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Fats Domino

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
) is a classic R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
and rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
and singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
.
no first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man

The Fat Man (song)

"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 for Imperial Records in Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, 10 December, 1949....
" in 1949 on Imperial Records

Imperial Records

Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 in music by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 in music by label owner EMI....
. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah

Wah-wah

Wah-wah is an imitative word for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness, sounding much like a human voice saying the syllable wah....
" vocalizing over a fat back beat

Back beat

In music, back beat is a term applied to a specific style of rhythmic accentuation with accent on even and odd numbers beat . The term can also apply to those even beats themselves....
. 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

Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout the second half of the 20th century....
, saxophonists

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler

Alvin Tyler

Alvin "Red" Tyler was an American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger.Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisiana, Tyler grew up listening to the sound of New Orleans marching bands....
and drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
Earl Palmer

Earl Palmer

Earl Cyril Palmer was an United States drummer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Palmer played on many recording sessions, including Little Richard's first several albums and Tom Waits' 1978 album Blue Valentine....
.

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Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
and rock and roll

Rock and roll

Pianist

Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
.

Biography

Imperial Records era (1949-1962)

Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man

The Fat Man (song)

Imperial Records

Wah-wah

Back beat

Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout the second half of the 20th century....
, saxophonists

Saxophone

Alvin Tyler

Drummer

Earl Palmer

Reggie Houston

Reggie Houston is an American Saxophone player.Houston was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Ralph Houston, a pianist and acoustic bassist, and Margarete Houston, who was both an educator and social activist....
, Lee Allen

Lee Allen (musician)

Lee Allen was an American tenor saxophone player.A key figure in the New Orleans rock and roll scene of the 1950s, Allen recorded with many leading performers of the early rock and roll era....
, and Fred Kemp, who was also Domino's trusted bandleader

Bandleader

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 a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
. Domino finally crossed into the pop

Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
mainstream with "Ain't That a Shame

Ain't That a Shame

"Ain't That a Shame" is a song by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Imperial Records and released in 1955....
" (1955), which hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone

Pat Boone

Charles Eugene "Pat" Boone is an United States singer, actor and writer who was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s....
characteristically hit #1 with a milder cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
of the song that received wider radio airplay in a racially-segregated

Racial segregation

File:Segregated cinema entrance3.jpgRacial segregation is the separation of different Race s in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a drinking fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home....
era. Domino would eventually release 37 Top 40 singles, "Whole Lotta Loving" and "Blue Monday

Blue Monday (Fats Domino song)

"Blue Monday" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew in 1955 in music. It was popularized in a recording by Domino in 1956 in music, on Imperial Records , becoming one of the earliest rhythm and blues songs to make the Billboard magazine pop music charts, peaking at #5....
" among them.

Domino's first album, Carry on Rockin, was released under the Imperial imprint, #9009, in November 1955 and subsequently reissued as Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino
Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino

Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino, originally released as Carry on Rockin', is the 1955 debut album by rhythm & blues piano and singing Fats Domino, compiling a number of his hits and other material, some of which would soon become hits....
in 1956. Combining a number of his hits along with some tracks which had not yet been released as singles, the album went on under its alternate title to reach #17 on the "Pop Albums
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
" chart.

His 1956 up tempo version of the 1940 Bobby Cerdeira, Al Lewis & Larry Stock song, "Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill (song)

"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940 in music. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Al Lewis and Larry Stock. It was recorded six times in 1940....
" reached #2 in the Top 40, was #1 on the R&B charts for 11 weeks, and was his biggest hit. "Blueberry Hill" sold more than 5 million copies worldwide in 1956-57. The song had earlier been recorded by Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Orvon Gene Autry was an United States performing arts who gained fame as "Singing cowboy" on the Radio in the United States, in Cinema of the United States and on Television in the United States for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s....
, and Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer.Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an innovative cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence on jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performers....
among many others. He also hit singles between 1956-1959, including "When My Dreamboat Comes Along" (Pop #14), "I'm Walkin'" (Pop #4), "Valley of Tears" (Pop #8), "It's You I Love" (Pop #6), "Whole Lotta Loving" (Pop #6), "I Want to Walk You Home" (Pop #8), and "Be My Guest" (Pop #8).

Fats appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock! and The Girl Can't Help It
The Girl Can't Help It

The Girl Can't Help It is a 1956 in film comedy film/musical film, starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, and Edmond O'Brien. It was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, with a screenplay written by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker from an uncredited novel Do Re Me by Garson Kanin....
. On December 18, 1957, Domino's hit "The Big Beat
The Big Beat

"The Big Beat" is a song from the musical Over Here!, which opened on Broadway theatre at the Shubert Theatre on March 6, 1974. The song was written by Robert B....
" was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand
American Bandstand

American Bandstand is a television show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989, hosted from 1957 until its final season by Dick Clark , who also served as producer....
.

Domino continued to have a steady series of hits for Imperial through early 1962, including "Walkin' to New Orleans" (1960) (Pop #6) co-written by Bobby Charles
Bobby Charles

Bobby Charles is an United States singing and songwriter.An ethnic Cajun, Charles grew up listening to Cajun music and the country music of Hank Williams....
and "My Girl, Josephine" (Pop #14) from the same year. 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. Twenty-two of Domino's Imperial singles were double-sided hits.

Post-Imperial recording career (1963-1970s)
Domino moved to ABC-Paramount Records
ABC Records

ABC Records started in 1955 in music as ABC-Paramount Records, the record label of Am-Par Record Corporation , formed in New York City in 1955. In addition to producing records directly, ABC licensed finished masters from independent record producer and purchased regionally- released records for national distribution....
in,1963 where the label dictated that he would record in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
rather than New Orleans. He was assigned a new producer (Felton Jarvis
Felton Jarvis

Felton Jarvis, , produced most of Elvis Presley's recordings from 1966-1977.He also released several singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s....
) and a new arranger (Bill Justis
Bill Justis

William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an United States pioneer Rock and Roll musician, composer, and musical arranger best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy ."...
) -- Domino's long-term collaboration with producer/arranger/frequent co-writer Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout the second half of the 20th century....
, who oversaw virtually all of his Imperial hits, was seemingly at an end.

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. 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). By the end of 1964 the British Invasion
British Invasion

File:The Beatles in America.JPGThe British Invasion was the term applied by the news media?and subsequently by consumers?to the influx of rock and roll, beat music and pop music performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States, Canada and Australia....
had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino's chart run was over.

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 (Mercury
Mercury Records

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 Universal Music Group....
, Bartholomew's small Broadmoor label reuniting with Dave Bartholomew along the way, and Reprise
Reprise Records

Reprise Records is an United States record label, founded in 1960 in music by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros....
). He also continued as a popular live act for several decades.

He was acknowledged as an important influence on the music of the 1960s and 1970s by some of the top artists of that era. Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
reportedly wrote the Beatles song "Lady Madonna
Lady Madonna

"Lady Madonna" is a song by The Beatles credited to Lennon/McCartney. In March 1968 it was released as a single , backed by "The Inner Light "....
" in an emulation of Domino's style, combining it with a nod to Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton , also known as Humph, was an England jazz musician and Presenter, and chairman of the BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue....
's 1956 hit "Bad Penny Blues
Bad Penny Blues

"Bad Penny Blues" is a trad jazz piece written by Humphrey Lyttelton and recorded with his band in London on April 20, 1956....
", a record which Joe Meek
Joe Meek

Joe Meek was a pioneering England record producer and songwriter acknowledged as one of the world's first and most imaginative independent producers....
had engineered. Domino did manage to return to the "Hot 100" charts one final time in 1968—with his own recording of "Lady Madonna". That recording, as well as covers of two other Beatles songs, appeared on his Reprise LP
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
Fats Is Back. Both John Lennon
John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
and Paul McCartney later recorded Fats Domino songs.

Later career (1980s-2005 )
In the 1980s, Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, having a comfortable income from royalties
Royalties

Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property right.Royalties can be determined as a percentage of gross or net sales derived from use of the asset or a fixed price per unit sold....
and a dislike for touring, and claiming he could not get any food that he liked any place else. His induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the are...
and an invitation to perform at the White House
White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian architecture and has been the executive residence of every U.S....
failed to persuade Domino to make an exception to this policy.

Fats Domino was persuaded to perform out of town periodically for Dianna Chenevert, agent, founder and president of New Orleans based Omni Attractions, during the 1980s and 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
USA Today

'USA TODAY' is a national United States daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Allen Neuharth. The paper has the widest newspaper circulation of any newspaper in the United States , and among English-language broadsheets, it comes second worldwide, behind only the 2.6 million daily paid copies of The Times of...
reported that Domino was included in Chenevert's "Southern Stars
Southern Stars

The Southern Stars are a first-class cricket team featuring in Kenya's new Sahara Elite League ....
" promotional poster for the agency (along with historically preserving childhood photographs of other famous living musicians from New Orleans and Louisiana on it). 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 Todays Gannett president Al Newharth, and Peter Morton

Peter Morton

Peter Morton was the co-founder with Isaac Tigrett of the Hard Rock Cafe, a chain of casual dining restaurants. His father is Arnie Morton, founder of Morton's Restaurant Group, and his son is Harry Morton, founder of Pink Taco restaurants....
founder of the Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of bar-restaurants founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton. The 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.

Domino lived in a mansion in a predominantly working-class

Working class

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 of work....
Lower Ninth Ward

Lower Ninth Ward

Lower Ninth Ward is a New Orleans neighborhoods of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. As the name implies, it is part of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans....
neighborhood, where he was a familiar sight in his bright pink Cadillac

Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
. He makes yearly appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and other local events. Domino was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

The Grammy Award Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording" ....
in 1987. In 2004, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a United States-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J....
ranked him #25 on their list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time."

Domino and Hurricane Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
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. 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 Dominos' 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.

Later that day, CNN

CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
reported that Domino was rescued by a Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the Military of the United States and one of seven Uniformed services of the United States. In addition to being a military branch at all times, it is unique among the armed forces in that it is also a Admiralty law agency and a Federal government of the United States regulatory agency....
helicopter. Embry confirmed that Domino and his family had been rescued. The Domino family was then taken to a Baton Rouge shelter, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell

JaMarcus Russell

JaMarcus Russell is a quarterback who plays for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Raiders with the first overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft and played college football for LSU Tigers football....
, the starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a state university, coeducational, Level l Research University located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System....
football team, and Fats' granddaughter's boyfriend. 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. "We've lost everything", Domino said, according to the Post.

By January 2006, work to gut and repair

Reconstruction of New Orleans

The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were catastrophic due to failure of the Flood Control Act of 1965 system designed to protect the city ....
Domino's home and office had begun. 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

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
also made a personal visit and replaced the medal that President Bill Clinton had previously awarded Fats.

Post-Katrina 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
Tipitina's Foundation

The Tipitina's Foundation, is a not-for-profit charity organization in the United States in place to encourage the city of New Orleans to continue its musical heritage, in particular in the wake of the city's tragedy, Hurricane Katrina....
, which supports indigent local musicians. 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
OffBeat (magazine)

OffBeat is a monthly music magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana first published in 1988. It mainly focuses on the music scene of New Orleans and Louisiana....
magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards held at House of Blues
House of Blues

House of Blues 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 Aykroyd....
in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin

Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. is the mayor of New Orleans. He was first elected on March 2, 2002, to succeed his fellow Democratic Party , Marc Morial....
declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented Fats Domino with a signed declaration. 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

Cosimo Matassa is an Italy-United States recording engineer and studio owner responsible for many R&B and early rock and roll recordings.At the age of 18, Matassa opened the J&M Recording Studio at the back of his family?s shop on Rampart Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans in 1945....
. 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
Tipitina's

Tipitina's is a music venue located at the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street in Uptown New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana, USA....
at New Orleans, performing to a full house. 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.

In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame. He has also been inducted into the Delta Music Museum
Delta Music Museum

The Delta Music Museum in Ferriday, Louisiana in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana offers exhibits on sixteen rock and roll and blues musicians from the Mississippi River river delta country....
Hall of Fame in Ferriday
Ferriday, Louisiana

Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, Louisiana in eastern Louisiana, United States. The population, which is three-fourths African American, was 3,723 at the 2000 United States Census....
.

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

A-Side B-Side Year Label + Cat. No. Chart positions
US Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
US R&B UK
Detroit City Blues The Fat Man 1949 (Imperial 5058) 2
Boogie-Woogie Baby Little Bee 1950 (Imperial 5065)
Hide Away Blues She's My Baby 1950 (Imperial 5077)
Hey La Bas Boogie Brand New Baby 1950 (Imperial 5085)
Every Night about This Time Korea Blues 1950 (Imperial 5099) 5
Tired of Crying What's the Matter Baby 1951 (Imperial 5114)
Don't You Lie to Me Sometimes I Wonder 1951 (Imperial 5123)
Right From Wrong No, No Baby 1951 (Imperial 5138)
Rockin' Chair Careless Love
Careless Love

"Careless Love" is a folk music song of obscure origins.Blues versions are popular; the lyrics change from version to version, but usually speak of the heartbreak brought on by "careless love." Frequently, the narrator threatens to kill his or her wayward lover....
1951 (Imperial 5145) 9
I'll Be Gone You Know I Miss You 1952 (Imperial 5167)
Goin' Home Reeling and Rocking 1952 (Imperial 5180) 30 1
Poor Poor Me Trust in Me 1952 (Imperial 5197) 10
How Long Dreaming 1952 Imperial 5209) 9
Nobody Loves Me Cheatin' 1953 (Imperial 5220)
Going to the River Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1953 (Imperial 5231) 24 2
Please Don't Leave Me The Girl I Love 1953 (Imperial 5240) 3
Rose Mary You Said You Loved Me 1953 (Imperial 5251) 10
Something's Wrong Don't Leave Me This Way 1953 (Imperial 5262) 6
You Done Me Wrong Little School Girl 1954 (Imperial 5272) 10
Where Did You Stay Baby Please 1954 (Imperial 5283)
You Can Pack Your Suitcase I Lived My Life 1954 (Imperial 5301)
Love Me Don't You Hear Me Calling You 1954 (Imperial 5313)
I Know Thinking of You 1954 (Imperial 5323) 14
Don't You Know Helping Hand 1955 (Imperial 5340) 7
Ain't That a Shame
Ain't That a Shame

"Ain't That a Shame" is a song by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Imperial Records and released in 1955....
La La 1955 (Imperial 5348) 10 1 23
All By Myself Troubles of My Own 1955 (Imperial 5357) 1
Poor Me 1955 (Imperial 5369) 1
I Can't Go On 1955 " 6
Bo Weevil 1956 (Imperial 5375) 35 5
Don't Blame It on Me 1956 " 9
I'm in Love Again 1956 (Imperial 5386) 3 1 12
My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven (song)

"My Blue Heaven" is a popular music song. The music was written by Walter Donaldson, the lyrics by George Whiting.The song was published in 1927 in music and became a huge 1928 hit for crooner Gene Austin, when its was charted for 26 weeks, stayed at #1 for 13, and sold over five million copies....
1956 " 19 5
When My Dreamboat Comes Home 1956 (Imperial 5396) 14 2
So Long 1956 " 44 5
Blueberry Hill
Blueberry Hill (song)

"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940 in music. The music was written by Vincent Rose, the lyrics by Al Lewis and Larry Stock. It was recorded six times in 1940....
1956 (Imperial 5407) 2 1 1
Honey Chile 1956 " 2 29
Blue Monday
Blue Monday (Fats Domino song)

"Blue Monday" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew in 1955 in music. It was popularized in a recording by Domino in 1956 in music, on Imperial Records , becoming one of the earliest rhythm and blues songs to make the Billboard magazine pop music charts, peaking at #5....
1956 (Imperial 5417) 5 1 2
What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You 1956 " 50 12
I'm Walkin' I'm in the Mood for Love
I'm in the Mood for Love

"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular music song.The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1935 in music....
1957 (Imperial 5428) 4 1 19
The Rooster Song My Happiness//As Time Goes By//Hey La Bas (4 song EP) 1957 (Imperial 147) 13 8
Valley of Tears 1957 (Imperial 5442) 8 2 25
It's You I Love 1957 " 6 2
What Will I Tell My Heart 1957 (Imperial 5454) 64 12
When I See You 1957 " 29 14
Wait and See 1957 (Imperial 5467) 23 7
I Still Love You 1957 " 79
The Big Beat
The Big Beat

"The Big Beat" is a song from the musical Over Here!, which opened on Broadway theatre at the Shubert Theatre on March 6, 1974. The song was written by Robert B....
1957 (Imperial 5477) 26 15 20
I Want You to Know 1957 " 32
Yes My Darling Don't You Know I Love You 1958 (Imperial 5492) 55 10
Sick and Tired 1958 (Imperial 5515) 22 14 26
No, No 1958 " 55 14
Little Mary Prisoner's Song 1958 (Imperial 5526) 48 4
Young School Girl It Must Be Love 1958 (Imperial 5537) 92 15
Whole Lotta Loving 1958 (Imperial 5553) 6 2 10
Coquette 1958 " 92 26
Telling Lies 1959 (Imperial 5569) 50 13
When the Saints Go Marching In 1959 " 50
I'm Ready 1959 (Imperial 5585) 16 7
Margie
Margie

Margie, also known at the American Journal of Poetry, is a literary journal, based in Missouri, that features the work of the nation's leading poets....
1959 " 51 18
I Want to Walk You Home 1959 (Imperial 5606) 8 1 14
I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 1959 " 17 22
Be My Guest
Be My Guest

Be My Guest is a television programme produced by Television Broadcasts Limited in Hong Kong. It is originally broadcasted on TVB Lifestyle Channel of TVB Pay Vision in 2006....
1959 (Imperial 5629) 8 2 11
I've Been Around 1959 " 33 19
If You Need Me 1960 (Imperial 5645) 98
Country Boy 1960 " 25 19
Before I Grow Too Old 1960 (Imperial 5660) 84 17
Tell Me That You Love Me 1960 " 51
Walking to New Orleans
Walking to New Orleans

Walking to New Orleans is a 1960 song by Bobby Charles, written for and recorded by Fats Domino.Domino was a hero of Charles. Domino had previously recorded the Charles tune "Before I Grow Too Old"....
1960 (Imperial 5675) 6 2 19
Don't Come Knockin' 1960 " 21 28
Three Nights a Week 1960 (Imperial 5687) 15 8 45
Put Your Arms Around Me Honey 1960 " 58
My Girl Josephine 1960 (Imperial 5704) 14 7 32
Natural Born Lover 1960 " 38 28
Ain't That Just Like a Woman 1961 (Imperial 5723) 33 19
What a Price 1961 " 22 7
Shu Rah 1961 (Imperial 5734) 32
Fell in Love on Monday 1961 " 32
It Keeps Rainin'
It Keeps Rainin'

"It Keeps Rainin" was a song recorded by Fats Domino in 1961. During a show in later life he said, as he began playing this song, "This is the song I like the best."...
I Just Cry 1961 (Imperial 5753) 23 18 49
Let The Four Winds Blow Good Hearted Man 1961 (Imperial 5764) 15 2
What A Party 1961 (Imperial 5779) 22 43
Rockin' Bicycle 1961 " 83
I Hear You Knocking
I Hear You Knocking

"I Hear You Knocking" is a popular music rhythm and blues song with emphatic syncopation, written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King and published in 1955 in music....
1961 (Imperial 5796) 67
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

"Jambalaya " is a song credited to United States country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in 1952. Named for a Louisiana Creole cuisine and Cajun cuisine, jambalaya, it spawned numerous cover versions and has since achieved popularity in a number of music genres....
1961 " 30 41
You Win Again 1962 (Imperial 5816) 22
Ida Jane 1962 " 90
My Real Name My Heart Is Bleeding 1962 (Imperial 5833) 59 22
Dance with Mr. Domino 1962 (Imperial 5863) 98
Nothing New (Same Old Thing) 1962 " 77
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking 1962 (Imperial 5875) 79
Stop the Clock 1962 " 103
Won't You Come on Back Hands Across the Table 1962 (Imperial 5895)
Hum Diddy Doo Those Eyes 1963 (Imperial 5909) 124
You Always Hurt the One You Love
You Always Hurt the One You Love

"You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard, written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher. It has been performed by many artists over the years, such as The Mills Brothers, Connie Francis , Fats Domino, The Impressions,...
Trouble Blues 1963 (Imperial 5937) 102
True Confession Isle of Capri
Isle of Capri (song)

"Isle of Capri" is a popular music song.The music was written by Wilhelm Grosz , the lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. The song was published in 1934 in music....
1963 (Imperial 5959)
One Night I Can't Go on This Way 1963 (Imperial 5980)
There Goes (My Heart Again) 1963 (ABC 10444) 59
Can't Go on Without You 1963 " 123
When I'm Walking (Let Me Walk) 1963 (ABC 10475) 114
I've Got a Right to Cry 1963 " 128
Red Sails in the Sunset
Red Sails in the Sunset (song)

"Red Sails in the Sunset" is a popular music song.The music was written by Hugh Williams . The lyrics were written by Jimmy Kennedy. The song was published in 1935 in music....
Song For Rosemary 1963 (ABC 10484) 35 24 34
I Can't Give You Anything But Love Goin' Home 1963 (Imperial 66005) 114
Who Cares 1963 (ABC 10512) 63 27
Just a Lonely Man 1963 " 108
Your Cheatin' Heart
Your Cheatin' Heart

"Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by the United States country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams in 1952, but released after his death in 1953....
When I Was Young 1964 (Imperial 66016) 112
Lazy Lady 1964 (ABC 10531) 86 34
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire 1964 " 122
If You Don't Know What Love Is Something You Got Baby 1964 (ABC 10545)
Mary, Oh Mary Packin' Up 1964 (ABC 10567) 127
Sally Was a Good Old Girl For You 1964 (ABC 10584) 99
Kansas City Heartbreak Hill 1964 (ABC 10596) 99
Why Don't You Do Right Wigs 1965 (ABC 10631)
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Let Me Call You Sweetheart

"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a popular music song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 in music and first recorded by The Peerless Quartet....
Goodnight Sweetheart
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart is a popular BBC sitcom that ran for six series from 1993 to 1999. It stars Nicholas Lyndhurst as accidental time traveller, Gary Sparrow, who leads a double-life after discovering a time portal allowing him to travel between 1990s London and London of WWII....
1965 (ABC 10644)
I Done Got Over It I Left My Heart In San Francisco
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a popular music song, written in 1954 in music, and most known as Tony Bennett's signature song, from his I Left My Heart in San Francisco ....
1965 (Mercury 72463)
What's That You Got? It's Never Too Late 1965 (Mercury 72485)
The Lady in Black Working My Way Up Steady 1967 (Broadmoor 104)
Big Mouth Wait 'Til It Happens to You 1967 (Broadmoor 105)
One For The Highway Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better 1968 (Reprise 0696)
Lady Madonna
Lady Madonna

"Lady Madonna" is a song by The Beatles credited to Lennon/McCartney. In March 1968 it was released as a single , backed by "The Inner Light "....
One for the Highway 1968 (Reprise 0763) 100
Lovely Rita
Lovely Rita

"Lovely Rita" is a song by The Beatles performed on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, written and sung by Paul McCartney, although as with all McCartney written Beatles songs it is credited to Lennon/McCartney....
Wait 'Till It Happens to You 1968 (Reprise 0775)
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" is a song written by John Lennon and performed by The Beatles on their 1968 double-disc album The Beatles , also known as "The White Album"....
So Swell When You're Well 1969 (Reprise 0843)
Make Me Belong to You Have You Seen My Baby 1970 (Reprise 0891)
New Orleans Ain't the Same Sweet Patootie 1970 (Reprise 0944)
Sleeping on the Job After Hours 1978 (Sonet 2168 -UK)
Whiskey Heaven -- 1980 (Warner Bros. Records 49610)

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

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