Thirty Days (Chuck Berry song)

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"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)", also written "30 Days", is a 1955 song and chart single by Chuck Berry.[2] Berry wrote "30 Days" to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music.[3]

"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album Rock, Rock, Rock!
B-side"Together (We Will Always Be)"
ReleasedSeptember 1955
RecordedSeptember 1955
StudioUniversal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[1]
GenreRock and roll
Length2:23
LabelChess 7898
Songwriter(s)Chuck Berry
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Wee Wee Hours"
(1954)
"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"
(1955)
"No Money Down"
(1956)

Covers

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The song has been covered by many artists, including:[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 9. 1955". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ Billboard - 29 Oct. 1955 new disks on the national chart are Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" on Chess and Dinah Washington's "I Concentrate on You" on Mercury."
  3. ^ Howard A. DeWitt Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll music 1985 - - Page 14 "The sound of the country pedal steel guitar was transformed into rock-and-roll on Chuck Berry's electric guitar. ... When Chuck wrote 30 Days to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music, he unwittingly acknowledged his debt to country ..."
  4. ^ "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry and His Combo: Versions". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "CHUM Charts - July 6, 1959".