''Bio'' is the seventeenth studio album by

Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...

, released in 1973 by

Chess Records Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. It expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock and roll ...

. The backing musicians were

Elephants Memory Elephant's Memory (also billed as Elephants Memory, without the apostrophe) was an American rock band formed in New York City in the late 1960s, known primarily for backing John Lennon and Yoko Ono from late 1971 to 1973. For live performances ...

, except on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chuck Berry. # "Bio" – 4:25 # "Hello Little Girl, Goodbye" – 3:56 # "Woodpecker" – 3:33 # "Rain Eyes" – 3:47 # "Aimlessly Driftin'" – 5:42 # "Got It and Gone" – 4:19 # "Talkin' About My Buddy" – 6:56

Personnel

* Chuck Berry –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, vocals ;Elephants Memory * Wayne "Tex" Gabriel – guitar * Gary Van Scyoc – bass * Adam Ippolito – piano * Rick Frank –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Stan Bronstein –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

;Additional musicians * Billy Peek – guitar on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone" * Greg Edick – bass on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone" * Ron Reed – drums on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone" ;Technical *

Esmond Edwards Esmond Edwards (October 29, 1927 – January 20, 2007) was an American photographer, record producer, and recording engineer. He worked for the jazz label Prestige Records during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was originally hired by founder Bob ...

– producer * Bob Scerbo - production manager * David Krieger -

art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...

Release

* Cassette Bio Universal Special Products 1995 * CD Bio Universal Distribution / Universal Japan 2010 * Cassette Bio Chess Special Products

References

External links

* Chuck Berry albums 1973 albums Albums produced by Esmond Edwards Chess Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub