Beautiful Delilah

"Beautiful Delilah"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album More Chuck Berry (UK)
B-side"Vacation time"
Released1958 (1958)
RecordedJune 12, 1958 (1958-06-12)
GenreRock 'n' Roll
Length2:08
LabelChess Records
SongwriterChuck Berry
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Johnny B. Goode"
(1958)		 "Beautiful Delilah"
(1958)		 "Carol"
(1958)

"Beautiful Delilah" is a single by American rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry released by Chess in 1958, with "Vacation Time" as its B-side. It reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

Charts

US Billboard Hot 10081

Other versions

The Kinks covered the song as the opening track of their 1964 debut album.

The Rolling Stones covered the song in 1964 on the BBC's Saturday Club, released in 2017 on their live album On Air. They covered it again as the closing track of their 2026 studio album Foreign Tongues. Mark Deming of AllMusic described the Stones' 2026 rendition as "stripped down to an acoustic country blues".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Details For Recording Session: 12. 6. 1958 (CHESS Records)". The Chuck Berry Database. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Chuck Berry Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "The Kinks: Kinks". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ "Beautiful Delilah by The Rolling Stones. Their Energetic 1964 Take". Rolling Stones Data.
  5. ↑ "The Rolling Stones - On Air album review". Louder.
  6. ↑ Deming, Mark. "The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues Tracks & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 September 2026.