"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)" | |||
| Released | September 1955 | |||
| Recorded | September 1955 | |||
| Studio | Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Chess 7898 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chuck Berry | |||
| Producer(s) | Leonard Chess, Phil Chess | |||
| Chuck Berry singles chronology | ||||
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Covers
editThe song has been covered by many artists, including:[4]
- Ernest Tubb, 1955
- Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks as "Forty Days", 1959 (#4 Canada, July 6, 1959[5])
- Cliff Richard & the Shadows as "Forty Days", 1961
- Bill Black and His Combo, 1964
- The Tractors, 1995
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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."
- ^ 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 ..."
- ^ "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry and His Combo: Versions". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "CHUM Charts - July 6, 1959".
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