Monday, February 12, 2024

Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif – CKCU – February 20, 2024: Songs of Chuck Berry


Stranger Songs with Mike Regenstreif finds connections and develops themes in various genres. The show is broadcast on CKCU, 93.1 FM, in Ottawa on Tuesdays from 3:30 until 5 pm (Eastern time) and is also available 24/7 for on-demand streaming.

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Theme: Songs of Chuck Berry (1926-2017)

Chuck Berry, who died in 2017 at the age of 90, was an influential guitar player, singer and songwriter and one of the founding and foundational figures of rock ‘n’ roll. Berry was a St. Louis blues musician who signed with Chess Records in Chicago and began releasing singles in 1955 and LPs in 1957. It wasn’t long before he was one of the early stars of rock ‘n’ roll.


Chuck Berry
- Rock and Roll Music
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

The Beatles- Roll Over Beethoven
With The Beatles (Parlophone)
The Rolling Stones- Carol
The Rolling Stones (Decca)
Mollie O'Brien- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Big Red Sun (Sugar Hill)
Ken Hamm- Maybellene
Live ’05 (North Track)
Chuck Berry- Beautiful Delilah
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks- Forty Days
The EP Collection (See for Miles)
The Band- Promised Land
Moondog Matinee (Capitol)
Linda Ronstadt- Back in the U.S.A.
Living in the U.S.A. (Asylum)

Chuck Berry- Sweet Little Sixteen
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band- Memphis, Tennessee
Jug Band Music (Vanguard)
Geoff & Maria Muldaur- Havana Moon
Sweet Potatoes (Omnivore)
Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett- La Juanda
Geoff Muldaur & Amos Garrett (Flying Fish)
George Benson- How You’ve Changed
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry and Fats Domino (Provogue)

The Stephen Barry Band- You Can’t Catch Me
Happy Man (Bros)
Tom Rush- Too Much Monkey Business
Tom Rush/Take a Little Walk with Me (BGO)
Emmylou Harris- (You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie
Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)
Dion- Johnny B. Goode
Born in the Bronx (Dance House)
Chuck Berry- Bye Bye Johnny
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Jim Byrnes- Nadine
St. Louis Times (Black Hen Music)
Ry Cooder- 13 Question Method
Get Rhythm (Warner Bros.)
Ann Rabson- School Days
Struttin’ My Stuff (M.C.)
Jerry Lee Lewis- Little Queenie
Jerry Rocks (Bear Family)
Chuck Berry- Let It Rock
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Chris Smither- Tulane
Another Way to Find You (Flying Fish)
Geoff Bartley- No Money Down
Hear That Wind Howl (Waterbug)
Gerry & The Pacemakers- Reelin’ and Rockin’
The EP Collection (See for Miles)
Chuck Berry- Downbound Train
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Chuck Berry- Berry Pickin’
Best of the Chess Years (Not Now Music)

Next week: “Take the ‘A’ Train”: A Tribute to Duke Ellington.

--Mike Regenstreif

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