"Beautiful Delilah" is a single by American rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry released by Chess in 1958, with "Vacation Time" as its B-side. It reached number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Personnel Chuck Berry - vocals, guitar Paul Gayten - piano Willie Dixon - double bass Odie Payne - drums
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Other versions The Kinks covered the song as the opening track of their 1964 debut album.
The Rolling Stones covered the song in 1964 on the BBC's Saturday Club, released in 2017 on their live album On Air. They covered it again as the closing track of their 2026 studio album Foreign Tongues. Mark Deming of AllMusic described the Stones' 2026 rendition as "stripped down to an acoustic country blues".
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