On this day in 1958, Chuck Berry recorded what might be my favorite song of his : Memphis Tennessee. #chuckberry #memphistennessee | Margot Cotten

☎️🎶 In 1959, Chuck Berry wrote a song that carried Memphis straight into rock & roll history “Memphis, Tennessee.” At first listen, it sounds like a man calling long distance, begging to be reconnected with a lost love. But the twist hits harder he wasn’t pleading for romance, he was trying to reach his six-year-old daughter, Marie, left behind in Memphis just a half mile from the Mississippi bridge. Berry’s words made Memphis more than a backdrop they turned our city into a symbol of longing,