Title: Maybellene - Wikipedia
Headings: Maybellene
Maybellene
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Origins and writing
Personnel
Co-composers
Charts
Honors and awards
Cover versions
References
External links

Content: and soon Columbia was touting it as one of its "Best Selling Folk Records". By November, it was noted that the record had "won considerable pop play". Other versions available in mid-October 1955 were by J. Long (Coral 61478), J. Lowe (Dot 15407), and R. Marterie (Mercury 70682) with the song listed as number 14 top selling in the nation. Allmusic lists cover versions by more than 70 performers, including Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, John Hammond, Paul Simon (in a medley with " Kodachrome "), George Jones, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Bubba Sparks, Foghat, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Johnny Rivers and Chubby Checker. In 1964, a cover version by Johnny Rivers reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on RPM magazine's Top 40 Singles chart. Also in 1964, The Syndicats featuring guitarist Steve Howe who would later play for the band Yes, recorded and published their own cover version of the song. References
^ Billy Poore (1998). Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey. Hal Leonard.