Chuck | Berry - Johnny B Goode (1959)

"Johnny B. Goode" has achieved a status that few songs can match:

Guitarist Keith Richards has noted that the song's chords are more typical of piano compositions, reflecting Berry's unique adaptation of Johnnie Johnson's boogie-woogie piano style into aggressive guitar phrases. Cultural and Cosmic Impact Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode (1959)

The song reached a new generation in 1985 through its iconic appearance in Back to the Future , where it was depicted in a humorous "bootstrap paradox" as the moment the sound was "invented". "Johnny B

The name was a tribute to his longtime pianist, Johnnie Johnson , who influenced much of Berry’s guitar style. Ironically, Johnson did not play on the actual recording; the piano work was handled by Lafayette Leake . The name was a tribute to his longtime

Berry admitted he "borrowed" the opening single-note solo from Louis Jordan’s 1946 R&B hit, "Ain’t That Just Like a Woman".