Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino, originally released as Carry on Rockin', is the 1955 debut album by R&B pianist

Piano

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 and vocalist

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 Fats Domino

Fats Domino

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....

, compiling a number of his hits and other material, some of which would soon become hits. The album, which featured a
woodcut

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 portrait of the musician, reached #17 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 "Pop Albums

Billboard 200

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" chart. It is believed to have been produced by engineer

Audio engineering

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 Bunny Robyn due to the notation on the cover "A Robyn Recording".

Release history

The album was first released on Imperial Records

Imperial Records

Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...

, catalog #9009, under the title Carry on Rockin in November 1955 and reissued under the title Rock and Rollin' With Fats Domino. Various dates are given for the re-issue. The Great Rock Discography indicates that Imperial 9009 was reissued under alternate title in October 1956 and March 1957, but the Domino biography Blue Monday indicates April 1956.

When Domino left Imperial in 1963 to join Paramount, Imperial retained the rights to this and several other of Domino's notable albums, reissuing it on LP as recently as 1981. It has subsequently been reissued in conjunction with another early Domino album, Million Sellers By Fats, as Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino/Million Sellers By Fats.

Songs

Although this was Domino's album debut, the R&B pianist had already been recording singles for seven years at the time of this release. The album compiled a number of Domino's hit singles as well as some songs that would soon become hit singles, including "Ain't That a Shame

Ain't That a Shame

"Ain't That a Shame" is a song recorded by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Imperial Records and released in 1955. It was previously recorded in 1901 by Silas Leachman. The recording was a hit for Domino, eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the...

" (#1 ""Black Singles

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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", #10 "Pop Singles

Billboard Hot 100

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"), "All by Myself

All by Myself

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" (#1 "Black Singles"), "Poor Me" (#1 "Black Singles"), "Bo Weevil" (#5 "Black Singles", #35 "Pop Singles") and "Don't Blame It On Me" (#9 "Black Singles"), but omitted "Don't You Know" (#7 "Black Singles"), "I Can't Go On" (#6 "Black Singles") and "Thinking of You" (#14, "Black Singles").

Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all songs by Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew

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

 and Fats Domino.

1. "The Fat Man
   The Fat Man (song)
   "The Fat Man" is a rhythm and blues song co-written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew and recorded by Fats Domino. It is considered to be one of the first rock and roll records.-History:...
   
   " – 2:38
2. "Tired of Crying" (Domino) – 2:15
3. "Goin' Home" (Domino, Al Young) – 2:11
4. "You Said You Loved Me" – 2:36
5. "Going to the River" – 2:30
6. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Domino) – 2:35
7. "Rose Mary" – 2:16
8. "All by Myself" – 2:24
9. "Ain't That a Shame
   Ain't That a Shame
   "Ain't That a Shame" is a song recorded by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, in New Orleans, Louisiana, for Imperial Records and released in 1955. It was previously recorded in 1901 by Silas Leachman. The recording was a hit for Domino, eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the...
   
   " – 2:27
10. "Poor Me" – 2:19
11. "Bo Weevil" – 2:48
12. "Don't Blame It on Me" – 2:42

Personnel

• Fats Domino – piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Bunny Robyn – presumed producer
  Record producer
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