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After School Session is Chuck Berry's first studio album, released in 1957 (see 1957 in music) by Chess Records. The album was released in May 1957 as LP 1426, making it the second LP record released by Chess.
The first song on the original version of After School Session to be released was "Wee Wee Hours", which was the B-side to "Maybellene", in July 1955 and peaked at #10 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart. The next song to be released was "Together We Will Always Be", which was the B-side of "Thirty Days", in September 1955. The next two songs released were "No Money Down" b/w "Down Bound Train" in December 1955, the former song peaking at #8 on the R&B Singles chart. In May 1956, "Drifting Heart" was released as the B-side of "Roll Over Beethoven". Berry's next single, "Too Much Monkey Business" b/w "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", was released in September 1956, the songs reached #4 and #5 on the R&B Singles chart, respectively. "Havana Moon", the B-side of "You Can't Catch Me", was released in November 1956. The last single from the album to be released was "School Day (Ring Ring Goes the Bell)" b/w "Deep Feeling" in March 1957, with the former reaching #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #3 on the Hot 100.
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