chuck berry- sweet little 16

[Jigaboo123456]

I had lsitened to this and Surfin USA for years-- it was onlty when I read U -tube comments i realised CB had been ripped off!

Both great, though. Wonder if he sued? The guy who wrote "He's So Fine" succesfully sued George Harrison for " My Sweet Lord" . Harrson claimed he "accidentally ripped it off from the zillions of tunes floating around anybody's head. But most of the Mersey Sound groups did very open covers of Black US hits, and gave them their unique sound.

[denisjl100]

@Jigaboo123456 yes cb did successfully sue the beach boys. cost the bb some coin. as for my sweet lord the litigation went on so long that the writer and record company went broke. harrison bought the record company and rights to he's so fine and the suit went away

[tanman1129]

Freaking genius of free form music AKA rock and roll

[steelermia]

hmm listening to both .. sound similar but not identical

[montebardia]

Chuck Berry è stato un vero genio.

[witchever99]

surfin you know what

[cautious116]

the godfather of rock n roll rules we have chuck to thank for rock today

[WipeOut180]

I know that Berry made this song, but there is something just better about the Beach boys version.

[graceland7007]

This must be one of the best songs ever to be pressed onto vinyl ... A true masterpiece of music.Thanks

[ricman68]

chuck berry is the man

[TeRrezZza]

greaat :)

[asfranko1]

Chuck Berry sued the Beach Bums over this song and won. Live on rock & roll.

[hihuize]

great song:)))

[ivocoser]

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

[captainrhodes83]

Brian Wilson said it was merely "influenced"..by this gem....hmmmm

[patlu525]

I grew up hearing this music I thought it was seventies music found out later it was fifties music but my brother and I knew all the words to chuck berry songs thanks for posting this

[MrElmehdi11]

this is a heavenly song

[AvidMusiQBukworm]

my dad sent this to me today, my 16th birthday xD

[07BBingham]

@AvidMusiQBukworm hope u had  a nice birthday

[beatlequeen06]

Ooh boy, does Surfin USA by the Beach Boys sound like this one. Brian Wilson really stepped in it when he claimed he wrote it. Poor lad must have been hopped up when he said that. Awkward. =S

[07BBingham]

@beatlequeen06 indeed

[lefiosalex]

@beatlequeen06 it's really simple why this happened ...due to racial differencies...white people just stole the music the black people made...see elvis presley.

[denisjl100]

@lefiosalex he also made a lot of people money. writer's rights paid a lot more in those days.

[lefiosalex]

@denisjl100 indeed ,you are so write.same thing happened to Muddy Waters.he never was rich.

[denisjl100]

@lefiosalex you don't steal music you record it. writers want entertainers to record their songs because that's how they earn a living. lieber and stoller didn't like how elvis recorded "hound dog" but shut up when the money started rolling in. if the song is out there they can record it. for a long time elvis wouldn't record "blue suede shoes". but when carl perkins had a serious car accident elvis finally recorded it and it kept perkins afloat until he recovered

[Jigaboo123456]

@denisjl100 "lieber and stoller didn't like how elvis recorded "hound dog" but shut up when the money started rolling in" ....That made me laugh. Nothing like a little moolah to ease artistic objections!

[steelermia]

@lefiosalex everybody samples .. are you aware of what we today call 'rappers' ? ok

[denisjl100]

@beatlequeen06 cost him a few bucks too. lots of zeroes.

[beatlequeen06]

@denisjl100 Yeah, a couple bucks, I'd guess.

[Zimnyification]

@beatlequeen06 Chuck Berry is credited with writing it on the Beach Boys record, haha

[beatlequeen06]

@Zimnyification Yeah, now he is. He was only given credit after he he took the Beach Boys to court.

[meileen1942]

Grew up with this music and liked him pretty much the best. Thanks for the videos.