Too Much Monkey Business

"Too Much Monkey Business"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album After School Session
B-side"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
ReleasedSeptember 1956 (1956-09)[1]
RecordedApril 16, 1956[2]
StudioUniversal Recording Corp. (Chicago)[3]
GenreRock and roll, rhythm and blues
Length2:56
LabelChess (1635)[1][2]
Songwriter(s)Chuck Berry
Producer(s)Leonard Chess, Phil Chess[2]
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Roll Over Beethoven"
(1956) 		"Too Much Monkey Business"
(1956) 		"You Can't Catch Me"
(1956)

"Too Much Monkey Business" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released by Chess Records in September 1956 as his fifth single. It was also released as the third track on his first solo LP, After School Session, in May 1957; and as an EP.[1] The single reached number four on Billboard magazine's Most Played R&B In Juke Boxes chart, number 11 on the Most Played R&B by Jockeys chart and number seven on the R&B Top Sellers in Stores chart in the fall of 1956.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b c Rudolph, Dietmar. "A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry: The Chess Era (1955-1966)". Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  2. ^ a b c Gold (CD liner notes). Chuck Berry. Geffen Records/Chess Records. 2005. pp. 21, 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. ^ "Chuck Berry - Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. New York: Billboard Books.