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| Released | March 1961 (1961-03) | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 29:07 | |||
| Label | Chess | |||
| Producer | Leonard Chess,Philip Chess | |||
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New Juke Box Hits is the fifth studio album byrock and roll pioneerChuck Berry, released in March 1961 byChess Records. Unlike his previous four LPs, only two songs, "Little Star" backed with "I'm Talking About You", had been previously released on a45 rpm single.
The album was recorded and released while Berry was in the midst of legal difficulties, which led to his imprisonment in 1962. The adverse publicity from these legal problems affected sales of his records, and the previous single failed to reach theBillboard Hot 100 chart.[1] Berry did not releaseanother album of songs for over three years.
William Ruhlmann, writing in a retrospective review for AllMusic, feels that the distractions of his legal problems inhibited Berry, so the songs on this album compare unfavorably with his earlier albums.[1]
All tracks composed byChuck Berry except as noted.
