Rhythm and Blues

Let’s get to that happy place! The song “My Blue Heaven,” which was written by Walter Donaldson (music) and George A. Whiting (lyrics) in 1924, is a pop and jazz standard. There have been so many versions, the list seems endless — from Bing Crosby to Benny Goodman to Oscar Peterson to The Platters to The Smashing Pumpkins to Bobby Vinton to Mary Lou Williams, just to name a few. Two of the most popular versions  were the ones recorded by Jimmie Lunceford in 1935 and Fats Domino, in his inimitable style, in 1956.  Domino’s version went to #19 on the U.S. Pop Singles Chart and #5 on the R&B Chart.

Here are the lyrics to “My Blue Heaven” by Fats Domino:

When wippoorwills call, evenin’ is nigh
I hurry to my Blue Heaven
You turn to the right, it’s got a little bright light
That  leads to my Blue Heaven
You’ll find a cozy place, fireplace, a cozy room
A little nest that nestles where the roses bloom
Yes, Molly and me, and the baby makes three
We’re happy in my Blue Heaven

When wippoorwills call, evenin’ is nigh
I hurry to my Blue Heaven
You turn to the right, you find a little bright light
That  leads to my Blue Heaven
You’ll find a cozy place, fireplace, a cozy room
A little nest that nestles where the roses bloom
Yes, Molly and me, and the baby makes three
We’re happy in my Blue Heaven

For other songs by Fats Domino, one of the legends of rock and roll as well as New Orleans style R&B: “Blueberry Hill,” “The Big Beat,” and “Blue Monday.”

If you are interested in an album of music by Fats Domino, please click on the photo below:

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The Daily Doo Wop Rec Room has daily featured doo wop, rock and roll, R&B, or rockabilly songs that were hits during the first era of rock and roll (that is, from about 1952 until the British invasion in 1964). After a song is featured, it then goes into the juke box. You are welcome to listen to any of the 40+ selections there. Every weekend, there is a Golden Oldies Juke Box Saturday Night, and the juke box is full of song requests from the 1950s and 1960s.

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