In the 1988 book The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn described the recording as a single take with no overdubs, with "all The Beatles on their familiar instruments" and Martin on piano. In some countries, "Rock and Roll Music" was released as a single, with "I'm a Loser" as the B-side, in early 1965. It topped the charts in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Australia. The single peaked at number two in Germany and the Netherlands, and number three in Belgium. Personnel John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano Paul McCartney – bass guitar, piano George Harrison – lead guitar Ringo Starr – drums George Martin – piano The Beach Boys version The Beach Boys' version includes the use of backing vocals which repeat the phrase "Rock, roll, rockin' and roll". There is a difference between the LP version and the single version in that the single version has more synthesizer. Their version reached No. 5 on the US chart and No. 11 in Canada during the summer of 1976. Personnel Personnel per 2000 liner notes. The Beach Boys Al Jardine – backing vocals Mike Love – backing vocals, lead vocals Brian Wilson – backing vocals, arranger, piano, Moog bass, ARP synthesizer Carl Wilson – backing vocals Dennis Wilson – backing vocals, drums Additional musicians and production staff Album cover, art direction and logo was done by Dean Torrence and Jim Evans. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Mental As Anything version Australian band Mental As Anything covered the song Rock and Roll Music. It was released as the first single from the bands seventh studio album Cyclone Raymond. The song was released on November 1988 and charted at number 5 on the Kent Music Report and it stayed on the chart for 22 weeks. Track listings Charts References 1957 songs 1965 singles 1976 singles Chuck Berry songs Bill Haley songs Emerson, Lake & Palmer songs Humble Pie (band) songs Jan and Dean songs Mental As Anything songs 1988 singles CBS Records singles Columbia Records singles Epic Records singles REO Speedwagon songs The Beach Boys songs The Beatles songs Chess Records singles Number-one singles in Australia Number-one singles in Norway Parlophone singles Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by George Martin Songs about rock music Songs written by Chuck Berry