C. T. Suddeth

Oh Maybellene!

Chuck Berry’s Maybellene is one of my favorite 50s songs. The V-8 Ford he wrote about was his high school wheels—a 1934 V-8 Ford. He was chasing a Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Alas, Maybellene is not real, her name a variation of Maybelline as in cosmetics. The song is a variation of Bob Will’s Ida Red_ I doubt she exists either.