Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (album) explained

Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Chuck Berry
Cover:Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll.jpg
Released:October 1987
Recorded:October 1986
Genre:Rock and roll
Length:41:51
Label:MCA
Producer:Keith Richards
Prev Title:Rock 'N' Roll Rarities
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:The Chess Box (Box Set)
Next Year:1988

Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll is an album by Chuck Berry and soundtrack to the eponymous film, which was released in 1987 under record label, MCA. The album was recorded live at the Fox Theatre, St Louis, Missouri, and Berry Park, Wentzville, Missouri, in October 1986. The event was held to celebrate Berry's 60th birthday and it included several special guests. The album does not include the Berry song "School Days", which includes the line the album's title is derived from (although the song does appear in the film).

The release of this album on MCA was something of a homecoming for Berry, who from 1954 to 1966 and again from 1970 to 1975 recorded for Chess Records which, by 1986, was now part of MCA.

Track listing

  1. "Maybellene" – 2:37
  2. "Around and Around" – 2:24
  3. "Sweet Little Sixteen" – 2:42
  4. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 2:28
  5. "Memphis, Tennessee" – 3:08
  6. "Too Much Monkey Business" – 2:57
  7. "Back In The USA" – 3:29
  8. "Wee Wee Hours" – 5:24
  9. "Johnny B. Goode" – 3:13
  10. "Little Queenie" – 3:41
  11. "Rock and Roll Music" – 3:45
  12. "Roll Over Beethoven" – 3:15
  13. "I'm Through With Love" – 2:50

Personnel