Audio Example 4.10:

Chuck Berry, "Too Much Monkey Business," three excerpts

Chapter 4
Audio Example 4.10
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Chuck Berry, "Too Much Monkey Business," three excerpts

Chicago, IL (Universal Recording Corporation)April 16, 1956

"Too Much Monkey Business," the template for Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," finds Chuck Berry reciting the lyrics on one sustained pitch. Dylan adopted the same delivery for his surreal patter song nine years later.