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Recorded January 6, 1958 at Sheldon Recording Studio, Chicago and published as Single. [LYRICS BELOW] Chuck Berry performed this song in the rock and roll film: “Go, Johnny Go!“ from 1959 and called it GO, JOHNNY GO! (like the Title of the film). Musicians: Chuck Berry (vocal & Gibson guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), Ellis Leake (piano) and Fred Below (drums). GO, JOHNNY GO! [Johnny ] Writer: Chuck Berry Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well, But he could play a guitar just like a ringing a bell. [Chorus:] Go Go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Johnny B. Goode He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Or sit beneath the tree by the railroad track. Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade, Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made. The people passing by, they would stop and say, “Oh, my, but that little country boy could play!“ [Chorus] His mother told him, “Someday you will be a man, And you will be the leader of a big old band. Many people coming from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down. Maybe someday your name will be in lights Saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'.“ [Chorus]
