Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry lives in the middle ground — 17 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 3 quiet anchors and 2 songs where they let go completely.
6.3
Avg Intensity
22
Songs Decoded
0
Fan Stories
The songs that hit hardest
Rock and Roll Music
intense
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1957
Little Queenie
intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8
· 1959
The controlled burn
Maybellene
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1955
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1955
Brown Eyed Handsome Man
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1956
Roll Over Beethoven
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1956
Too Much Monkey Business
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1956
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1957
Around and Around
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1958
Carol
moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7
· 1958
Johnny B. Goode
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1958
Reelin' and Rockin'
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1958
Sweet Little Rock and Roller
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1958
Sweet Little Sixteen
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1958
Memphis, Tennessee
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1959
Nadine (Is It You?)
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1964
Promised Land
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
· 1964
You Never Can Tell
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1964
My Ding-a-Ling
moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6
· 1972
The quiet ones
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