Chuck Berry - GO, JOHNNY GO! [Johnny B. Goode] - [Mono-to-Stereo] - 1958

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
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