Roll Over Beethoven

Yeah.

Um, six- 68, "Roll Over Beethoven." 79, "Thank You Girl." And then we also have things like at number 42, a record called "We Love You Beatles," and at number 85, "A Letter to the Beatles."

Right.

And that's even without going into number 10 being "Glad All Over" by the Dave Clark Five, and number 15 being "Needles and Pins" by The Searchers, and other, you know, all those-

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.

On February 10, 2008, he appeared with John Fogarty and Little Richard on the 50th Grammy Awards, performing Great Balls of Fire with a medley with Good Golly, Miss Molly.

On June 4, 2008, Lewis was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame and appeared on a Capitol Fourth and performed the finale's final act with a medley of Roll Over Beethoven, while a whole lot of shaking going on and great balls of fire.

In December 2019, Lewis was honored with a Mississippi Country Music trail marker at his ranch in Nesbitt, Mississippi, to celebrate his contributions to country music.

In May 2022, Lewis was announced as a member-elect to the Country Music Hall of Fame to be inducted in October 2022.

In 1955, he traveled to Chicago in search of a recording contract.

His first recording session for the Chess label produced Maybelline, and a string of more hits followed, including Roll Over Beethoven, Rock and Roll Music, and Johnny B. Goode, a ballad about a poor rural boy with a talent for guitar.

Berry's music was revolutionary for tapping into the emerging teenage demographic.

He said, "Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening." And in fact, around that era, if you were like a rock and roll heartthrob, you were normally like 16, 17, 18 when you had your first hit.

See you next time.

I'm giving you my money, don't you step on my blue suede shoes Hey, diddle diddle, I'ma play my fiddle, ain't got nothing to lose Roll over, Beethoven, tell Chicago to get a news You know she wiggle like a glowworm, dance like a spinning top She got a crazy partner, you ought to see him reel and rock Long as she got a dime, the music won't never stop Roll over Beethoven, roll over Beethoven Roll over Beethoven, roll over Beethoven Roll over Beethoven, take to the rhythm and blues

Beethoven.

So this is ELO? This is Roll Over Beethoven.

I'm going Chuck Berry.

But you can go ELO because ELO is a marvellous version.

But Roll Over Beethoven, I thought, little reference to Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

That must count, surely.

Absolutely.

That's from the Glucifer Singles Collection.

Buster Brown started off the set with Roll Over Beethoven from the album Something to Say.

All right, folks.

Here's JJ and the Real Jerks.

Bye Bye Baby by The Bay City Rollers 7.

Roll Over Beethoven by Electric Light Orchestra 6.

I Can't Get No Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones 5.

I Could Be In Heaven by The Flatmates 4.

And what are those? What are those? I can't even think of what the plants are.

Anyway, in all the plants, we've got 10-548 Overture, Roll Over Beethoven, Ma Ma Ma Belle, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, 1976, this is an original, still in the wrapper.

Guys, still in the wrapper.

If you don't have this album, get this album.