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Single by Fats Domino From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Blueberry Hill" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by Sammy Kaye in 1940 on RCA Victor. It is best remembered for its 1950s rock and roll version by Fats Domino.
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Published | 1940 by Chappell & Company, New York |
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Composer(s) | Vincent Rose |
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Glenn Miller peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1940 with his recording on RCA Bluebird Records featuring Ray Eberle on vocals.
The music for "Blueberry Hill" was composed by Vincent Rose and the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis.[1] The song was turned down by another publisher until being bought and published in 1940 by Chappell & Company.[2] The song was recorded over ten times that year.
Sammy Kaye initially recorded and released the first recording of the song on RCA Victor Records with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31, 1940.[3][4]
The first hit version and the most successful in 1940 was by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which reached number 2 on the US charts featuring Ray Eberle on vocals.[5] It was recorded in Chicago on May 13, 1940 and released on RCA Bluebird Records as catalog number B-10768-A. It was released by EMI in the UK on the His Master's Voice (HMV) label as catalog numbers BD 5632 and MH 92.
Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording on Decca Records with Gordon Jenkins charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching number 29. This recording would inspire Fats Domino to create the later cover in 1956.
"Blueberry Hill" | ||||
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Single by Fats Domino | ||||
from the EP This Is Fats Domino! | ||||
B-side | "Honey Chile" | |||
Released | 1956 | |||
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Length | 2:14 | |||
Label | Imperial | |||
Composer(s) | Vincent Rose | |||
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Fats Domino singles chronology | ||||
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"Blueberry Hill" was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart.[6] The version by Fats Domino was also ranked number 82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[7][8]
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