Song #18 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest List: MAYBELLENE, Chuck Berry. Mean Speed=235.1 bpm

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Song #18 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest List is the second song on the RS Top 500 List by Chuck Berry: Maybellene.

The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

17. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix

18. Maybellene, Chuck Berry

19. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley

We measured the speed of Maybellene by Chuck Berry--using the identical method described in the section of the same name at http://meanspeed.com/

The results--
number of beats=520
mean time=2 minutes, 12.7 seconds
meanspeed=235.1 beats per minute
meanspace=0.255 seconds per beat


Ian Schneider, New York with
Sarah Anthony, New Jersey
meanspeed.com
May 18, 2007