"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. 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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Famous quotes containing the words roll over, roll and/or beethoven:
“Roll over, Beethoven,
And tell Tchaikovsky the news.”
—Chuck Berry (b. 1926)
“I know it’s only rock ‘n’ roll but I like it.”
—Mick Jagger (b. 1943)
“People whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven quartet.”
—Witold Lutoslawski (b. 1913)