Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill (1956)

"Blueberry Hill" dates to 1940 and Gene Autry. Louis Armstrong scored a Top 30 hit with it in 1949. Fats Domino made it a classic in 1956. Richie Cunningham adopted it on Happy Days. Vladimir Putin made it his own in 2010.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mix3gmzPa0

1950 in music

Sam Phillips started Sun Records in Memphis in 1950. In a few years, Sun Records would be an industry leader. Meanwhile, Patti Page became the only artist to ever score a #1 on the country, rock, and R&B charts at the same time. Nat King Cole had the year’s biggest hit with “Mona Lisa.”

Mona Lisa by Nat King Cole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEmnxiUz8w

The Tennessee Waltz by Patti Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ek3eCbfqp0

Music! Music! Music! By Teresa Brewer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCcV2B8mHa0

Goodnight Irene by Gordon Jenkins and the Weavers:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj3s8qq3kU4

Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy by Red Foley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYl31e_0buQ

Peter Cottontail by Gene Autry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwGBeCcun4

The Thing by Phil Harris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FdWRsHeV98

The Year in Music: 1941

1941 provided an Indian summer in the midst of the Great Depression and before World War II. Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams thrilled Americans throughout the baseball season and big band music dominated. The music continued to own the market until 1946 when dramatic changes occurred. Here are some of the top hits of 1941.

Chattanooga Choo-Choo (Glenn Miller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k

A String of Pearls (Glenn Miller)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTDo08giGk

Green Eyes (Jimmy Dorsey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neyj54oSHC0

Amapola (Jimmy Dorsey)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx6I1dFnZnQ

God Bless This Child (Billie Holiday)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_1LfT1MvzI

Blueberry Hill (Gene Autry)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQzt0263Kj0

Take the “A” Train (Duke Ellington)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guYlCLmX59c&ob=av2n

　

The Year in Music: 1940

World War II raged in Europe and the Depression at home. Big Band began to take hold after being sneered at by the public. Meanwhile, Woody Guthrie releases Dust Bowl Ballads chronicling the struggles of people in the Midwest.

Glenn Miller In The Mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-onnw2gM

Frenesi-Artie Shaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0F4k6klcmw

Only Forever-Bing Crosby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNCt6hkCUic

When You Wish Upon a Star- Cliff Edwards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh6XxYbbIc

Blueberry Hill-Gene Autry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdJSBtuS0oc

When The Swallows Return to Capistrano-The Ink Spots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-p71lleUY

The Woodpecker Song- Glenn Miller:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FynFKr9izA8

You Are My Sunshine-Jimmie Davis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZdUigq5Q_Y

Dust Bowl Blues- Woody Guthrie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K5eMK1mqcU