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Fats Domino (1977)

Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans - † October 24, 2017 in Harvey , Jefferson Parish ) was an American pianist , singer and songwriter specializing in rock 'n' roll , rhythm and Blues , piano blues and boogie woogie .

biography

Fats Domino (1962)

Fats Domino, who was of French Creole descent, learned to play the piano from his brother-in-law Harrison Verrett . He almost lost his fingers in an accident at the factory where he was already 14 years old. In 1948 he married his childhood friend Rosemary Hall, with whom he raised eight children.

Domino, which his piano in Boogie played -style, in 1949 by producer and bandleader Dave Bartholomew , a former trumpet player in Duke Ellington discovered in a club in New Orleans, where he performed three dollars a week. Bartholomew got him his first record, The Fat Man , which after its release in January 1950 developed into one of the first million-sellers of rhythm and blues and advanced to second place in the R&B charts. The title was to be understood as self-deprecating, because "Fats" (ie "the fat one") brought considerable excess weight onto the stage even then. This first single gave him his breakthrough and was the beginning of a more than ten-year career with Imperial Records , the recordings of which took place almost without exception in Cosimo Matassa's recording studio in New Orleans.

The most successful phase for Fats Domino was the 1950s, when he composed and interpreted a long list of hits in collaboration with Dave Bartholomew and Lew Chudd , the boss of the Imperial record company. His final breakthrough came in 1955 with Ain't that a Shame and in 1956 with Blueberry Hill , which he first performed on the Ed Sullivan Show and which became the biggest hit of his career. Other hits included I'm in Love Again , I'm Walking to New Orleans , My Blue Heaven , Blue Monday and Whole Lotta 'Loving . The well-known Jambalaya was the cover of a country song by Hank Williams . With Blue Monday he appeared in the Hollywood comedy Schlagerpiraten . Because the radio programs broadcast from New Orleans with their frequently played dominoes titles could also be received in Jamaica , Fats Domino had a considerable influence on Jamaican musicians, whose style was just developing at the time.

Since his style of expression hardly changed and groups like The Beatles and Rolling Stones determined the business, Domino's record success declined from the mid-1960s. The last success worth mentioning was the cover version of the Beatles piece Lady Madonna in 1968. As a live performer, however, he was in demand until the 1990s, including on tours in Germany. The song I'm Walkin ' , released in 1957, was used in an Aral advertisement in 1991 and made it onto the German charts again. Fats Domino ranks alongside rock and roll legends like Little Richard and Chuck Berry .

Fats Domino (1992)

In recent years, Domino has increasingly withdrawn into private life. The exception was an annual concert at the New Orleans Music Festival. The Hurricane Katrina dated 29 August 2005 forced him back into the public eye when he was first reported missing, but later saved his property from the disaster area with the loss of a large part. The American writer and director David Zane Mairowitz processed the story in 2012 in cooperation with SRF as a radio play entitled Category 5: How I Rescued Fats Domino from Hurricane Katrina . In 2007 the album Goin 'Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino was released , on which various rock greats participated. Part of the profit from the sale of this album was used to rebuild the house of Fats Domino. He then moved to Harvey , a suburb of New Orleans. On May 19, 2007, Domino gave a performance at Tipitina's , one of the most famous music bars in New Orleans. Two years later, on May 30, 2009, he showed himself at the festival The Domino Effect , dedicated to him , which raised money for children's playgrounds devastated by the hurricane. Little Richard also performed there.

Honors

The Rolling Stone lists Fats Domino ranked 25th of the 100 greatest musicians and together with Dave Bartholomew ranked 72 of the 100 best songwriters of all time . He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1998 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1963 Here Comes… Fats Dominoes - - - - US130 (4 weeks)
US
The very best of - - - UK56 (1 week)
UK 		-
1968 Fats is back - - - - US189 (2 weeks)
US
1970 Fats Domino's Golden Records DE21 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
1977 His 20 greatest hits - AT1 (16 weeks)
AT 		- - -
2004 The Best Of Fats Domino - - CH97 (1 week)
CH 		UK58 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Chart entry in CH only in 2017

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More albums

  • 1955: Carry on Rockin '
  • 1956: rock and rollin '
  • 1957: This Is Fats Domino!
  • 1958: Here Stands Fats Domino
  • 1958: This Is Fats
  • 1958: The Fabulous "Mr. D"
  • 1959: Let's Play Fats Domino
  • 1959: Fats Domino Swings
  • 1960: A Lot of Dominoes
  • 1961: I Miss You So
  • 1961: Let the Four Winds Blow
  • 1961: What a Party
  • 1962: Twistin 'the Stomp
  • 1962: Million Sellers by Fats
  • 1964: Fats on Fire
  • 1965: Getaway with Fats Domino
  • 1965: Domino '65 (Live)
  • 1970: Fats
  • 1974: Live at Montreux - Hello Josephine (Live '73)
  • 1979: Sleeping on the Job
  • 1997: Christmas Is a Special Day aka Christmas Gumbo
  • 2006: Alive and Kickin ' (sales proceeds in favor of the Tipitina's Foundation for the reconstruction of the cultural, especially musical life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&BTemplate: chart table / maintenance / charts non-existent
1950 The Fat Man
 - - - - R&B2 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5058)
Every Night About This Time
 - - - - R&B5 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5099)
1951 Rockin 'chair
 - - - - R&B9 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5145)
1952 Goin 'home
 - - - - R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5180)
Grammy Hall of Fame Award 2002
Poor Poor Me
 - - - - R&B10 (... wk.)
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Imperial (# 5197)
How long
 - - - - R&B9 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5209)
1953 Goin 'to the river
 - - - - R&B2 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5231)
Please don't leave me
 - - - - R&B3 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5240)
Rose Mary
 - - - - R&B10 (... wk.)
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Imperial (# 5251)
Something's Wrong
 - - - - R&B6 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5262)
1954 You Done Me Wrong
 - - - - R&B10 (... wk.)
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Imperial (# 5272)
1955 Thinking of you
 - - - - R&B14 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5323)
Don't you know
 - - - - R&B7 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5340)
Ain't that a shame
 - - UK23 (2 weeks)
UK 		US10 (... wk.)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUS 		R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5348)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs # 431
Chart entry in UK only 1957
All by myself
 - - - - R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5357)
Poor me
 - - - - R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5369)
I can't go on
 - - - - R&B6 (... weeks)
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B-side of Poor Me
1956 Bo Weevil
Rock and Rollin 'with Fats Domino 		- - - US35 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5375)
Don't blame it on me
 - - - - R&B9 (... weeks)
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B-side by Bo Weevil
I'm in Love Again
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin ' 		- - UK12 (14 weeks)
UK 		US5 (23 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (... week)
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B-side of My Blue Heaven
My Blue Heaven
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin ' 		- - - US21 (20 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5386)
A # 1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1927
When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Fats Domino - Rock and Rollin ' 		- - - US22 (16 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5396)
So-Long
This Is Fats Domino! 		- - - US44 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B5 (... weeks)
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B-side of When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Blueberry Hill
This Is Fats Domino! 		- - UK6 (20 weeks)
UK 		US4 (27 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5407)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs # 81
a No. 1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
Honey Chile
 - - UK29 (1 week)
UK 		- R&B2 (... weeks)
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B-side of Blueberry Hill
chart entry in UK only 1957
Blue Monday
This Is Fats Domino! 		- - UK23 (2 weeks)
UK 		US9 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5417)
What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You)
 - - - US50 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B12 (... weeks)
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B-side of Blue Monday
1957 I'm Walkin '
Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino 		DE12 (24 weeks)
DE 		CH8 (14 weeks)
CH 		UK19 (7 weeks)
UK 		US5 (25 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (... week)
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Imperial (# 5428)
Chart entry in DE and CH only in 1992
The Rooster Song
 - - - - R&B13 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 147)
Valley Of Tears
 - - UK25 (1 week)
UK 		US13 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5428)
It's You I Love
 - - - US22 (12 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Valley Of Tears
What Will I Tell My Heart
 - - - US64 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B12 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5454)
When I See You
 - - - US36 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (... weeks)
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B-side of What Will I Tell My Heart
Wait and see
 - - - US27 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5467)
I still love you
 - - - US79 (4 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Wait And See
The big beat
 - - UK20 (4 weeks)
UK 		US36 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B15 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5477)
I want you to know
 - - - US48 (11 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of The Big Beat
1958 Yes, my darling
 - - - US55 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B10 (... wk.)
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Imperial (# 5492)
Sick and tired
 - - UK26 (1 week)
UK 		US30 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5515)
No, no
 - - - US55 (7 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Sick and Tired
Little Mary
 - - - US49 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B4 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5526)
Young School Girl
 - - - US92 (1 week)
US 		R&B15 (... weeks)
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Imperial (# 5537)
Whole Lotta Loving
 - - - US6 (16 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (15 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5553)
Coquette
 - - - US92 (1 week)
US 		R&B26 (3 weeks)
R&B
B-side of Whole Lotta Loving
1959 When The Saints Go Marching In
 - - - US50 (8 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5569)
Telling Lies
 - - - US50 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B13 (7 weeks)
R&B
B-side of When The Saints Go Marching In
I'm ready
 - - - US16 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (9 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5585)
Margie
 - - UK18 (5 weeks)
UK 		US51 (8 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of I'm Ready
I'm gonna be a wheel some day
 - - - US17 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (4 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5606)
I want to walk you home
 - - UK14 (5 weeks)
UK 		US8 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
B-side of I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Some Day
Be my guest
 - - UK11 (12 weeks)
UK 		US8 (14 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (14 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5629)
I've been around
 - - - US33 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B19 (5 weeks)
R&B
B-side of I Want To Walk You Home
1960 Country boy
 - - UK19 (11 weeks)
UK 		US25 (10 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5645)
If you need me
 - - - US98 (1 week)
US 		-
B-side of Country Boy
Tell Me That You Love Me
 - - - US51 (8 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5660)
Before I Grow Too Old
 - - - US84 (2 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Tell Me That You Love Me
Walking To New Orleans
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - UK19 (10 weeks)
UK 		US6 (14 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (11 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5675)
Don't come knockin '
 - - - US21 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B28 (3 weeks)
R&B
B-side of Walking To New Orleans
Three Nights A Week
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - UK45 (2 weeks)
UK 		US15 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B8 (5 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5687)
Put Your Arms Around Me Honey
 - - - US58 (6 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Three Nights A Week
My Girl Josephine (Hello Josephine)
Million Sellers by Fats 		DE47 (8 weeks)
DE 		- UK32 (4 weeks)
UK 		US14 (15 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (12 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5704)
Natural Born Lover
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US38 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B28 (1 week)
R&B
B-side of My Girl Josephine (Hello Josephine)
1961 What A Price
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US22 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B7 (7 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5723)
Ain't That Just Like A Woman
 - - - US33 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B19 (7 weeks)
R&B
B-side of What A Price
Fell In Love On Monday
 - - - US32 (6 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5734)
Shu Rah
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US32 (7 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of Fell In Love On Monday
It Keeps Rainin '
 - - UK49 (1 week)
UK 		US23 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B18 (5 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5753)
Let The Four Winds Blow
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US15 (11 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (12 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5764)
What a party
 - - UK43 (1 week)
UK 		US22 (8 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5779)
Rockin 'Bicycle
 - - - US83 (1 week)
US 		-
B-side of What A Party
I Hear You Knocking
 - - - US67 (2 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5796)
Jambalaya (on the Bayou)
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - UK41 (1 week)
UK 		US30 (7 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of I Hear You Knocking
1952 a hit for Hank Williams
1962 You Win Again
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US22 (10 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5816) a
1952 hit for Hank Williams
Ida Jane
 - - - US90 (2 weeks)
US 		-
B-side of You Win Again
My Real Name
Million Sellers by Fats 		- - - US59 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (2 weeks)
R&B
Imperial (# 5833)
Nothing New (Same Old Thing)
 - - - US77 (5 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5863)
Dance with Mr. Domino
 DE40 (12 weeks)
DE 		- - US98 (1 week)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5863)
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking
 - - - US79 (5 weeks)
US 		-
Imperial (# 5875)
1963 There Goes (My Heart Again)
Here Comes… Fats Domino 		- - - US59 (7 weeks)
US 		-
ABC Paramount (# 45-10444)
Red Sails In The Sunset
Here Comes… Fats Domino 		- - UK34 (6 weeks)
UK 		US35 (8 weeks)
US 		R&B24 (2 weeks)
R&B
ABC-Paramount (# 45-10484)
A # 1 hit for Bing Crosby in 1935
1964 Who Cares
 DE53 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - US63 (5 weeks)
US 		R&B27 (5 weeks)
R&B
ABC Paramount (# 45-10512)
Lazy lady
 DE28 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - US86 (2 weeks)
US 		R&B34 (3 weeks)
R&B
ABC Paramount (# 45-10531)
Sally Was A Good Old Girl
 - - - US99 (2 weeks)
US 		-
ABC Paramount (# 45-10584)
Heartbreak Hill
 - - - US99 (2 weeks)
US 		-
ABC Paramount (# 45-10596)
1968 Lady Madonna
Fats Is Back 		- - - US100 (2 weeks)
US 		-
Recapitulation (# 0763)

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More singles

  • 1956: I Can't Go On (Rosalie)
  • 1963: Hum Diddy Doo
  • 1963: You Always Hurt the One You Love
  • 1963: Can't Go On without You
  • 1963: I've Got a Right to Cry
  • 1963: When I'm Walking (Let Me Walk)
  • 1963: Stop the Clock
  • 1963: I Can't Give You Anything but Love
  • 1963: Just a Lonely Man
  • 1964: Your Cheatin 'Heart
  • 1964: I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
  • 1964: Mary, Oh Mary
  • 1968: Lovely Rita
  • 1969: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
  • 1970: Make Me Belong to You
  • 1978: Sleeping on the Job (Polydor)
  • 1981: Whiskey Heaven (Warners)
  • 1985: My Toot Toot (with Doug Kershaw ), Toot Toot Records
  • 2006: The Big Beat

literature

  • Blue Monday - Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock'n'Roll , by Richard Coleman, Da Capo Press, 2006

Web links

Commons : Fats Domino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-fats-domino-dead-20171025-story.html
  2. ↑ http://www.frenchcreoles.com/MusicEvents/Fats%20Domino/fats%20domino.htm
  3. ↑ The original pop star. In: sueddeutsche.de. October 25, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2018 .
  4. ↑ https://www.srf.ch/sendung/hoerspiel/category-5-wie-ich-fats-domino-aus-dem-hurrikan-katrina-rettete-von-david-zane-mairowitz
  5. ↑ http://rockhall.com/inductees/fats-domino/bio/ accessed January 25, 2011
  6. ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10470031 , accessed January 25, 2011
  7. ↑ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31030912/ns/today-entertainment/ accessed January 25, 2011
  8. ↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 7, 2017 .
  9. ↑ The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. Rolling Stone , August 2015, accessed August 7, 2017 .
  10. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US before 1956 US 1956-1957 US since 1958
personal data
SURNAME Domino, Fats
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Domino, Antoine Dominique (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2017
Place of death Harvey , Jefferson Parish , Louisiana