Chuck Berry’s first hit record, “Maybellene” enters the Billboard R&B chart where it will reach #1 during an eleven week run. The song, which also climbed to #5 on the Hot 100, was adapted from the traditional fiddle tune “Ida Red”, and tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance. It went on to sell a million copies by the end of the year and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988