TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 09/10/1955

Chuck Berry’s first hit, “Maybellene”, reaches its peak chart position of #5 on the Billboard Top 100. When Berry first brought the song to Leonard Chess, it was called “Ida May”, which the record company owner thought was “too rural.” Spying a box of mascara on the floor of the studio, Chess said, “Well, hell,...