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  1. "School Days" (also known as "School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)") is a #rockandroll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry and released by #ChessRecords as a #single in March 1957 and on the LP #AfterSchoolSession two months later. It is one of his best-known songs and is often considered a rock-and-roll anthem. The last verse of the song contains the lyrics "Hail, hail rock.
    youtube.com/watch?v=DHG5-GxI_Es

  2. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a #rockAndRoll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, originally released by #ChessRecords in September 1956 as the #Bside of "#TooMuchMonkeyBusiness." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, #AfterSchoolSession. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=03OfDbsT68U

  3. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a #rockAndRoll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, originally released by #ChessRecords in September 1956 as the #Bside of "#TooMuchMonkeyBusiness." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, #AfterSchoolSession. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=03OfDbsT68U

  4. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a #rockAndRoll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, originally released by #ChessRecords in September 1956 as the #Bside of "#TooMuchMonkeyBusiness." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, #AfterSchoolSession. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=03OfDbsT68U

  5. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a #rockAndRoll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, originally released by #ChessRecords in September 1956 as the #Bside of "#TooMuchMonkeyBusiness." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, #AfterSchoolSession. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=03OfDbsT68U

  6. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a #rockAndRoll song written and recorded by #ChuckBerry, originally released by #ChessRecords in September 1956 as the #Bside of "#TooMuchMonkeyBusiness." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, #AfterSchoolSession. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.
    youtube.com/watch?v=03OfDbsT68U

  7. "Maybellene" is a #rockAndRoll song by American artist #ChuckBerry, adapted in part from the #westernSwing fiddle tune "#IdaRed". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a #hotRod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a V8 #Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her #CadillacCoupeDeVille. It was released in July 1955 as a #single by #ChessRecords, of #ChicagoIllinois. Berry's first hit.
    youtube.com/watch?v=v124f0i0Xh4

  8. Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

    Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

    • Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
    • Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
    • Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
    • Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
    • Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
    • Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
    • Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
    • J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
    • Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
    • Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
    • Elmore James– Madison Blues
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
    • Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
    • Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
    • Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
    • John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
    • Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
    • Little Milton– Stormy Monday
    • Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

    My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.

    #1980s #1987 #AmesburyMA #Blues #BuddyGuy #ChessRecords #Collection #EddieBoydTheChessMen #elmoreJames #HowlinWolf #JBLenoir #JimmyRogers #JohnLeeHooker #KokoTaylor #LittleMilton #LittleWalter #LowellFulson #MCARecords #MelSRecordShop #MuddyWaters #OriginalChessMasters #OtisRush #Reissue #RobertNighthawk #SonnyBoyWilliamson #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds #WillieMabon