Thirty Days (Chuck Berry song)

"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)", also written "30 Days", is a 1955 song and chart single by Chuck Berry.^[2] Berry wrote "30 Days" to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music.^[3]

"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album Rock, Rock, Rock!
B-side	"Together (We Will Always Be)"
Released	September 1955
Recorded	September 1955
Studio	Universal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[1]
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:23
Label	Chess 7898
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Wee Wee Hours" (1954) "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)" (1955) "No Money Down" (1956)

Covers

The song has been covered by many artists, including:^[4]

• Ernest Tubb, 1955
• Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks as "Forty Days", 1959 (#4 Canada, July 6, 1959^[5])
• Cliff Richard & the Shadows as "Forty Days", 1961
• Bill Black and His Combo, 1964
• The Tractors, 1995

References

1. "The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 9. 1955". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
2. Billboard - 29 Oct. 1955 new disks on the national chart are Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" on Chess and Dinah Washington's "I Concentrate on You" on Mercury."
3. Howard A. DeWitt Chuck Berry, rock 'n' roll music 1985 - - Page 14 "The sound of the country pedal steel guitar was transformed into rock-and-roll on Chuck Berry's electric guitar. ... When Chuck wrote 30 Days to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music, he unwittingly acknowledged his debt to country ..."
4. "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry and His Combo: Versions". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
5. "CHUM Charts - July 6, 1959".