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Antoine Caliste Domino Jr. [1] (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. [ 2 ]
Fats Domino was signed to the Imperial Records label in 1949 and left it in early 1963, when the label was sold to Liberty Records.However, dozens of his recordings for Imperial have been overdubbed with female vocal chorus from May to July 1963 and next released by Liberty.
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, more than 65 million records were sold by Domino.
Alive and Kickin' is an album by the American musician Fats Domino, released in 2006. [2] [3] Proceeds from the album were directed to Tipitina's Foundation, an organization committed to preserving the musical culture and legacy of New Orleans. [4] The album raised around $150,000 for the foundation in its first year of release. [5]
"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. [7]
The song was recorded for Imperial Records in Cosimo Matassa's J&M Recording Studio on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, December 10, 1949. [1] Imperial's Lew Chudd had previously asked Dave Bartholomew to show him some locally popular talent, and was most impressed with the 21-year-old Fats Domino, then playing at a working class dive in the 9th Ward of New Orleans.
"Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955, [1] [2] was a hit, eventually selling a million copies.
Fats Domino chronology; This Is Fats (1957) The Fabulous Mr. D (1958) Let's Play Fats Domino (1959) The Fabulous Mr. D is a 1958 studio album by American rock and ...