St. Louis to Liverpool

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

On 18 October 1963 Chuck Berry was released from prison, where he had spent twenty months. In the meantime new groups had discovered his work. The Beach Boys built Surfin' U.S.A. on Sweet Little Sixteen, the Beatles played Roll Over Beethoven and the Rolling Stones had Carol on their first American album. Chess Records wanted to profit from the British Invasion and made a record with Berry aimed at young buyers: St. Louis to Liverpool, from 1964.

The album contains four of the five hits he had that year: No Particular Place to Go, You Never Can Tell, Promised Land and Little Marie, a sequel to Memphis, Tennessee. It also includes the B-sides of those singles, a B-side from 1960 and another recording of Merry Christmas Baby. There are also two instrumental tracks, including Liverpool Drive. It was Berry's first studio album on the Billboard chart, at number 124. Dave Marsh called it one of the greatest rock 'n' roll records ever.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Little Marie2:36Apple Music ↗
2. 2Our Little Rendezvous2:02Apple Music ↗
3. 3No Particular Place to Go2:43Apple Music ↗
4. 4You Two2:10Apple Music ↗
5. 5Promised Land2:23Apple Music ↗
6. 6You Never Can Tell2:42Apple Music ↗
7. 7Go Bobby Soxer2:58Apple Music ↗
8. 8The Things I Used to Do2:41Apple Music ↗
9. 9Liverpool Drive2:54Apple Music ↗
10. 10Night Beat2:44Apple Music ↗
11. 11Merry Christmas Baby3:13Apple Music ↗
12. 12Brenda Lee2:14Apple Music ↗
13. 13Fraulein2:51Apple Music ↗
14. 14O Rangutang3:03Apple Music ↗
15. 15The Little Girl from Central2:39Apple Music ↗

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