Brown Eyed Handsome Man

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Written by: Berry
Produced by: Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Released: Sept. '56 on Chess
Charts: Did not chart

Berry was inspired to write this song while he was touring through heavily black and Latino areas of California. As Berry put it, "I didn't see too many blue eyes." He did see a good-looking Chicano nabbed for loitering until "some woman came up shouting for the policeman to let him go." Over a manic guitar lick, the song spins a riotously funny tale about a dark-eyed loverman.

Appears on: The Anthology (Chess)

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