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{{Infobox song
| name = Blueberry Hill
| cover = 4asallata.jpg
| caption = 1940 sheet music
| alt =
| type = song
| genre =
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[big band]]
* [[jazz]]
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| published = 1940 by [[Chappell & Company]], New York
| writer =
| composer = [[Vincent Rose]]
| lyricist =
* [[Larry Stock]]
* [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
}}

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"'''Blueberry Hill'''" is a popular American song published in 1940 and first recorded and released by [[Sammy Kaye]] in 1940 on [[RCA Records#Beginnings and history|RCA Victor]]. It is best remembered for its 1950s [[rock and roll]] version by [[Fats Domino]].

[[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.

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==Background==
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The music for "Blueberry Hill" was composed by [[Vincent Rose]] and the lyrics by [[Larry Stock]] and [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]].<ref>
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{{cite web
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| url = https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/blueberry%20hill
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| title = Blueberry Hill Work ID: 320068128 – Writers
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| website = [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ACE Repertory]]
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| access-date = April 14, 2018
}}</ref> The song was turned down by another publisher until being bought and published in 1940 by [[Chappell & Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Stock {{!}} Songwriters Hall of Fame |url=https://www.songhall.org/profile/Larry_Stock |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=www.songhall.org}}</ref> The song was recorded over ten times that year.

== Recordings ==
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[[Sammy Kaye]] initially recorded and released the first recording of the song on [[RCA Records#Beginnings and history|RCA Victor Records]] with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31, 1940.<ref>Catalog #26643, with the flip side "[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]"; matrix #51050</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/6017563-Swing-And-Sway-With-Sammy-Kaye-Blueberry-Hill-Maybe Blueberry Hill by Sammy Kaye. Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2023.]</ref>
[[File:Blueberryhill40.jpg|thumb|left|1940 Glenn Miller release on Bluebird Records.]]
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The first hit version and the most successful in 1940 was by the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]], which reached number 2 on the [[Billboard charts|US charts]] featuring [[Ray Eberle]] on vocals.<ref name="WhitburnPop">{{cite book|last=Whitburn| first=Joel |title= Pop Hits, Singles and Albums 1940-1954 |date= 2002}}</ref> 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&nbsp;5632 and MH&nbsp;92.

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[[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.

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==Fats Domino version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Blueberry Hill
| name = Blueberry Hill
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| B-side = Honey Chile
| B-side = Honey Chile
| released = 1956
| released = 1956
| genre =
| genre =
*[[Rock and roll]]
* [[Rock and roll]]
*[[rhythm and blues]]
* [[rhythm and blues]]
| length = 2:14
| length = 2:14
| label = [[Imperial Records|Imperial]]
| label = [[Imperial Records|Imperial]]
| composer = [[Vincent Rose]]
| composer = [[Vincent Rose]]
| lyricist =
| lyricist =
*[[Larry Stock]]
* [[Larry Stock]]
*[[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
* [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
| prev_title = When My Dreamboat Comes Home
| prev_title = When My Dreamboat Comes Home
| prev_year = 1956
| prev_year = 1956
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"'''Blueberry Hill'''" is a popular American song published in 1940 first recorded and released by [[Sammy Kaye]] in 1940 on [[RCA Records#Beginnings and history|RCA Victor]].<ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/69914/versions#nav-entity First recording by Sammy Kaye. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 7 October 2023.]</ref> It is best remembered for its 1950s [[rock and roll]] version by [[Fats Domino]].

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==Background and first releases==
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[[File:4asallata.jpg|left|thumb|1940 sheet music. [[Chappell & Company]]. New York.]]The music for "Blueberry Hill" was composed by [[Vincent Rose]] and the lyrics by [[Larry Stock]] and [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]].<ref>
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{{cite web
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| url = https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/title/blueberry%20hill
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| title = Blueberry Hill Work ID: 320068128 – Writers
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| website = [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ACE Repertory]]
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| access-date = April 14, 2018
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}}</ref> It was published in 1940 by [[Chappell & Company]] and was recorded ten times that year.

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[[Sammy Kaye]] recorded and released the first recording of the song on [[[[RCA Records#Beginnings and history|RCA Victor Records]] with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31, 1940.<ref>Catalog #26643, with the flip side "[[Maybe (1935 song)|Maybe]]"; matrix #51050</ref><ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/6017563-Swing-And-Sway-With-Sammy-Kaye-Blueberry-Hill-Maybe Blueberry Hill by Sammy Kaye. Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2023.]</ref> [[Gene Krupa]]'s version was issued on [[OKeh Records]]<ref>No. 5672</ref> on June 3. Singer [[Mary Small]] recorded a vocal version on the same label with Nat Brandwynne's orchestra, released June 20, 1940.<ref>[[OKeh Records]] No. 5678</ref>

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The first hit version and the most successful in 1940 was by the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]], which reached #2 on the US charts featuring [[Ray Eberle]] on vocals.<ref name=WhitburnPop>{{cite book|last=Whitburn| first=Joel |title= Pop Hits, Singles and Albums 1940-1954 |date= 2002}}</ref> This was the most popular version in the 1940s. 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&nbsp;5632 and MH&nbsp;92.

Other 1940 recordings were by [[Kay Kyser]], [[Russ Morgan]], [[Connee Boswell]], [[Johnny Messner (musician)|Johnny Messner]], and [[Jimmy Dorsey]].

[[Gene Autry]] recorded the song in 1940 also and the song appeared in his 1941 film ''[[The Singing Hill]]''.

[[Dennis Day]] performed the song on the radio comedy program ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (November 10, 1940).

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[[Louis Armstrong]]'s 1949 recording on [[Decca Records]] with [[Gordon Jenkins]] charted in the ''Billboard'' Top 40, reaching number 29.

[[Van Morrison]] recorded the song in 2023 and released it on his album ''[[Accentuate the Positive (Van Morrison album) |Accentuate the Positive]]''.

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==Fats Domino version==
"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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=167}}</ref> The version by Fats Domino was also ranked number 82 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill' |date=April 7, 2011 |publisher=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 | access-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill' &#124; Rolling Stone |website=www.rollingstone.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218214530/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 |archive-date=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
"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.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=167}}</ref> The version by Fats Domino was also ranked number 82 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite web |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill' |date=April 7, 2011 |publisher=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 | access-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill' &#124; Rolling Stone |website=www.rollingstone.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218214530/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/fats-domino-blueberry-hill-19691231 |archive-date=18 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Movie and TV appearances==

The song has appeared in the following movies and TV shows:

*''[[The Singing Hill]]'' (1941)
*''[[Let the Good Times Roll (1973 film)| Let the Good Times Roll]]'' (1973)
*''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]'' (1976)
*''[[Summertime Blues (1984 film)|Summertime Blues]]'' (1988)
*''[[Blueberry Hill (1988 film)| Blueberry Hill]]'' (1988)
*''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995)
*''[[9 Dead Gay Guys]]'' (2002)
*''The Term'' or ''Srok'' (2014)
*''[[The Sixties (miniseries)|The Sixties]]'', TV mini-series (2014)
*''[[Mike & Mike]]'', TV (2016)
*''[[Capone (2020 film)|Capone]]'' (2020)
*''[[The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021 film)| The Eyes of Tammy Faye]]'' (2021)


==In popular culture==
==Popular culture==
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* On the American television show, ''[[Happy Days]]'', this was [[Richie Cunningham]]'s favorite song.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Television characters : 1,485 profiles, 1947-2004 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson NC |isbn=0786421916 |page=335/941 |url=https://archive.org/details/televisioncharac0000terr/page/334/mode/2up |quote=Richie's trademark became the song "Blueberry Hill" (he would frequently sing the first line — "I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill").}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Garry |title=Wake me when it's funny |date=1995 |publisher=Adams Pub. |isbn=1558505261 |page=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/wakemewhenitsfun00mars/page/14/mode/2up |quote=On the first day of Happy Days, Ron Howard pulled my brother aside and said, "I'm really glad to be doing this show, but I'm not very funny." But a few months later he was singing that Blueberry Hill song and marking audiences laugh.}} (Section quoted written by Penny Marshall.)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=West |first1=Beverly |last2=Bergund |first2=Jason |title=TV therapy : the television guide to life |date=2005 |publisher=Delta Trade Paperbacks |location=New York City NY |isbn=0-385-33902-X |page=83 |url=https://archive.org/details/tvtherapytelevis00west/page/82/mode/2up |quote=...and the most alarming collection of plaid button-downs ever assembled in order to find his thrill on Blueberry Hill.}}</ref>
* On the American television show, ''[[Happy Days]]'', this was [[Richie Cunningham]]'s favorite song.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Television characters : 1,485 profiles, 1947-2004 |date=2006 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson NC |isbn=0786421916 |page=335/941 |url=https://archive.org/details/televisioncharac0000terr/page/334/mode/2up |quote=Richie's trademark became the song "Blueberry Hill" (he would frequently sing the first line — "I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill").}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Marshall |first1=Garry |title=Wake me when it's funny |date=1995 |publisher=Adams Pub. |isbn=1558505261 |page=14 |url=https://archive.org/details/wakemewhenitsfun00mars/page/14/mode/2up |quote=On the first day of Happy Days, Ron Howard pulled my brother aside and said, "I'm really glad to be doing this show, but I'm not very funny." But a few months later he was singing that Blueberry Hill song and marking audiences laugh.}} (Section quoted written by Penny Marshall.)</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=West |first1=Beverly |last2=Bergund |first2=Jason |title=TV therapy : the television guide to life |date=2005 |publisher=Delta Trade Paperbacks |location=New York City NY |isbn=0-385-33902-X |page=83 |url=https://archive.org/details/tvtherapytelevis00west/page/82/mode/2up |quote=...and the most alarming collection of plaid button-downs ever assembled in order to find his thrill on Blueberry Hill.}}</ref>
* [[Joe Edwards (St. Louis)|Joe Edwards']] restaurant [[Blueberry Hill (restaurant)|Blueberry Hill]], on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri, where [[Chuck Berry]] frequently played, is named after the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlmag.com/Blueberry-Hill-Turns-40/ |title=Blueberry Hill Turns 40 |first=Jarrett |last=Medlin |date=August 16, 2012 |work=[[St. Louis Magazine]]}}</ref>
* [[Joe Edwards (St. Louis)|Joe Edwards']] restaurant [[Blueberry Hill (restaurant)|Blueberry Hill]], on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri, where [[Chuck Berry]] frequently played, is named after the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlmag.com/Blueberry-Hill-Turns-40/ |title=Blueberry Hill Turns 40 |first=Jarrett |last=Medlin |date=August 16, 2012 |work=[[St. Louis Magazine]]}}</ref>
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Revision as of 15:12, 1 December 2024

For other uses, see Blueberry Hill (disambiguation).

"Blueberry Hill"
1940 sheet music
Song
Published1940 by Chappell & Company, New York
Genre
Composer(s)Vincent Rose
Lyricist(s)

"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.

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.

Background

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.

Recordings

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]

1940 Glenn Miller release on Bluebird Records.

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.

Fats Domino version

"Blueberry Hill"
Single by Fats Domino
from the EP This Is Fats Domino!
B-side"Honey Chile"
Released1956
Genre
Length2:14
LabelImperial
Composer(s)Vincent Rose
Lyricist(s)
Fats Domino singles chronology
"When My Dreamboat Comes Home"
(1956) 		"Blueberry Hill"
(1956) 		"The Rooster Song"
(1957)

"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]

References

  1. ^ "Blueberry Hill Work ID: 320068128 – Writers". ACE Repertory. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Larry Stock | Songwriters Hall of Fame". www.songhall.org. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Catalog #26643, with the flip side "Maybe"; matrix #51050
  4. ^ Blueberry Hill by Sammy Kaye. Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Pop Hits, Singles and Albums 1940-1954.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 167.
  7. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill'". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
  8. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Fats Domino, 'Blueberry Hill' | Rolling Stone". www.rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  9. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2006). Television characters : 1,485 profiles, 1947-2004. Jefferson NC: McFarland. p. 335/941. ISBN 0786421916. Richie's trademark became the song "Blueberry Hill" (he would frequently sing the first line — "I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill").
  10. ^ Marshall, Garry (1995). Wake me when it's funny. Adams Pub. p. 14. ISBN 1558505261. On the first day of Happy Days, Ron Howard pulled my brother aside and said, "I'm really glad to be doing this show, but I'm not very funny." But a few months later he was singing that Blueberry Hill song and marking audiences laugh. (Section quoted written by Penny Marshall.)
  11. ^ West, Beverly; Bergund, Jason (2005). TV therapy : the television guide to life. New York City NY: Delta Trade Paperbacks. p. 83. ISBN 0-385-33902-X. ...and the most alarming collection of plaid button-downs ever assembled in order to find his thrill on Blueberry Hill.
  12. ^ Medlin, Jarrett (August 16, 2012). "Blueberry Hill Turns 40". St. Louis Magazine.
  13. ^ Martel, Frances (December 11, 2010). "This Exists: Vladimir Putin Serenades Audience With Rendition Of 'Blueberry Hill'". Mediaite.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
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