# Episode 45: “Blueberry Hill”, by Fats Domino

An episode of [A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1437402802), 11 Aug 2019.

Audio: https://500songs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/500-songs-ep-45-Blueberry-Hill.mp3

Episode forty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Blueberry Hill” by Fats Domino, and at how the racial tensions of the fifties meant that a smiling, diffident, cheerful man playing happy music ended up starting riots all over the US. Patreon backers also have a ten-minute bonus episode available, on “Birmingham Bounce” by Hardrock Gunter. (more…)

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