50+ Music<p>"Maybellene" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockAndRoll</span></a> song by American artist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChuckBerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChuckBerry</span></a>, adapted in part from the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/westernSwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>westernSwing</span></a> fiddle tune "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IdaRed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IdaRed</span></a>". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hotRod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hotRod</span></a> race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a V8 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ford</span></a> and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CadillacCoupeDeVille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CadillacCoupeDeVille</span></a>. It was released in July 1955 as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/single" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>single</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChessRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChessRecords</span></a>, of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChicagoIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoIllinois</span></a>. Berry's first hit. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v124f0i0Xh4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=v124f0i0Xh4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>