# The Best Chuck Berry Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Chuck Berry guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Johnny B. Goode (1958), then Roll Over Beethoven and Carol. Every video starts at the solo.

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Chuck Berry turned the electric guitar into rock and roll's lead voice, welding boogie-woogie piano ideas and T-Bone Walker blues onto a stinging double-stop style. Nearly every rock guitarist since has borrowed his intros, and his licks remain the first vocabulary many players learn.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Chuck Berry discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry_discography), [Wikipedia: After School Session](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_School_Session), [Wikipedia: One Dozen Berrys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Dozen_Berrys), [Wikipedia: Rockin' at the Hops](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_at_the_Hops), [Wikipedia: Chuck Berry Is on Top](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry_Is_on_Top)

1. [Johnny B. Goode](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-johnny-b-goode/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
2. [Roll Over Beethoven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-roll-over-beethoven/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1956
3. [Carol](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-carol/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
4. [Maybellene](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-maybellene/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1955
5. [Sweet Little Sixteen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-sweet-little-sixteen/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
6. [Little Queenie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-little-queenie/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1959
7. [Reelin' and Rockin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-reelin-and-rockin/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
8. [Let It Rock](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-let-it-rock/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1960
9. [Guitar Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-guitar-boogie/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
10. [Around and Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-around-and-around/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1958
11. [Brown Eyed Handsome Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-brown-eyed-handsome-man/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1956
12. [Rock and Roll Music](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-rock-and-roll-music/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1957
13. [Bye Bye Johnny](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-bye-bye-johnny/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1960
14. [Deep Feeling](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-deep-feeling/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1957
15. [Wee Wee Hours](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-wee-wee-hours/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1955
16. [No Particular Place to Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-no-particular-place-to-go/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1964
17. [School Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-school-days/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1957
18. [Blues for Hawaiians](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-blues-for-hawaiians/) — Chuck Berry · solo by Chuck Berry · 1959

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