Brown Eyed Handsome Man

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album After School Session
A-side"Too Much Monkey Business"
ReleasedSeptember 1956 (1956-09)[1]
RecordedApril 16, 1956[2]
StudioUniversal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[3]
GenreRock and roll, rhythm and blues
Length2:19
LabelChess 1635[1][2]
Songwriter(s)Chuck Berry
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess[2]
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Maybellene"
(1955) 		"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
(1956) 		"Roll Over Beethoven"
(1956)
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Single by Buddy Holly
from the album Reminiscing
B-side"Rock-a-Bye Rock"
Released1963 (1963)
Recorded1957
GenreRock and roll
Length2:07
LabelCoral 93 352
Songwriter(s)Chuck Berry
Producer(s)Norman Petty
Buddy Holly singles chronology
"Reminiscing"
(1962) 		"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
(1963) 		"Bo Diddley"
(1963)

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is a rock and roll song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, originally released by Chess Records in September 1956 as the B-side of "Too Much Monkey Business." It was also included on Berry's 1957 debut album, After School Session. The song title was also used as the title of a biography of Berry.[4]

  1. ^ a b Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955–1966)". Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Gold (CD liner notes). Chuck Berry. United States: Geffen Records/Chess Records. 2005. pp. 20, 27. 0602498805589.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "The Chuck Berry Database Details For Recording Session: 19. 4. 1956". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ^ Pegg, Bruce (2002). Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry: An Unauthorized Biography. Routledge. ISBN 9780415937481.