1955 HITS ARCHIVE: Maybellene - Chuck Berry

Maybellene (Berry) by Chuck Berry and his combo Mainstream popular music tastes were undergoing a major upheaval in the summer and autumn of 1955; and there had never before been anything in the Billboard ‘pop’ top-5 that sounded quite like “Maybellene.” The more bluesy flip side was “Wee Wee Hours“: THE 1955 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1955 (some were recorded in 1954).