The Maybelline Mystery
On Chuck Berry's 1961 B side, "Go Go Go" he
mentions that "Stan Kenton's cuttin' Maybelline." Did Stan Kenton ever
record a version of Chuck's hit "Maybelline"? I can't find any
record of it.
"Go Go Go" by Chuck Berry (1961)
Down goes the sun, sitting, ducking on guitar
Up comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star
One and one is two, hitchin' two to make it four
Johnny get your guitar, let's go, go, go, oh baby
Johnny plays the guitar at the weekly record hop
He starts to twist and turn and then they wouldn't let him stop
Girls so shook up, seein him shakin' on the show
Everybody starts to holler go, go, go, oh baby
Duckwalkin' on his knees, peckin' like a hen
Lookin like a locomotive, here he comes again
Meow said the kitty, puppy bow-wow-wow
Go and pick your guitar, Johnny don't stop now, oh baby
Backed up by a jazz band, layin' on the wood
Mixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B. Goode
Sneakin' Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen
Now they tell me Stan Kenton's cutting Maybelline, oh baby
Papa said to Mama, this I never understood,
How he picks his guitar, make it sound so good.
Used to sound goofy, but I guess it's all right,
Papa's takin' Mama to the gig tomorrow night, oh baby