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Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Domino was French Creole and Creole was his first language. Domino was delivered at home by his midwife grandmother who was born into enslavement in 1857. Like most families in the Lower Ninth Ward, Domino's family were new arrivals from the sugar and cotton plantations. His father was a well known violinist, and Domino was inspired to play himself. He eventually learned from his Uncle, jazz guitarist Harrison Verrett. Fats released five Gold (million selling) records before 1955. Domino also had 35 Top 40 American Hits and has a music style based on traditional R&B ensembles or Bass, Piano, Electric Guitar, Drums, and Saxophone.
Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah" vocalizing over a strong back beat. "The Fat Man" sold one million copies by 1953. Fats Domino released a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, Domino's trusted bandleader. 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. Domino eventually had 37 Top 40 singles.
Fats Domino Live Full Concert
Fats Domino - Video - Live In Holland 1976
Fats Domino Live in Concert (part 1).
Fats Domino Live in Concert (part 2).
Fats Domino Live Antibes 1962 part II
Fats Domino - Blue Monday (Live From Austin TX)
Fats Domino Live in Concert '85
Fats Domino LIVE - I'm walking
Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew - Live in Austin 1986 - [DVD 2 - part 01]
Fats Domino Live In Paris
1956 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - Sullivan Show
Fats Domino - Live 07 - Shake rattle & roll
Fats Domino - The Fat Man (Live)
Fats Domino - Live 16 - The Fat Man
Actors: Kathy Baker (actress), Dana Delany (actress), Frank Whaley (actor), Brett Rice (actor), B.B. King (actor), Mike Pniewski (actor), J. Michael Hunter (actor), Gerald McRaney (actor), Troy Donahue (actor), James Coburn (actor), Leo Burmester (actor), Todd Davis (actor), James Garner (actor), Maggie Gyllenhaal (actress), Elinor Donahue (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dick Clark (actor), Milton Subotsky (producer), Frankie Avalon (actor), Milton Subotsky (writer), Jerry Lee Lewis (actor), Max Rosenberg (producer), Chris Howland (actor), Kay Medford (actress), Joe Williams (actor), Paul Carr (actor), Carl Perkins (actor), Connie Francis (actress), Roberta Hodes (miscellaneous crew), Fats Domino (actor), Joe Smith (actor),
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