Berry Is on Top is the third studio album by rock and roll artist Chuck Berry, released in July 1959 on Chess Records, catalogue LP 1435. With the exception of one track, "Blues for Hawaiians", all selections had been previously released on 45 rpm singles, several of which were double-sided and charted twice. In his review of the album for AllMusic, Cub Koda described it as "almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself" and the most perfectly realized collection of Berry's career. In 2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab reissued the album with St. Louis to Liverpool on an Ultradisc II Gold compact disc. In 2012, Hoodoo reissued the album with One Dozen Berrys on the same CD.
Contents
Personnel
Chuck Berry – vocals, guitars
Johnnie Johnson, Lafayette Leake – piano
Willie Dixon – double bass
George Smith – bass
Fred Below, Ebbie Hardy, Jaspar Thomas – drums
Jerome Green – maracas
The Moonglows – backing vocals
Bob Bushnell – bass on "Around and Around"
Charting history
Singles - Billboard (United States)