1955

THIRTY DAYS * CHUCK BERRY AND HIS COMBO * CHESS 1610 * USA

Chuck Berry's second outing on wax, seen here on a official Chess reissue from the 1970s, with the influences of his first visit to the shovel clearly in evidence, yet nobody would have predicted at that time the profound influence that his lyrics were to have on popular music.

See also School Day and Almost Grown


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