Fats Domino
Fats Domino in concert in France, 1992.
Background information
Birth name	Antoine Dominique Domino
Also known as	Fats
Born	February 26, 1928 (1928-02-26) (age 80)
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genre(s)	R&B (New Orleans) Rock and roll Piano blues Boogie-woogie
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Piano
Years active	1949–Present
Label(s)	Imperial, ABC, Mercury, Broadmoor, Reprise, Sonet, Warner Bros. Records, Toot Toot

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a classic R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other New Orleans rhythm and blues refers to a type of R&B music from the U Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Piano blues refers to a variety of Blues styles sharing only the characteristic that they use the Piano as the primary musical instrument Boogie-woogie is a style of Piano -based Blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s but originated much earlier and was extended from piano Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Events December 29 - Les Paul and Mary Ford marry Mitch Miller begins his career as one of the 20th century's In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music This article is about the Imperial Records label currently owned by EMI. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Mercury Records is a Record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US and are both subsidiaries of Broadmoor Records was a New Orleans Louisiana based Record label. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated Sonet Records is a Jazz record company founded in Sweden in 1956 Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics

Biography

Imperial Records era (1949-1962)

Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. "The Fat Man" is a Rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino, considered to be one of the First rock and roll records The record was recorded This article is about the Imperial Records label currently owned by EMI. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a fat back beat. For the onomateopeic word see Wah-wah. Wah-Wah is a 2005 Drama film, written and directed by British In Music, back beat (also backbeat) is a term applied both to a specific style of Rhythmic Accentuation with accent on even It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so.

Fats Domino then released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Dave Bartholomew (born 24 December 1920, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America) is a Musician, Band leader The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Alvin "Red" Tyler ( 5 December 1925 – 3 April 1998) was an American R&B and Neo-bop jazz Saxophonist A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Earl Cyril Palmer ( October 25, 1924 - September 19, 2008) was an American Drummer and member of the Rock and Roll Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, who was also Domino's trusted bandleader. Reggie Houston (born July 2, 1947) is an American Saxophone player Lee Allen (born 1926 in Pittsburg Kansas; died 1994 was an American Tenor saxophone player A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as Domino finally crossed into the pop mainstream with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955), which hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone characteristically hit #1 with a milder cover of the song that received wider radio airplay in a racially-segregated era. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more "After "Ain't It a Shame" mainstream artists began covering Domino's songs Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone (born June 1 1934) is an American Singer whose smooth style made him a popular performer of the 1950s In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Domino would eventually release 37 Top 40 singles, "Whole Lotta Loving" and "Blue Monday" among them. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. " Blue Monday " is a Song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew in 1955.

His 1956 up tempo version of the 1940 Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock song, "Blueberry Hill" reached #2 in the Top 40, was #1 on the R&B charts for 11 weeks, and was his biggest hit. " Blueberry Hill " is a popular song published in 1940. "Blueberry Hill" sold more than 5 million copies worldwide in 1956-57. The song had earlier been recorded by Gene Autry, and Louis Armstrong among many others. Orvon Gene Autry ( September 29 1907 &ndash October 2 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter

Fats appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock!^[1] and The Girl Can't Help It. The Girl Can't Help It is a 1956 comedy / Musical film, starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, and Edmond O'Brien ^[2] On December 18, 1957, Domino's hit "The Big Beat" was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) "The Big Beat" is a song from the musical Over Here!, which opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway on March 6 Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host American Bandstand was a Television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark

Domino continued to have a steady series of hits for Imperial through early 1962, including "Walkin' to New Orleans" (1960) co-written by Bobby Charles. Bobby Charles, born Robert Charles Guidry on February 21, 1938, in Abbeville Louisiana, is a singer and songwriter After Imperial Records was sold to outside interests in early 1963, Domino left the label: "I stuck with them until they sold out", he claimed in 1979. In all, Domino recorded over 60 singles for the label, placing 40 songs in the top 10 on the R&B charts, and scoring 11 top 10 singles on the pop charts. As well, twenty-two of Domino's Imperial singles were double-sided hits.

Post-Imperial recording career (1963-1970s)

Domino moved to ABC-Paramount Records in 1963, where the label dictated that he would record in Nashville rather than New Orleans. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation (a subsidiary of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres As well, he was assigned a new producer (Felton Jarvis) and a new arranger (Bill Justis) -- Domino's long-term collaboration with producer/arranger/frequent co-writer Dave Bartholomew, who oversaw virtually all of his Imperial hits, was seemingly at an end. Felton Jarvis, (1934 – 1981 produced most of Elvis Presley 's recordings from 1966-1977 William E "Bill" Justis Jr ( October 14, 1926 – July 15, 1982) was an American pioneer Rock and Roll Dave Bartholomew (born 24 December 1920, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America) is a Musician, Band leader

Jarvis and Justis changed the Domino sound somewhat, notably by adding the backing of a countrypolitan-style vocal chorus to most of his new recordings. The Nashville sound arose during the late 1950s as a sub-genre of American Country music, replacing the chart dominance of Honky tonk music which was Perhaps as a result of this tinkering with an established formula, Domino's chart career was drastically curtailed. He released 11 singles for ABC-Paramount, but only had one top 40 entry with "Red Sails In The Sunset" (1963). Then, by the end of 1964 the British Invasion had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino's chart run was over. The British Invasion was the term applied by the news media — and subsequently by consumers — to the influx of Rock and roll, beat and pop performers

Despite the lack of chart success, Domino continued to record steadily until about 1970, leaving ABC-Paramount in mid-1965 and recording for a variety of other labels and reuniting with Dave Bartholomew along the way. He also continued as a popular live act for several decades. He was furthermore acknowledged as an important influence on the music of the 1960s and 1970s by some of the top artists of that era; Paul McCartney reportedly wrote the Beatles song "Lady Madonna" in an emulation of Domino's style. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " Lady Madonna " is a song by The Beatles, written mostly by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Ironically, Domino did manage to return to the "Hot 100" charts one final time in 1968 -- with a cover of "Lady Madonna".

Later career (1980s- )

In the 1980s, Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, having a comfortable income from royalties and a dislike for touring, and claiming he could not get any food that he liked anyplace else. Royalties (sometimes running royalties) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee" to another (the "licensor" for ongoing use of an His induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an invitation to perform at the White House failed to persuade Domino to make an exception to this policy. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence

Fats Domino was persuaded to perform out of town periodically for Dianna Chenevert, agent, founder & president of New Orleans based Omni Attractions, during the 1980s & early 1990s. Most of these engagements were in and around New Orleans, but also included a concert in Texas at West End Market Place in downtown Dallas on October 24, 1986.

On October 12, 1983 USA Today reported that Domino was included in Chenevert's "Southern Stars" promotional poster for the agency (along with historically preserving childhood photographs of other famous living musicians from New Orleans & Louisiana on it). Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. The Southern Stars are a First-class cricket team featuring in Kenya 's new Sahara Elite League. Fats provided a photograph of his first recording session, which was the only one he had left from his childhood. Domino autographed these posters, whose recipients included USA Today's Gannett president Al Newharth, and Peter Morton founder of the Hard Rock Cafe. Gannett Company Inc ( is a publicly-traded media Holding company based in the United States. Peter Morton (born Chicago in 1946 was the co-founder with Isaac Tigrett of the Hard Rock Café, a chain of casual dining restaurants Hard Rock Cafe was founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, and their first Hard Rock Cafe opened near Hyde Park Corner in London, Times-Picayune columnist Betty Guillaud noted on September 30, 1987 that Domino also provided Chenevert with an autographed pair of his shoes (and signed a black grand piano lid) for the Hard Rock location in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune is a daily Newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)

Domino lived in a mansion in a predominantly working-class Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, where he was a familiar sight in his bright pink Cadillac. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. Cadillac is a Brand of Luxury vehicles owned by General Motors. He makes yearly appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and other local events. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, often known as Jazz Fest, is an annual celebration of the Music and Culture of New Orleans and Domino was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the Recording Academy to "performers who during their lifetimes have made creative contributions of outstanding In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #25 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published "^[3]

Domino and Hurricane Katrina

Graffiti on Domino's home from the time he was rumored dead

Fats Domino's office, June 2007

When Hurricane Katrina was approaching New Orleans in August 2005, Dianna Chenevert encouraged Fats to evacuate, but he chose to stay at home with his family, partly because of his wife's poor health. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Unfortunately his house was in an area that was heavily flooded. Chenevert e-mailed writers at the Times Picayune newspaper and the Coast Guard with the Domino's location.

Someone thought Fats was dead, and spray-painted a message on his home, "RIP Fats. You will be missed", which was shown in news photos. On September 1, Domino's agent, Al Embry, announced that he had not heard from the musician since before the hurricane had struck. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.

Later that day, CNN reported that Domino was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner His daughter, gospel singer Karen Domino White, identified him from a photo shown on CNN. Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to The Domino family was then taken to a Baton Rouge shelter, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell, the starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University football team, and Fats' granddaughter's boyfriend. Baton Rouge (French Bâton-Rouge ˌbætən ˈruːdʒ in English, and in French) is the capital city of Louisiana. JaMarcus Russell (born August 9 1985 in Mobile Alabama) is an American football Quarterback who plays for the Oakland Raiders of the National Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, Coeducational He let the Dominoes stay in his apartment. The Washington Post reported that on September 2, they had left Russell's apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. "We've lost everything", Domino said, according to the Post. ^[4]

By January 2006, work to gut and repair Domino's home and office had begun. The Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were catastrophic due to failure of the Federal flood protection system designed to protect the city (see 2005 levee For the meantime, the Domino family is residing in Harvey, Louisiana.

Chenevert replaced the Southern Stars poster Fats Domino lost in Katrina and President George W. Bush also made a personal visit and replaced the medal that President Bill Clinton had previously awarded Fats. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States.

Recent activity

Domino was the first artist to be announced as scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival. However, he was too ill to perform when scheduled and was only able to offer the audience an on-stage greeting. Domino also released an album Alive and Kickin' in early 2006 to benefit the Tipitina's Foundation, which supports indigent local musicians. The Tipitina's Foundation executive produced by Bill Taylor is a not-for-profit charity organization in the United States in place to encourage the city of The title song was recorded after Katrina, but most of the cuts were from unreleased sessions in the 1990s.

On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with OffBeat magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards held at House of Blues in New Orleans. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. OffBeat is a monthly music magazine in New Orleans Louisiana first published in 1988. House of Blues (HOB is a corporate chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented Fats Domino with a signed declaration. The post of Mayor of the city of New Orleans Louisiana has been held by the following individuals since New Orleans came under American administration following the Clarence Ray Nagin Jr (ˈneɪgɨn (born June 11, 1956) is the Mayor of New Orleans. OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey and WWL-TV's Eric Paulsen presented Fats Domino with the Lifetime Achievement Award. An all-star musical tribute followed with an introduction by the legendary producer Cosimo Matassa. Cosimo Matassa (born 13 April, 1926 in New Orleans) is an Italian - American Recording engineer and Studio owner The Lil' Band O' Gold rhythm section, Warren Storm, Kenny Bill Stinson, David Egan and C. C. Adcock, not only anchored the band, but each contributed lead vocals, swamp pop legend Warren Storm leading off with "Let the Four Winds Blow" and "The Prisoner Song", which he proudly introduced by saying, "Fats Domino recorded this in 1958. . and so did I. " The horn section included Lil' Band O' Gold's Dickie Landry, the Iguanas' Derek Huston, and long-time Domino horn men Roger Lewis, Elliot "Stackman" Callier and Herb Hardesty. They were joined by Jon Cleary (who also played guitar in the rhythm section), Al "Carnival Time" Johnson, Irma Thomas, George Porter, Jr. (who, naturally, came up with a funky arrangement for "You Keep On Knocking"), Art Neville, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, who wrote and debuted a song in tribute of Domino for the occasion. Though Domino didn't perform, those near him recall him playing air piano and singing along to his own songs.

Fats Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at Tipitina's at New Orleans, performing to a full house. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tipitina's is a music venue located at the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans Louisiana, USA. A foundation has been formed and a show is being planned for Domino and the restoration of his home, where he intends to return someday. "I like it down there" he said in a February, 2006 CBS News interview. ^[5]

In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.

In December 2007, Fats Domino was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.

Statue of Fats Domino in the French Quarter of New Orleans

Business

His career has been produced and managed since the 1980s by multimedia entertainment purveyor and music producer Robert G. The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is the oldest and most famous neighborhood in the city of New Orleans Louisiana. Vernon.

Since 1995, Vernon and Domino have been partners (with many other companies, such as Dick Clark Productions) in the Bobkat Music Trust. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Dick Clark Productions (spelled dick clark productions by the company is an Entertainment production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark. Bobkat Music is an entertainment group that manages the careers (some posthumous) of Domino, Randy Pringle (writer), and other artists.

Trivia

• In 1999, National Public Radio included "Ain't That A Shame" in the NPR 100, in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century.
• A play on his name is the name of the gospel music group Fetz Domino, which means in mixed German and Latin "Groove for the Lord". Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Groove is the sense of propulsive Rhythmic "feel" or sense of " Swing " created by the interaction of the music played by a band's Rhythm section
• '50s blues singer Skinny Dynamo had a brief career.
• Domino had 66 US Hot 100 chart hits. (James Brown had 99. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The )
• Domino has always had strong links to The Beatles, who recorded a version of "When the Saints Go Marching In" in Germany, two years after Fats' version on Imperial Records. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 " When the Saints Go Marching In " so well-known that it is often referred to as " The Saints " is a United States gospel Hymn Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the Imperial Records label currently owned by EMI. When they auditioned for Decca, one of their songs was another standard in Domino's repertory: "The Sheik of Araby". Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. A jazz standard is a Jazz tune that is held in continuing esteem and which is widely known performed and recorded among jazz musicians as part of the jazz musical repertoire " The Sheik of Araby " is a song that was written by Harry Smith, Francis Wheeler and music by Ted Snyder in 1921
• In his song "I Want to Walk You Home", Domino used the words "I want to hold your hand" which may have inspired Lennon and McCartney when writing their song of the same title. " I Want to Hold Your Hand " is a song by the English pop and rock band The Beatles. In 1968, the Beatles modeled their song, "Lady Madonna", on Fats Domino's style, combining it with a nod to Humphrey Lyttelton's 1956 hit "Bad Penny Blues", a record which Joe Meek had engineered. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with " Lady Madonna " is a song by The Beatles, written mostly by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008 also known as Humph, was an English Jazz musician and broadcaster, and Events The Malt Shop Era Begins With Love Is Strange By Mickey & Sylvia January 1 - Blue Suede Shoes " Bad Penny Blues " is a Trad jazz piece written by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956. Joe Meek (born Robert George Meek; 5 April 1929 — 3 February 1967 in London) was a pioneering English Record producer and Songwriter They also played some hits of the 1950s and early 1960s, including Domino's "Kansas City", during the Get Back album sessions. Let It Be is the twelfth and final original album released by The Beatles.
• Domino returned the compliment in 1968 by covering not only "Lady Madonna", but two other Beatles songs, for his Reprise LP Fats Is Back. Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated A gramophone Since then, both John Lennon and Paul McCartney have recorded Fats Domino songs. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer,
• I Want to Walk You Home was used in two Public information films by the Irish Department of the Environment, highlighting the dangers of being distracted on roads. Public Information Films (known as PIFs) are a series of government commissioned short films shown during television advertising breaks in the UK.
• Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) got his stage name as a play on Fats Domino's name. Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans on October 3, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the The Twist
• He appeared in a commercial for a brand of plastic food-storage bag. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced Various people had been shown holding and shaking these bags filled with various food items (including an obviously unhappy kid saying "shake, shake, shake--your spinach!"). Spinach ( Spinacia oleracea) is a Flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. At the end, Domino appears, in front of his piano, with such a bag containing blueberries. Blueberries are Flowering plants in the genus Vaccinium, sect He sings, "shake, shake, shake your blueberries--on Blueberry Hill!"

References in popular culture

• In the popular 1970s sitcom Happy Days, set in the 1950s, lead character Richie Cunningham (played by Ron Howard) would often sing "I found my thrill. Happy Days is an American Television sitcom that originally aired from 1974 to 1984 on ABC. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. . . " (the first line of Domino's "Blueberry Hill") in reference to pretty girls he dated or wanted to date.
• The fictional girl band in the television series Rock Follies threatened to revolt if they had to sing "Blueberry Hill" one more time. Rock Follies, and its sequel Rock Follies of '77, was an innovative and groundbreaking Comedy musical Drama shown on
• The American humor magazine Mad ran a cartoon spread that included fictitious artists with similar name variations, such as "Pudgy Parcheesi". Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952

Singles discography

Nationally charted hits shown in bold. (Virtually all of Domino's singles of the 1950s and 60s charted regionally in the U. S. south, especially in New Orleans. )

References

Further reading

• Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'N' Roll by Rick Coleman, Da Capo, 2006. 10-ISBN 0-306-81491-9

External links

• Fats Domino on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame site
• Domino's manager Bob Vernon's official website
• Fats Domino discography (music city)
• Vernon and Domino's Bobkat Music Trust
• Fats Domino Tribute page
• http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm
• http://www.bsnpubs.com/imperial/imperiala.html
• http://www.geocities.com/shakin_stacks/fatsdomino.txt
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6675649.stm for Domino's return concert
• http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1142405984194440.xml