboard Year-End performances
| Year | Song | Year-End Position |
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| 1957 | " School Days" | 22 |
| 1958 | " Sweet Little Sixteen" | 29 |
| 1972 | " My Ding-a-Ling" | 15 |
Notes
- ^ Rockin' Rollin' New Year's Eve did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. [13]
References
- ^ Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966)". Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Mercury Era (1966–1969)". Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Back-at-Chess Era (1969–1975)". Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Chuck Berry Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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c RPM chart positions:
- The London Chuck Berry Sessions: "RPM 100 albums". RPM. Vol. 18, no. 12. November 4, 1972. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Discographie Chuck Berry". Les Charts (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Discographie von Chuck Berry". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Discografie Chuck Berry". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode [scroll down for album chart positions]". Hitparade (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Chuck Berry". Official Charts. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "American certifications – Chuck Berry". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Chuck Berry – Rockin' Rollin' New Year's Eve". Record Store Day. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ "Chuck Berry Chart History – Blues Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "British certifications – Chuck Berry". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 7, 2023. Type Chuck Berry in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ^ a b "Chuck Berry Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1992). Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Pop Charts. Menomonie, Wisconsin: Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-092-8.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. Menomonie, Wisconsin: Record Research. ISBN 0-8230-8283-0.
- ^ "Discography Chuck Berry". Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
