Come On (Chuck Berry song)
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"Come On" is a song written and first released by Chuck Berry
in 1961. The Rolling Stones
released a version as their debut single in 1963.
According to the liner notes from the Berry compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight
, the performers on the record were as follows:
, Willie Dixon's "I Want to Be Loved". Both songs were recorded in May 1963. The songs are available on More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)
(1972), Singles Collection: The London Years
(1989), Singles 1963-1965
(2004) and Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007).
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
in 1961. The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
released a version as their debut single in 1963.
According to the liner notes from the Berry compilation album The Great Twenty-Eight
The Great Twenty-Eight
The Great Twenty-Eight is a greatest hits album by classic rock and roller Chuck Berry, released in 1982. In 2003, the album was ranked number 21 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the second highest ranking compilation on the list, after Elvis Presley's The...
, the performers on the record were as follows:
- Chuck Berry: Guitars and vocals
- Johnnie JohnsonJohnnie Johnson (musician)Johnnie Johnson was an American pianist and blues musician. His work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.-Career:...
: Piano - Ebby Harding: Drums
- L.C. Davis: Tenor saxophone
- Martha Berry: Background vocals
Cover versions
- The Chocolate Watch Band recorded a cover version of this song in 1967.
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band Idoli recorded a version with lyrics in Serbian languageSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
entitled "Hajde" on their 1981 EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
VIS IdoliVIS Idoli (EP)VIS Idoli was the first and only EP by the Serbian new wave band Idoli. The cover of the EP is the Red Nude, an act by Amedeo Modigliani.- History :... - Dutch rock band The New Adventures recorded a cover version in 1979.
Rolling Stones version
"Come On" was chosen as the Rolling Stones' debut single. Released in the summer of 1963, it reached number 21 on the UK single charts. The B-side was another cover versionCover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
, Willie Dixon's "I Want to Be Loved". Both songs were recorded in May 1963. The songs are available on More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)
More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)
More Hot Rocks is the second compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records after the band's departure from Decca and Klein...
(1972), Singles Collection: The London Years
Singles Collection: The London Years
Singles Collection: The London Years is a compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records after the band's departure from Decca and Klein....
(1989), Singles 1963-1965
Singles 1963-1965
Singles 1963–1965 is a box set compilation of the singles and EPs by The Rolling Stones spanning the years 1963 to 1965. The latest in a series of repackages by ABKCO Records, who licence The Rolling Stones' 1963–1970 recorded works, Singles 1963–1965 is the first of three successive volumes to...
(2004) and Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007).
Personnel
- Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
— Lead vocals - Keith RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
— Guitar - Brian JonesBrian JonesLewis Brian Hopkins Jones , known as Brian Jones, was an English musician and a founding member of the Rolling Stones....
— Harmonica, backing vocals - Charlie WattsCharlie WattsCharles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...
— Drums, cowbell - Bill WymanBill WymanBill Wyman is an English musician best known as the bass guitarist for the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings...
— Bass guitar, backing vocals