Words & Music by: Side A – Chuck Berry; Side B – Berry
Musicians: Chuck Berry (lead vocals and lead guitar), Side A - Willie Dixon (bass), Odie Payne (drums), Johnnie Johnson (piano), James Robinson (sax), others unknown; Side B - Willie Dixon (bass), Odie Payne (drums), Lafayette Leake (piano), James Robinson (sax) and an unknown chorus
Recording sessions: Produced by Leonard Chess and Philip Chess at Chess Studio, Chicago, IL, Side A - Jan. 14, 1964; Side B - Feb. 25, 1964
Highest chart positions: US #14, UK #23
After doing some 20 months in prison, Berry was released in October 1963. He returned with a bang; loads of new Berry originals were released soon after. The songs also did very well in the charts; much better than the ones he had released before his prison time.
"You Never Can Tell" was recorded in the same session as Berry's single "Nadine (Is It You)" / "O Rangutang", which I have already posted in this blog before.
"Pulp Fiction", a 1994 movie, has a scene where "You Never Can Tell" is played while Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) dance in a Twist contest. That would have actually been a good time for Berry to re-release the single, but he didn't.
List price: Very Good+ is $10, Near Mint is $20
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