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Roll Over Beethoven
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Roll Over Beethoven
"
Roll Over Beethoven
" is a 1956 hit single by
Chuck Berry
originally released on
Chess Records
, with "Drifting Heart" as the
B-side
. The lyrics of the song mention
rock and roll
and the desire for
rhythm and blues
to replace
classical music
. There is a popular saying that a deceased person would "
roll over in their grave
" if they heard something that would have deeply disturbed them had they been alive. The title line of the song is a reference to how
Ludwig van Beethoven
would do just that in reaction to
the advent of
the new musical genre that Chuck Berry was leading. The song has been covered by many other artists and
Rolling Stone
ranked it #97 on their list of
the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
.
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