Fun Music Information -> Chuck Berry
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This is the most recent information about Chuck Berry that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Chuck Berry, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Chuck BeryPerformer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Charles Edward Anderson Berry. Submitted by: oldtimes
Strange Offspring Names:
- Blue - Blue isn't too bad.. but Blue Berry? Submitted by: Jet
Former Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Chuck Berry" | "Hairdresser" | Johnny better B. Goode, or he's gonna get a razor strap upside da head! - Michael E Cormier |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Run Rudolph Run" | He sings "Run, run, Rudolph" in the song; never "Run, Rudolph, run." - crazydon |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Mustang Sally" | "You Can't Catch Me," Chuck Berry | Kathy |
| "Sweet Little Sixteen" | "Almost Grown," Chuck Berry | Kathy |
| "Johnny Angel" | "Johnny B. Goode," Chuck Berry | Kathy |
| "Drive My Car" | "No Particular Place To Go," Chuck Berry | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"You Can Never Yell" originally "You Can Never Tell"
Advice from a kidnapper to his victim.
Joe
"Almost Groan" originally "Almost Grown"
Jessica Childress
"You Never Can Sell" originally "You Never Can Tell"
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Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Little Queenie" | "Little Genie" | Fred Snider |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | "Ol' Grover's Been Chosen" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Maybellene" | "Norma Jeane" | Tommy Turtle |
| "Johnny B Goode" | "Granny B Goode" | Jeff Reuben |
| "Johnny B. Goode" | "Granny, Be Good" | Andy Primus |
| "Memphis Tennessee" | "Obamanomically" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | "My Dog Beethoven" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Johnny B Goode" | "Obama's No Good" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Maybelline" | "Fable Scenes" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Johnny B. Goode" | "Charlie B. Woode" | Alvin Rhodes |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| My Ding-a-Ling | STD Clinic | Marv |
| Rock And Roll Music | Country Music Awards | Bill S |
| You Never Can Tell | Psychic Hotline | miss bad example |
| My Ding-a-Ling | Urologist | meQal |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Everybody Hurts R.E.M. | My Ding-a-ling Chuck Berry | Everybody, My Ding-a-ling Hurts We DON'T want to know! | Josh |
| U Can't Touch This MC Hammer | My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry | U Can't Touch My Ding-A-Ling HEY! I hardly now you..... | PerzinPen18 |
| Touch Me In The Morning Diana Ross | My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry | Touch My Ding-A-Ling In The Morning ZHEESH! You've got cold hands!!! | PerzinPen18 |
| He's Got The Whole World In His Hands Laurie London | My Ding-a-Ling Chuck Berry | He's Got The Whole World In My Ding-a-Ling I dont want to know! | Bronie |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics: The Trojan folks, they had a jamboree.
Original Lyrics: The country folks they had a jamboree.
| "Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics: They told you, folks, they had a jamboree.
Original Lyrics: The country folks they had a jamboree.
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"School Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Right to the jukeyard you go in
Original Lyrics: Right to the juke joint, you go in
| "Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics: They drinking Homer from a wooden jug.
Original Lyrics: They're drinking home brew from a wooden cup.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"You Can Never Tell (C'est La Vie)"
Misheard Lyrics: And now the young monsieur and madame
Have run to Taco Bell. or And now the young monsieur and madame Have run to Chaque Hôtel. Original Lyrics: And now the young monsieur and madame
Have rung the chapel bell. |
Story about this misheard lyric by: Melissa Conway I don't know who it was that I heard singing this when I misheard these lines. That's because I heard it in the movie "Arthur And The Invisibles", but can't find its presence acknowledged on any soundtrack listing for that movie, let alone find a listing of who sang it therein. Anyhow, my first mishearing is how the sound struck me at first, but I knew that couldn't be right; after all the song is probably older than Taco Bell. So I decided that the second misheard version above must be closer to what I actually heard. But on checking a lyrics site, I found out, not so! Neither a Taco Bell nor a hotel are involved in the real lyrics. But I did correctly hear the word "bell" after all. |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Funny Lyrics:
"My Ding-A-Ling"
The Funny Lyrics: My Ding-A-Ling, My Ding-A-Ling,
Won't You Play With My Ding-A-Ling Why They're Funny: Whoa! I don't even know what to say about this one!
Submitted by: ~*~LaLa~*~
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Dirty Lyrics:
"My Ding-a-ling"
The Dirty Lyrics: And those of you who will not sing,
You must be playing with your own Ding-a-ling! Why They're Dirty: The word 'ding-a-ling' is slang for penis.
Submitted by: Bobby Heffley
| "My Ding-a-ling"
The Dirty Lyrics: And those of you who will not sing,
You must be playing with your own Ding-a-ling! Why They're Dirty: Originally the song was known as 'My Tambourine', but for some reason Chuck Berry used 'ding-a-ling' because it's sounds nasty.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Roll Over Beethoven"
The Lyrics: Roll Over Beethoven
and tell Tschaikowsky the news Who They Mention: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky
Submitted by: Britney Spears into pruning hooks
| "Roll Over Beethoven"
The Lyrics: Roll over, Beethoven
Who They Mention: Ludwig von Beethoven
Submitted by: oldsongs
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| There are additional celebrity lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Maybelline"
The Lyrics: As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford Product Brand Name: Ford Motor Company
Submitted by: James Owens
| "Maybelline"
The Lyrics: As I was motivatin' over the hill
I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford Product Brand Name: Cadillac Coupe de Ville (GM)
Submitted by: James Owens
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Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"Roll Over Beethoven"
The Song Lyrics: Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin':
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes. Song They Mention: Blue Suede Shoes
Submitted by: Axl Sean
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Maybellene"
Opening Lines: Maybellene, why can't you be true Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true You've started back doin' the things you used to do.
Comments: "Maybellene" sounds like one of Chuck Berry's mid-1950's original classics. But on this song, hearing can be deceptive as to the time when this song was recorded and was a hit record. It actually was recorded and released in 1964 and became a Top Ten hit, marking the only time that Chuck Berry would have a hit in the middle of the British invasion and Motown nearly lock on the charts.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Memphis"
Opening Lines: Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me.
Comments: "Memphis" is another one of Chuck Berry's mid-1950's classics. It was recorded and made a hit, again, in 1964 by Johnny Rivers.
Submitted by: Peter
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| There are additional spelling lyrics available. | |
Song Title Anagrams:
"Oh, Deny Bong Joy" originally "Johnny B. Goode"
Johnny! Don't smoke that!
Submitted by: Josh
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Johnny B Goode"
The Lyrics: Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens Why: Mentions the U.S. state of Louisiana and its largest city, New Orleans.
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
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Songs That Are Banned:
"My Ding-a-ling"
Banned by almost every radio station in the U.S. for its obvious reference to a certain part of the male anatomy
Submitted by: Barry Disbrow
Song Title Acrostics:
ROB: "Roll Over Beethoven"
Submitted by: Edyth Bowen
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"C'est La Vie"
The Lyrics: C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
Why: "C'est la vie" is French for "That's life".
Submitted by: Connie Brady
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Beck Churry originally "Chuck Berry"
I bet they didn't think of thatone.
Submitted by: oldrock
Buck Her Cry originally "Chuck Berry"
Submitted by: Carmen Nunki
Crime Records:
""Interstate transportation of a prostitute""
While in Mexico, he met a 14-year old Apache woman that he invited to work as a hat check girl at his club. After she was fired, she was arrested on prostitution charges, and Chuck Berry was essentially blamed for having "transported a female for immoral purposes." He was sentenced to five years and fined $5,000
Submitted by: Ra'akone
"Armed Robbery"
In 1944, when his car broke down, he and a bunch of his friends waited, and flagged down a passing car. Chuck then carjacked the car using a non-functional gun. The man used a pay-phone, and the police quickly caught them. Chuck Berry was sentenced, and then released from the Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men in Algoa, Missouri, when he turned 21.
Submitted by: Ra'akone
Lighter Side of Serious Bands:
"My Ding-a-ling"
Though this is Chuck Berry's dirtiest song, it actually got on Dr. Demento's Radio Show.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Coprophilia and just being an all around perv..."
If it weren't for Berry's bridging the gap between blues and rock, there would BE no rock. But now, he's only known for voyeurism....and that other thing.
Submitted by: Gary Phelps
"Coprophilia and just being an all around perv..."
If it weren't for Berry's bridging the gap between blues and rock, there would BE no rock. But now, he's only known for voyeurism....and that other thing.
Submitted by: Gary Phelps
