After School Session

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After School Session
Studio album by Chuck Berry
Released	May 1, 1957
Recorded	May 1955–January 1957, Universal Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	33:16
Label	Chess Records
Producer	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
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Chuck Berry chronology
After School Session (1957) One Dozen Berrys (1958)

After School Session was Chuck Berry's first album, released in 1957 on Chess Records.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Berry.

Side 1

1. "School Days (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)" – 2:43
2. "Deep Feeling" – 2:21
3. "Too Much Monkey Business" – 2:56
4. "Wee Wee Hours" – 3:05
5. "Roly Poly" (aka Rolli Polli) – 2:51
6. "No Money Down" – 2:59

Side 2

1. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 2:19
2. "Berry Pickin'" – 2:33
3. "Together (We'll Always Be)" – 2:39
4. "Havana Moon" – 3:09
5. "Downbound Train" – 2:51
6. "Drifting Heart" – 2:50

[edit] Personnel

• Chuck Berry - guitar, vocals
• Johnnie Johnson – piano on 1 2 3 4 7 9 12
• Willie Dixon – bass
• Fred Below – drums on 1 2 3 7 12
• Leroy C. Davis – tenor saxophone on 3 12
• Jasper Thomas – drums
• Ebby Hardy – drums on 5 6 8 9 11
• Otis Spann – piano
• Jimmy Rogers – guitar

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1955	"Wee Wee Hours"	Billboard Black Singles	10
1956	"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"	Billboard Black Singles	5
1956	"No Money Down"	Billboard Black Singles	8
1956	"Too Much Monkey Business"	Billboard Black Singles	4
1957	"School Day"	Billboard Black Singles	1
1957	"School Day"	Billboard Pop Singles	3