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Thread #11108   Message #4122659
Posted By: cnd
11-Oct-21 - 08:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Memphis (Chuck Berry)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Memphis (Chuck Berry)
I checked against the 1959 release single version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ezeUM6c74

Minor differences:
She's the only one who phoned me here from Memphis, Tennessee.

But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
On a different note, I've hardly enjoyed Chuck Berry's version since I heard the Jim & Jesse version, from Berry Pickin In the Country, their ground-breaking album full of cross-genre hits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XknO8g6MNC0