Maybellene

With the death of Chuck Berry last week, a lot of the songs he wrote have been getting airplay.  But one song seems to be ignored, or forgotten.  "Maybellene" was Berry's first hit record in 1955 reaching #5 on the hot 100.  The song has been covered by several artists even on the country charts.  My favorite version was a hit in 1964 for Johnny Rivers.  The Johnny Rivers version climbed to #12 on the charts and would have been bigger except for the British Invasion.  Today, it's another forgotten oldie.
watch Johnny do the song on American Bandstand here.