FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL

BLUEBERRY HILL

FATS DOMINO

SONGWRITERS: AL LEWIS; LARRY STOCK & VINCENT ROSE.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FATS DOMINO: BLUEBERRY HILL

LABEL: IMPERIAL RECORDS

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1956

 

          Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955). Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.

         Domino was shy and modest by nature but made a significant contribution to the rock and roll genre. Elvis Presley declared Domino a "huge influence on me when I started out" and when they first met in 1959, described him as "the real king of rock 'n' roll". The Beatles were also heavily influenced by Domino.

    Four of Domino's records were named to the Grammy Hall of Fame for their significance: "Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "Walking to New Orleans" and "The Fat Man". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of its first group of inductees in 1986. The Associated Press estimates that during his career, Domino "sold more than 110 million records".

I found my thrill

On Blueberry Hill

On Blueberry Hill

When I found you

 

The Moon stood still

On Blueberry Hill

And lingered until

My dream came true

 

The wind in the willow played

Love's sweet melody

But all of those vows you made

Were never to be

 

Though we're apart

You're part of me still

For you were my thrill

On Blueberry Hill

 

The wind in the willow played

Love's sweet melody

But all of those vows we made

Were only to be

 

Though we're apart

You're part of me still

For you were my thrill

On Blueberry Hill.