| Title: | Johnny B Goode | ![]() |
| Credits: | Chuck Berry | |
| Recorded: | 7 January, 1964 For : Saturday Club | |
| Producer: | Bernie Andrews | |
| Transmission: | 15 February 1964, Playhouse Theatre, London | |
| Locations: | Live at the BBC - disc 1, track 29 |
Not a British hit for Chuck Berry in 1958, but a song that was hammered out by almost every British beat group of the sixties and one of the most frequently performed tunes on Saturday Club.
The Beatles recorded 'Johnny B. Goode' for the BBC Radio show "Saturday Club" which aired February 15. This recording was released in both the US and the UK on December 6, 1994 on "The Beatles Live At The BBC."
On January 14, 1969 John Lennon performed a bit of this song while sitting at the piano during the rehearsals for the aborted "Get Back" film/album project. This performance has been bootlegged.
While John and Yoko Ono were guest hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show" (February 14 - 18, 1972) they performed a live version of this song. This performance has been bootlegged and can be found on "Telecasts" (CD), "The Live Lennon Tapes" (CD) and "The Beatles: Artefacts Volume III" (CD).
George Harrison joined Robert Plant and Denny Laine at The Heartbeat '86 charity concert at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on March 15, 1986. They performed a version of this song which has been bootlegged and can be found on "Somewhere In England" (CD).
George Harrison, Jesse Ed Davis, Bob Dylan and John Fogerty joined Taj Mahal for a performance at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood on February 19, 1987. During this session, this song was performed which has been bootlegged and can be found on "Live! The Silver Wilburys" (CD).