Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Be-Bop-a-Lula" 2:39
2. "Stand by Me" 3:26
3. "Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" 1:33
4. "You Can't Catch Me" 4:51
5. "Ain't That a Shame" 2:38
6. "Do You Want to Dance" 2:53
7. "Sweet Little Sixteen" 3:01
Total length: 21:23
Side two
1. "Slippin' and Slidin'" 2:16
2. "Peggy Sue" 2:06
3. "Medley: Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" 3:41
4. "Bony Moronie" 3:47
5. "Ya Ya" 2:17
6. "Just Because" 4:25
Total length: 18:32
2004 reissue bonus tracks
14. "Angel Baby" 3:44
15. "To Know Her Is to Love Her" 4:31
16. "Since My Baby Left Me" 4:40
17. "Just Because (Reprise)" 1:25
John Lennon Band Members / Musicians
John Lennon – guitar, vocals
Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
Jim Calvert – guitar
Steve Cropper – guitar
Louie Shelton – guitar
Eddie Mottau – acoustic guitar
José Feliciano – acoustic guitar
Michael Hazelwood – acoustic guitar
Klaus Voormann – bass guitar, answer vocal on "Bring It On Home to Me"
Leon Russell – keyboards
Ken Ascher – keyboards
Michael Lang – keyboards
Jim Keltner – drums
Hal Blaine – drums
Gary Mallaber – drums
Arthur Jenkins – percussion
Nino Tempo – saxophone
Jeff Barry – horn
Barry Mann – horn
Bobby Keys – horn
Peter Jameson – horn
Joseph Temperley – horn
Dennis Morouse – horn
Frank Vicari – horn
Rock 'n' Roll is the 6th studio album by English musician John Lennon. Released in February 1975, it is an album of late 1950s and early 1960s songs as covered by Lennon. Recording the album was problematic and spanned an entire year: Phil Spector produced sessions in October 1973 at A&M Studios, and Lennon produced sessions in October 1974 at the Record Plant (East). Lennon was being sued by Morris Levy over copyright infringement of one line in his song "Come Together". As part of an agreement, Lennon had to include three Levy-owned songs on Rock 'n' Roll. Spector disappeared with the session recordings and was subsequently involved in a motor accident, leaving the album's tracks unrecoverable until the beginning of the Walls and Bridges sessions. With Walls and Bridges coming out first, featuring one Levy-owned song, Levy sued Lennon expecting to see Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album.
The album reached number 6 in both the United Kingdom and the United States, later being certified gold in both countries. It was supported by the single "Stand by Me", which peaked at number 20 in the US, and 30 in the UK. The cover was taken by Jürgen Vollmer during the Beatles' stay in Hamburg. It was to be Lennon's last solo album; with no recording contract obligation, he was on hiatus from the music business to raise his son Sean. Lennon later staged a comeback with his album along with his wife Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy in 1980, although this is his last solo album to be released during his lifetime.
