1959
CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART * CHUCK BERRY * CHESS 1737 * USA
Released as the B side to Broken Arrow - his follow up to the successful Memphis Tennessee - the feel of Childhood Sweetheart is something of a throwback to an earlier period, a Bluesy rocker - similar to Joe Turner's TV Mama. Chuck Berry singing about his favourite subject: teenage romance, with some of his familiar motifs like the: wee wee hours, school and young girls.
See also:
Maybellene | Roll Over Beethoven | Thirty Days | Rock And Roll Music |
Almost Grown | Sweet Little Sixteen | School Days | Sweet Little Rock And Roll |
Carol | Johnny Be Good | Go, Go, Go | Come On |