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"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〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=78discography.com )〕). 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''〔(The Singing Hill ) Retrieved April 11, 2012.〕), Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. The largest 1940 hit was by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, where it reached #1.〔(The Glenn Miller Orchestra, "Blueberry Hill" Chart Position ) Retrieved April 11, 2012.〕 Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching #29.〔(Louis Armstrong, "Blueberry Hill" Chart Position ) Retrieved April 11, 2012.〕 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. The version by Fats Domino was also ranked #82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Rolling Stone )〕 The song was Domino's greatest hit and remains the song most associated with him. ==Selected list of recorded versions== * Gene Autry (1940) (the original version, from the movie ''The Singing Hill'') (1940) * The Glenn Miller Orchestra (vocal by Ray Eberle) (1941) (The most famous version in the 1940s. Recorded in Chicago on May 13, 1940. It was released by Bluebird Records as catalog number 10768A (i USA)〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=78discography.com )〕 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog numbers BD 5632 and MH 92) * Russ Morgan and His Orchestra (vocal by Carol Kaye) (1941) * Kay Kyser and His Orchestra (vocal by Harry Babbitt) (1941) * Louis Armstrong with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra and Choir (1949) (with different lyrics) * Fats Domino (1956) * Scatman Crothers (1957) * Elvis Presley (1957) * Little Richard (1958) * Ricky Nelson (1958) * Andy Williams (1959) * Duane Eddy (1959) * Conway Twitty (1959) * Carl Mann (1959) * Bill Haley & His Comets (1960) * John Barry Orchestra (1960) * Buster Brown (1960) * Skeeter Davis (1961) * Cliff Richard (1962) * Slim Harpo (1964) * San Remo Golden Strings (1966) * The Loved Ones, Australia, (1966) * The Everly Brothers (1967) * Dave Clark 5 (1967) * Led Zeppelin (1970 on the Led Zeppelin bootleg recording ''Live on Blueberry Hill'') * Freddy Fender (1970s) * Loretta Lynn (1971) * Dick Rivers (1972) * Jerry Lee Lewis (1973, ''Southern Roots'') * Ellen McIlwaine (1975) * The Beach Boys (1976) * Billy "Crash" Craddock (1977) * Adriano Celentano (1977) * Link Wray (1982) * Mud (1982) * Jah Wobble (1980, ''The Legend Lives On... Jah Wobble in "Betrayal"'') * Yellowman (1987) * Little Willie Littlefield on his album ''Singalong with Little Willie Littlefield'' (1990) * Bruce Cockburn with Margo Timmins (1999)〔(Bruce Cockburn Songs ) Retrieved April 11, 2012.〕 * Jimmy Clanton (2006, played in Boomtown Casino) * Johnny Hallyday with Chris Isaak (2007, ''La Cigale'', live album recorded 2006 Flashback Tour) * Elton John (2007, ''Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino'') * Brenda Lee 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blueberry Hill (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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