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Thirty Days
Composer: Chuck Berry

The Grateful Dead performed part of this song during a soundcheck in December 1973 but never performed it live.

Thirty Days was the A-side of the second Chuck Berry single. It was written as a follow-up to Maybellene.

Ronnie Hawkins recorded the song in 1959 as Forty Days and changed the lyrics accordingly. Some later recordings also use this title.

Phil Lesh has played the Forty Days version of the song a few times with the Terrapin Family Band.


Chuck Berry

no info Single (Thirty Days / Together We Will Always Be), Chuck Berry, 1955
info Rock, Rock, Rock, Various Artists, 1956
info Chuck Berry Twist, Chuck Berry, 1962
no info Argo: The Blues, Volume 2, Various Artists, 1963
info Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits, Chuck Berry, 1964
info More Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry, 1966
info Chuck Berry's Golden Decade, Chuck Berry, 1967
no info Chuck Berry's Golden Hits, Chuck Berry, 1967
no info Wild Berrys, Chuck Berry, 1974
no info Motorvatin', Chuck Berry, 1977
info The Great Twenty Eight, Chuck Berry, 1982
info The Chess Box Set, Chuck Berry, 1988
no info The EP Collection, Chuck Berry, 1996
no info 36 All-Time Greatest Hits, Chuck Berry, 1996
no info His Best, Vol. 1, Chuck Berry, 1997
no info Guitar Legends, Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley, 1997
info Anthology, 2000
no info The Chess Story: 1947-1975, Various Artists, 2000
no info Chuck Berry/More Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry, 2002
info Gold, Chuck Berry, 2005
no info Reelin' and Rockin': The Very Best of Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry, 2006
no info The Definitive Collection, Chuck Berry, 2006
no info Kings of Rock 'N' Roll, Chuck Berry, 2006
no info The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Various Artists, 2006
no info The R'n'B Hits of 1955, Various Artists, 2006
info Johnny B. Goode: His Complete '50s Chess Recordings, Chuck Berry, 2007
no info Ultimate Chuck Berry, Chuck Berry, 2007
no info Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry, 2007
no info Yow, Chuck Berry, 2007
no info The Kings of Rock 'N' Roll: 50 Original Hits, Various Artists, 2007
no info Rock N Roll Explosion, Various Artists, 2007
no info Jukebox Favorites, Various Artists, 2008
no info The Roots of Gram Parsons, Various Artists, 2009

Other recordings (as Thirty Days)

info Plays Tunes by Chuck Berry, Bill Black Combo, 1964
no info Saints and Sinners, Johnny Winter, 1974
no info Shakin' Stevens and The Sunsets, Shakin' Stevens, 1984
no info Here 'Tis!, The Crawdaddys, 1987
no info Bill Black's Greatest Hits/Plays Tunes by Chuck Berry, Bill Black Combo, 1988
no info Deep Sea Ball: The Best of, Clyde McPhatter, 1991
no info Yellow Rose of Texas, Ernest Tubb, 1993
no info Rock 'n' Roll Collection, Johnny Winter, 1994
no info Tractors, Tractors, 1994
no info Retrospective, Vol. 2, Ernest Tubb, 1995
no info Rock & Roll People, Johnny Winter, 1995
no info Smell of Victory, Nobodys, 1997
no info Chuck B. Covered: A Tribute To Chuck Berry, Various Artists (Johnny Winter), 1998
no info Live at the Big 'D' Jamboree, Vol. 1: Rockabilly, Various Artists (Ronnie Dee and the D Men), 2000
no info Big D Jamboree Live, Vol. 1-2, Various Artists (Ronnie Dee and the D Men), 2000
no info Punk Chartbusters, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Nobodys), 2000
no info Bill Black's Combo Plays the Blues/Plays Tunes By Chuck Berry, Bill Black's Combo, 2001
no info All American Country, The Tractors, 2003
no info Fresh Up Club, Elizabeth McQueen & the FireBrands, 2003
no info Swamp Rock 'N' Roller, Rod Bernard, 2004
no info Neon Reels: A History of Martin Craig, Martin Craig, 2004
no info Bobby Crown and the Kapers, Bobby Crown and the Kapers, 2004
no info Brown Eyed Handsome Man: St Louis Salutes Chuck Berry, Various Artists (The Orbits), 2004
no info Best of Rockabilly, Various Artists (Ronnie Dee and the D Men), 2004
no info Rockin' My Way Around, Art Adams, 2005
no info Johnny B. Goode, Johnny Winter, 2005
no info Blue Moon in Your Eye, The Nighthawks, 2006
no info Country Music Legends, Ernest Tubb, 2006
no info Driftwood on the River, Ernest Tubb, 2006
no info Great Rockabilly Hits, Various Artists (Ronnie Dee and the D Men), 2006
no info Greatest Country Hits of 1955, Various Artists (Ernest Tubb), 2006
info Duel in the Desert, Rich Hopkins and Barry Melton, 2007
no info Close as You Get, Gary Moore, 2007
no info Saints & Sinners/John Dawson Winter III, Johnny Winter, 2007
no info City Lights, Ron Franklin, 2007
no info Country Goes Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 3: Rural Royalty, Various Artists (Ernest Tubb), 2007
no info Classic Album Collection, Ernest Tubb, 2008
no info The Johnny Winter Anthology, Johnny Winter, 2009

Other recordings (as Forty Days)

no info Single (Forty Days / One Of These Days), Ronnie Hawkins, 1959
info Ronnie Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins, 1959
no info 21 Today, Cliff Richard, 1961
no info Best Of, Ronnie Hawkins, 1963
no info Single (Forty Days / Mary Lou), Ronnie Hawkins, 1969
no info Arkansas Rockpile, Ronnie Hawkins, 1970
no info Ronnie Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins, 1970
no info Single (Bitter Green / Forty Days), Ronnie Hawkins, 1970
no info Honky Tonk Women Love Redneck Men, Jerry Jaye, 1970
no info Rockin', Ronnie Hawkins, 1977
no info Jimmy Rabbit & Renegade, Jimmy Rabbit & Renegade, 1977
no info Single (Forty Days / Who Do You Love?), Ronnie Hawkins, 1978
no info Single (Forty Days / Mary Lou), Ronnie Hawkins, 1985
no info American Rock 'N' Roll Classics, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1988
no info The Rock 'N' Roll Era: Red-Hot Rockabilly, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1989
no info The Best of Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, 1990
no info The Roulette Years, Ronnie Hawkins, 1994
no info The Roulette Years, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, 1995
no info Rockin' Hits, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1995
no info Solid Rock, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1995
no info 40th Anniversary, Vol. 1: 1958-61, Cliff Richard, 1998
no info The Roulette Story, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1998
no info Ronnie Hawkins/Folk Ballads of Ronnie Hawkins, Ronnie Hawkins. 1999
no info Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 1999
no info Noise Monkeys, Cub Koda and the Points, 2000
no info The Best of Sun Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Wade Cagle), 2000
no info The Best of Sun, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Wade Cagle), 2000
no info Can't Stop Rockin': The Ultimate Collection, Ronnie Hawkins, 2001
no info I Could Easily Fall, Cliff Richard, 2001
no info 21 Today/32 Minutes & 17 Seconds, Cliff Richard, 2001
no info Teen Time: The Young Years of Rock & Roll, Vol. 2: I Got Rhythm, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 2004
no info UK Sue Label Story, Vol. 2: Sue's Rock 'N' Blues, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 2004
no info Mary Lou, Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, 2005
no info Live In The UK 1982, Ronnie Hawkins, 2005
no info More Greatest Hits of the 50's, Various Artists (Ronnie Hawkins), 2005
no info In Concert, Ronnie Hawkins, 2006
no info Arkansas Rockpile/Mojo Man, Ronnie Hawkins, 2008
no info Ronnie Rocks, Ronnie Hawkins, 2008

 
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