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BLUEBERRY HILL 1956 - 2016

2016-09-26 2 Dailymotion

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, World music museum in Belgrade, Skale and DEJAN present, "Blueberry Hill" , a popular song published in 1940 best remembered for its 1950s rock n' roll version by Fats Domino. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. It was recorded six times in 1940. Victor Records released the recording by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocals The largest 1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached #1.
Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching #29.It was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached #2 for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the R&B Best Sellers chart.