Maybellene

Uh, a song called "Oh What a Thrill" from their album, their one and only album, Seconds of Pleasure, which came out in 1980, uh, covering Chuck.

Social Distortion with, uh, "Maybellene" from their Greatest Hits.

I think that was a bonus track added to the Greatest Hits album to make people buy the Greatest Hits album.

And then we start off with, uh, Meezie and Scorfina with a single they released in 2015 covering "Johnny B. Goode," featuring, um, Michael McDonald and Johnny Johnson, who, uh, uh, Ambassador Domo said in the, um, uh, in the chat room that he's the Johnny of "Johnny B. Goode," and he played on the original version with Chuck Berry, and also played in that version that I just played.

I won't bore you with them, but you can go and do your own research into that.

I think Maybellene's kind of in that vein as well.

And now this car, this, uh, sorry, this song is from 1958, and this is a bit more of a novelty record.

Mm.

And what finally did it? Johnny B.

Goode? Roll Over Beethoven? Maybellene? Nope.

It was a novelty song full of double entendres, enough to make the BBC blush.

In fact, they restricted it heavily.

Working the circuit and hearing tale of big records coming out of Chicago, Berry sought out the mighty Muddy Waters, who as mentioned, in 1955 put in a good word with the Chess brothers and was asked to cut some tracks.

The one that bowled over the studio veterans was a bouncy ditty called Maybellene, a very loose adaptation of the country standard Ida Red.

This audition turned into a million seller that rocketed to number one on Billboard's rhythm and blues chart.

In quick succession, Chuck Berry became the teenage poet of America, spinning tales of crushes to lust, dancing, celebrity worship, fast cars, sock hops, jukeboxes, and every possible reference to youth culture.

And Muddy, uh, he asked Muddy, "How do I get a record?" And he said, "Well, why don't you go see Leonard-

[laughs]

... over at Chess?" Which he did, and he had a demo, I guess, of what turned out to be Maybellene, which is kind of a raw recording, and I believe Wee Wee Hours, which turned out to be the B side of the release of Maybellene.

And Leonard was kind of ...