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.[1] Berry wrote "30 Days" to pay tribute to Hank Williams' country music.[2]

Covers

The song has been covered by many artists, including:[3]

Ernest Tubb, 1955
Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks as "Forty Days", 1959.
Cliff Richard & The Shadows as "Forty Days", 1961.
Bill Black And His Combo, 1964
The Tractors 1995

References

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."
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 ..."
"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry and His Combo: Versions". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

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[1] 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."

[2] 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 ..."

[3] "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry and His Combo: Versions". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.