(Chuck Berry)
Australia
#31 Sydney
First single by Sydney band also based at times
in Perth or Adelaide. This was an RCA release, recorded in Sydney.
For more on Ray Hoff & The Off Beats, see their 1966 single Tossin’ And Turnin’.
(Chuck Berry)
USA
Single on Memphis label Hi by band formed 1959, led by the bassist from Elvis Presley’s Sun sessions 1954-55.
Further reading: Bill Black article at Wikipedia.
(Chuck Berry)
USA
Single on Cameo by teen idol Bobby Rydell, B-side of The Woodpecker’s Song.
(Chuck Berry)
UK
Recorded December 1962, released 1977 on The Beatles Live at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, 1962.
(Chuck Berry)
USA
Original version
Single on Chess, B-side of Almost Grown (#32 USA).
(Chuck Berry)
UK
Later version
On the album Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out: The Rolling Stones in Concert. (The apostrophe is theirs, not mine.) Little Queenie was recorded at Madison Square Garden, New York, in November 1969.
References: 1. M.C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography (1996 edition) 2. Wikipedia article on the album.
(Chuck Berry)
Australia
Later version
Single on Vertigo. It was also on Mothers Choice (1976), one of five albums released by Buffalo, a Sydney-based heavy rock band that grew out of Head, formed in Brisbane in 1969. Buffalo broke up after supporting Rainbow on some legs of their 1976 Australian tour.
Further reading: Comprehensive Buffalo site by Eagle.
Thanks to Clay Galvin for the version alert (the best version of this song).
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