Blueberry Hill

"Blueberry Hill" is 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 Al Lewis. It was recorded six times in 1940. Victor Records released the recording by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31, 1940 (catalog #26643, with the flip side "Maybe"; matrix #51050[1]). Gene Krupa's version was issued on the Okeh label (#5672) on June 3. Other 1940 recordings were by: Glenn Miller on Bluebird (10768), Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry (also in the 1941 film The Singing Hill, Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey.The largest 1940 hit was Glenn Miller.
Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40. It 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.The version by Fats Domino was also ranked #82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.The song was Domino's greatest hit and remains the song most associated with him. From Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_Hill_(song)

Youtube of this Sammy Kaye version taken off 

Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocals by Tommy Ryan 

Gene Krupa version


  Glenn Miller Version here - on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqgTEgEvis

This is classic R & B version - Fats Domino 1956

or listen to Take 5 on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEmbszM4AuY&feature=fvwrel
The writers -


Sammy Kaye (Lyrics and first version) "(March 13, 1910–June 2, 1987), born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr., was an Americanbandleader and songwriter, whose tag line, "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the Big Band Era.

Kaye, born in Lakewood, Ohio, graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. At Ohio University in Athens, Ohio he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one.

A leader of one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Band Era, he made a large number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, Bell Records, and the American Decca record label. He was also a hit on radio. Kaye was known for an audience participation gimmick called "So You Want To Lead A Band?" where audience members would be called onto stage in an attempt to conduct the orchestra, with the possibility of winning batons. Kaye was also known for his use of "singing of song titles", which was emulated by Kay Kyser and Blue Barron." More on Wiki -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye

Vincent Rose (Who wrote the music) (June 13, 1880 in Palermo, Italy – May 20, 1944 in Rockville Centre, New York, United States) was a musician and band leader.

Vincent Rose has one of the longest histories as a band leader. He achieved much popularity with his Montmartre Orchestra in the 1920s, and recorded with the group for RCA. The same personnel later recorded for the Columbia label as the Hollywood Orchestra. After leaving California, he settled in New York, but continued to record as "Vincent Rose and His Orchestra" for various labels throughout the 1930s.

He was very active as a songwriter, publishing well over 200 songs. Among his hits are:

1920 "Whispering"

1921 "Avalon", with lyrics by Al Jolson and B.G. DeSylva, a big hit for Jolson.

1923 "Linger Awhile"

1940 "Blueberry Hill"

More on wiki  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Rose

Glenn Miller - Blueberry Hill.