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Parody of Blueberry Hill, made famous by Fats Domino. Lyrics and music production by The Freedom Toast and Video concept and editing by Cinebot Video. Executive Producers for Parody Project Don Caron and Jerry Pender SUPPORT Visit CONTRIBUTE to the PROJECT BTC: 33W8cvkCKupG77ChtTFXeAFmEBCaLcjsBJ ETH: 0x1f36edE7A4F06830D0e3d675776607790a2ce636 SHOP Parody Project Store: PATRONAGE To become a Patron of Parody Project please visit our Patreon Page MAILING LIST (Never Shared) LYRICS for CAPITOL HILL Mitch McConnell sings Capitol Hill 2023 (Blueberry Hill) I get no thrill On Capitol Hill On Capitol Hill Where I am the boss I’ve passed no bill On Capitol Hill I can’t get my will On Capitol Hill. Conservatives will push through What’s bad for our land And then we’ll shut down the place So Dems understand I’ll make Joe ill On Capitol Hill Got good laws to kill On Capitol Hill I will be magnanimous And speak forcefully Give sick people as-pi-rin If they’re nice to me! I’ve had my fill Of Capitol Hill So let Joe and Jill Climb Capitol Hill! ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SONG The music for “Blueberry Hill“ was composed by Vincent Rose and 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. Gene Krupa's version was issued on OKeh Records on June 3 and singer Mary Small recorded a vocal version on the same label with Nat Brandwynne's orchestra, released June 20, 1940. Other 1940 recordings were by: the Glenn Miller Orchestra (The most famous version in the 1940s, Kay Kyser, Russ Morgan, Gene Autry (also in the 1941 film The Singing Hill), Connee Boswell, and Jimmy Dorsey. The largest 1940 hit was by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which reached #2 on the US charts. Dennis Day performed on radio comedy program The Jack Benny Program (November 10, 1940). Louis Armstrong's 1949 recording charted in the Billboard Top 40, reaching number 29. “Blueberry Hill“ was an international hit in 1956 for Fats Domino and has become a rock and roll standard. It reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Top 40 charts, becoming his biggest pop hit, and spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart. The version by Fats Domino was also ranked number 82 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. On the American television show, Happy Days, this was Richie Cunningham's favorite song. Joe Edwards' restaurant Blueberry Hill, on the Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri, where Chuck Berry frequently played, is named after the song. Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin made a cover performance of the song on December 10, 2010 before an audience of international film and television celebrities, in support of a charity for ill children. Videos of his performance quickly went viral worldwide.
