Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Fat's Domino passed away Tuesday 10/24/17. There usually are always posts here when someone famous passes away. I may have missed it, but posting this anyway.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/522583856/fats-domino-architect-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-89

https://www.fatsdominoofficial.com/

Ain't That a Shame - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfMlk1PwGU

Blueberry Hill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKQZy2PJtq8

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

“Fat’s” ???

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Are you the spelling and punctuation police today on UHH? Or do you not know who Fats Domino is? Sorry if I made a mistake.

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

Yes, spelling and grammar police.

Of course I know who he was. The apostrophe was funny. I should’ve added a smiley face and maybe you would’ve gotten the humor.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Who did the original version of Blueberry Hill?
When I first heard Fats sing Blueberry Hill I thought I had heard it before, but in 1956 there was no easy way to search.
Then I heard Glenn Miller and Ray Eberle on the Late late show and thought wow I found the answer oops not so.

lamontcranston

I was a big fan of Fats Domino as a teenager. Years later I saw him put on a great show at the Rhein-Mein Officer's Club in the late 60's. He sang all of his favorites and was just a great showman and a fantastic piano player. On his break between sets he walked over to the bar and ordered a WATER GLASS full of whisky and drank the whole thing down in a matter of minutes while visiting with his fans. I've never seen anyone put away that much whiskey in just a few minutes in my entire life, and I've been in a few bars. His real name was Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. and his New Orleans home was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Long live rock and roll.

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

From Wikipedia:

"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 Larry Stock and 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. Gene Krupa's version was issued on OKeh Records (#5672) on June 3 and singer Mary Small did a vocal version on the same label with Nat Brandwynne's orchestra, released June 20, 1940 on OKeh Records #5678.

Other 1940 recordings were by: The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Bluebird Records (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 by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached #1.

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Here is a link to Wikipedia. It was published in 1940 and best remembered for the 1950s rock n' roll version by Fats Domino. It was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Larry Stock and Al Lewis, and was recorded six times in 1940. Victor Records released a recording by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra with vocals by Tommy Ryan on May 31, 1940. Gene Krupa's version was released June 3, and singer Mary Small did a vocal version with Nat Brandwynne's orchestra released June 20, 1940. Other 1940 recordings were by: The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry, Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. 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 and reached #29. It was a 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. 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry_Hill_(song)