Almost Grown by Chuck Berry

First released: Mar 1959, Length: 2:21
Chess Recording, Original Release

Creators (17)

Instruments

1. Bo Diddley (17 Feb 1959) guitar
2. Chuck Berry (17 Feb 1959) guitar
3. Jasper Thomas (17 Feb 1959) drums (drum set)
4. Johnnie Johnson (17 Feb 1959) piano
5. Willie Dixon (17 Feb 1959) bass, double bass

Vocals

1. Chester Simmons (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
2. Chuck Barksdale (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
3. Chuck Berry (17 Feb 1959) lead vocals
4. Etta James (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
5. Harvey Fuqua (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
6. James Nolan (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
7. Marvin Gaye (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
8. Reese Palmer (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
9. The Marquees (17 Feb 1959) background vocals
10. The Moonglows (17 Feb 1959) background vocals

Producer

1. Leonard & Phil Chess

Locations

Recorded At

1. Ter-Mar Recording Studios (17 Feb 1959)

Works (1)

Recording Of

1. Almost Grown (17 Feb 1959)
   

   Composer

   1. Chuck Berry

   Lyricist

   1. Chuck Berry

Releases containing this recording (50)

Official

Album

1. Berry Is on Top Jul 1959 Chuck Berry
2. Chuck Berry Is on Top 1978 Chuck Berry Reissue, Stereo
3. Chuck Berry Is on Top 1987 Chuck Berry
4. Chuck Berry Is on Top 1987 Chuck Berry
5. Chuck Berry Is on Top 1993 Chuck Berry

Album - Compilation

1. Twist 1962 Chuck Berry
2. Twist 1962 Chuck Berry
3. More Chuck Berry 1963 Chuck Berry
4. More Chuck Berry 1963 Chuck Berry
5. Chuck Berry 1966 Chuck Berry
6. Chuck Berry's Golden Decade: The Original Two Albums 1972 Chuck Berry
7. All Time Greatest Rock & Roll Party Hits 1974 Chuck Berry
8. The Great Twenty-Eight 1982 Chuck Berry
9. The Best of Chuck Berry 1983 Chuck Berry
10. The Great Twenty‐Eight 1984 Chuck Berry
11. The Great Twenty-Eight 1984 Chuck Berry
12. The Great Twenty‐Eight 1984 Chuck Berry
13. Greatest Hits 1984 Chuck Berry
14. The Chess Box 1988 Chuck Berry
15. Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll 1988 Chuck Berry
16. Greatest Hits 1988 Chuck Berry
17. Super Hits 1988 Chuck Berry
18. The Collection 1988 Chuck Berry
19. 16 Greatest Hits 1989 Chuck Berry
20. Heroes of Rock ’n’ Roll 1990 Chuck Berry
21. The Rock 'n' Roll Era: The '50s: Rave On 1990 Various Artists
22. Rockfile, Volume 28 1990 Various Artists
23. The Best of Chuck Berry 1991 Chuck Berry
24. The Chess Years 1991 Chuck Berry
25. 100 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits 1992 Various Artists
26. 25 Rock ’n’ Roll Hits, Volume 3 1992 Various Artists
27. The World of Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music 1992 Chuck Berry
28. The Rock 'n' Roll Era: Rock 'n' Roll Giants 1992 Various Artists
29. Chuck Berry Singles Collection, Volume 1 21 May 1993 Chuck Berry
30. Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll 1993 Chuck Berry
31. The Blues Collection: Chuck Berry, Blues Berry 1993 Chuck Berry
32. 28 Great Rock & Roll Songs 1993 Chuck Berry
33. The Best of Chuck Berry 1994 Chuck Berry
34. Poet of Rock ’n’ Roll 1994 Chuck Berry
35. Roll Over Beethoven 1994 Chuck Berry

Album - Compilation / Soundtrack

1. 41 Original Hits From the Sound Track of “American Graffiti” 1973 Various Artists
2. 41 Original Hits From the Soundtrack of American Graffiti 1973 Various Artists
3. American Graffiti 1984 Various Artists
4. 41 Original Hits From the Soundtrack of American Graffiti 22 Jun 1993 Various Artists
5. 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti Jun 1993 Various Artists
6. American Graffiti 1993 Various Artists
7. American Graffiti, Vol II: Music From the Original Motion Picture 1994 Various Artists

Single

1. Almost Grown / Little Queenie Mar 1959 Chuck Berry

Promotion

Album - Compilation

1. Blues Berry 06 Mar 1992 Chuck Berry Les Génies du Blues
2. The Blues Collection 3: Blues Berry 1994 Chuck Berry