Chuck Berry: Seven of the king of rock `n` roll`s best songs
(WorldNews Canada)

Chuck`s first single sounded like nothing that had ever come before - and gave him a top five hit in the US a full year before Elvis made his debut. It was based on Ida Red, a 1938 hit for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - but was nowhere near as polite. Chuck adds a thunderous rhythm section and a scuzzed up guitar, while his lyrics lived out a teenagers` fast-car fantasy (even though he was in his mid-20s when he wrote it). `As I was motorvatin` over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coupe-de-ville / Cadillac rollin` on the open road / Tryin` to outrun my V-8 Ford.` Disc jockeys Alan Freed and Russ Fratto were `encouraged` to play the song - by being credited as co-writers - and a career...