Recorded June 27, 1956 (Wednesday)
(w&m: Al Lewis/Larry Stock/Vincent Rose [né Vincenzo Cacioppo])
Fats 1st recording from his 37th session (IM-1082).
a-side of Imperial 5407 b/w "Honey Chile"
45/78RPM release: September 1956
First album release: "This Is Fats Domino!" on Imperial LP-9028
Released: December 1956
Master Recorders, 533 North Fairfax Ave., Hollywood, CA
Antoine Domino(v/p), Eddie Sylvas, Robert "Buddy" Hagans(ts), Wendell Duconge(as), Walter "Papoose" Nelson(g), Lawrence Guyton(b), Cornelius "Tenoo" Coleman(d).
Producer/Arranger: Dave Bartholomew
Engineer: Abe "Bunny" Robyn
Upon the release of the original Imperial 45 (X5407) an anomaly crops up, which can be heard at 1:06 into the recording at the lyric "Vows We Made".
Shortly after the original release, an unknown audio engineer* at Imperial decided to "repair" the master with a transfer edit of the original "Vows WE made" to "Vows YOU Made" which was lifted from a passage heard later in the composition. It is this edited take which has been used on virtually all subsequent vinyl and CD reissues throughout the intervening years.
*The repair was probably done by engineer Abraham "Bunny" Robyn, who had pieced together "Blueberry Hill" from a troubled session. The band orly managed a complete take on "Honey Chile"; Afterward bandleader Dave Bartholomew dejectedly dropped the tape on Imperial boss Lew Chudd's desk. Imperial initially pushed "Honey Chile," but Bartholomew was later shocked to learn that not only was "Blueberry Hill" released, it became Domino's biggest hit.
For chart-info see the "early 45RPM version with flub at 1:06".
Many thanks to RienB who made this publication possible!
Fats' recording of "Blueberry Hill" was a cover of "the song with the same title by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.
The song's debut was in the movie "The Singing Hill" performed by Gene Autry. Glenn however was the first to put it on wax.
More info?
See Playlist "The Originals".
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