Link Ch. 7 – Chuck Berry does Maybellene live in 1958

Here’s Chuck Berry doing Maybellene live on TV from 1958. The song “Maybelline” was based on an old fiddle tune called “Ida Red” and supposedly got its name from a mascara box. Others claim that Maybelline was the name of a cow in a third-grade reading book. Either way, the song combined a hot guitar, a hot car, and a hot woman.