My Ding-a-Ling
Chuck Berry | Artist Essentials
First released: 1972 (year verified)
Original full Coventry 1972 live album performance (11:34), not the 4:16 single edit
MusicAtlas editorial note: Include the full Coventry performance to hear the concert side of the catalog.
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First released: 1972 (year verified)
Earliest supported year for this original performance; later compilations, remasters and chart/list dates do not set the year.
Recording: Original full Coventry 1972 live album performance (11:34), not the 4:16 single edit
Credit: Chuck Berry
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: The London Chuck Berry Sessions
Chuck Berry Database - My Ding-A-Ling recording versions
Original Coventry 1972 LP performance (11:34) first appears on The London Chuck Berry Sessions in 1972; the 4:16 single edit and earlier live takes are separately documented. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
uDiscover Music - Chuck Berry repertoire guide
UMG catalog editorial identifies 1955 Maybellene/Wee Wee Hours, 1956 Too Much Monkey Business/Brown Eyed Handsome Man, 1959 Back in the U.S.A./Memphis, 1958 Carol, and the distinct 1972 Coventry live My Ding-a-Ling. Only supported scoped facts used. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
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The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
This selection is the 11:34 Coventry LP performance. Existing annual entry entry-32e6b70e07e2ed29 does not specify whether it represents the 4:16 single edit or full LP version.
Chuck Berry Database - My Ding-A-Ling recording versions
Original Coventry 1972 LP performance (11:34) first appears on The London Chuck Berry Sessions in 1972; the 4:16 single edit and earlier live takes are separately documented. | Reviewed 2026-10-19
About Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry helped shape rock and roll by combining blues and R&B with country storytelling. His electric guitar vocabulary and energetic stagecraft influenced the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix. His songs often described teenage life through tightly paced, vivid narratives. Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene and Roll Over Beethoven are central examples of his repertoire. British groups' covers carried that music to further audiences, extending his influence beyond his own recordings.
Artist background sources
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Read career summary, signature sound and named repertoire. Album-container dates and promotional superlatives are omitted; no song-specific inspiration claim is made. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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