The Fats Domino Pages | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Fats Domino | Fats Domino On Line |
February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017
The most popular exponent of the classic New Orleans R&B sound, Fats Domino sold more records than any other black rock & roll star of the 1950s. His relaxed, lolling boogie-woogie piano style and easygoing, warm vocals anchored a long series of national hits from the mid-'50s to the early '60s. Through it all, his basic approach rarely changed. He may not have been one of early rock's most charismatic, innovative, or threatening figures, but he was certainly one of its most consistent.
Domino's first single, "The Fat Man" (1949), is one of the dozens of tracks that have been consistently singled out as a candidate for the first rock & roll record. As far as Fats was concerned, he was just playing what he'd already been doing in New Orleans for years, and would continue to play and sing in pretty much the same fashion even after his music was dubbed "rock & roll."
The record made number two on the R&B charts, and sold a million copies. Just as important, it established a vital partnership between Fats and Imperial A&R man Dave Bartholomew. Bartholomew, himself a trumpeter, would produce Domino's big hits, co-writing many of them with Fats. He would also usually employ New Orleans session greats like Alvin Tyler on sax and Earl Palmer on drums � musicians who were vital in establishing New Orleans R&B as a distinct entity, playing on many other local recordings as well (including hits made in New Orleans by Georgia native Little Richard).
Domino didn't cross over into the pop charts in a big way until 1955, when "Ain't That a Shame" made the Top Ten. Pat Boone's cover of the song stole some of Fats' thunder, going all the way to number one (Boone was also bowdlerizing Little Richard's early singles for pop hits during this time). Domino's long-range prospects weren't damaged, however; between 1955 and 1963, he racked up an astonishing 35 Top 40 singles. "Blueberry Hill" (1956) was probably his best (and best-remembered) single; "Walking to New Orleans," "Whole Lotta Loving," "I'm Walking," "Blue Monday," and "I'm in Love Again" were also huge successes.
After Fats left Imperial for ABC-Paramount in 1963, he would only enter the Top 40 one more time. The surprise was not that Fats fell out of fashion, but that he'd maintained his popularity so long while the essentials of his style remained unchanged. This was during an era, remember, when most of rock's biggest stars had their careers derailed by death or scandal, or were made to soften up their sound for mainstream consumption. Although an active performer in the ensuing decades, his career as an important artist was essentially over in the mid-'60s. He did stir up a bit of attention in 1968 when he covered the Beatles' "Lady Madonna" single, which had been an obvious homage to Fats' style. -- Richie Unterberger of All Music Guide.
Walking To New Orleans | |
Blueberry Hill - Sullivan Show | |
Ain't That A Shame |
01. I'm Walkin' 02. Let the Four Winds Blow 03. My Blue Heaven 04. I'm in Love Again 05. I'm Ready 06. Blueberry Hill 07. Girl I Love 08. Blue Monday |
09. Poor Me 10. So-Long 11. When My Dreamboat Comes Home 12. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 13. The Fat Man 14. My Girl Josephine 15. Goin' to the River 16. Walking to New Orleans |
01. My Girl Josephine 02. The Fat Man 03. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 04. Blue Monday 05. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 06. Blueberry Hill 07. When the Saints Go Marching In 08. Sentimental Journey 09. Fats Boogie 10. My Toot Toot 11. Rosalie 12. Medley: So Long/Stormy Weather |
13. Going to the River 14. I'm Ready 15. I Want to Walk You Home 16. Whole Lotta Lovin' 17. I Almost Lost My Mind 18. Ain't That a Shame 19. I'm in Love Again 20. I'm Walkin' 21. Walking to New Orleans 22. Poor Me 23. Let the Four Winds Blow 24. Shake, Rattle & Roll |
01. Blueberry Hill 02. I'm Walkin' 03. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 04. I'm in Love Again 05. My Girl Josephine 06. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) |
07. Blue Monday 08. Walking to New Orleans 09. Ain't That a Shame 10. The Fat Man 11. My Toot Toot 12. Shake, Rattle & Roll |
01. The Fat Man 02. Ain't That a Shame 03. I'm in Love Again 04. My Blue Heaven 05. So Long 06. Blueberry Hill 07. Blue Monday 08. I'm Walkin' 09. Whole Lotta Lovin' 10. When the Saints Go Marching In |
11. I'm Ready 12. I Want to Walk You Home 13. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 14. Walking to New Orleans 15. My Girl Josephine 16. Let the Four Winds Blow 17. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 18. Kansas City 19. Be My Guest 20. Blueberry Hill |
01. Blueberry Hill 02. The Fat Man 03. I Want to Walk You Home 04. Yes It's Me, and I'm in Love Again 05. I'm Walkin' 06. My Blue Heaven 07. Blue Monday |
08. Ain't That a Shame 09. Walking to New Orleans 10. When the Saints Go Marching In 11. Your Cheatin' Heart 12. When My Dreamboat Comes Home 13. The Lady in Black 14. Lady Madonna |
01. Fat Man 02. So Long/C.C. Rider 03. I'm in the Mood for Love 04. Domino Twist 05. I Want to Walk You Home 06. Ain't That a Shame |
07. Let the Four Winds Blow 08. Whole Lotta Lovin' 09. I'm Ready 10. Hello Josephine 11. Blue Monday 12. Oh What a Price |
01. I Told Santa Claus 02. Christmas Is a Very Special Day 03. Jingle Bells 04. I'll Be Home for Christmas 05. Silver Bells 06. Frosty the Snowman |
07. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 08. Blue Christmas 09. Silent Night 10. White Christmas 11. Please Come Home for Christmas 12. Amazing Grace |
01. Ain't That a Shame 02. Blueberry Hill 03. Blue Monday 04. Be My Guest 05. I Want to Walk You Home 06. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 07. The Fat Man |
08. I'm in Love Again 09. I'm Ready 10. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 11. Let the Four Winds Blow 12. My Girl Josephine 13. Red Sails in the Sunset 14. Whole Lotta Lovin' |
01. The Fat Man 02. Blueberry Hill 03. Domino Twist 04. What a Price 05. Let the Four Winds Blow |
06. Jambalaya 07. Medley: I'm in Love Again/Honey Chile/Red... 08. Medley: So Long/Natural Born Lover/C. C.... 09. I'm in the Mood for Love 10. I Want to Walk You Home |
01. Hello Josephine 02. I'm in Love Again 03. Blueberry Hill 04. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 05. Walking to New Orleans 06. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 07. Blue Monday |
08. Mardi Gras in New Orleans 09. Stagger Lee 10. I Want to Walk You Home 11. Let the Four Winds Blow 12. I'm Walkin' 13. When the Saints Go Marching In 14. Sentimental Journey |
01. My Old Friends 02. I'm Ready 03. So Swell When You're Well 04. Wait Till It Happens to You 05. I Know 06. Lady Madonna |
07. Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better 08. Make Me Belong to You 09. One for the Highway 10. Lovely Rita 11. One More Song for You |
01. The fat man 02. Blue Monday 03. I'm in love again 04. Going to the river 05. My blue heaven 06. Bo Weevil |
07. Goin' home 08. Please don't leave me 09. Ain't it a shame 10. I'm walkin' 11. Whole lotta loving |
01. When My Dreamboat Comes Home 02. Wigs 03. Trouble in Mind 04. Man That's All 05. Kansas City 06. Reelin' and Rockin' |
07. On a Slow Boat to China 08. Monkey Business 09. Heartbreak Hill 10. The Girl I'm Gonna Marry 11. Why Don't You Do Right? 12. Ballin' the Jack |
01. Goin' home 02. Trouble in mind 03. Every night 04. When I see you 05. Oh ba-a-by 06. Ain't gonna do it |
07. Your cheating heart 08. I can't give you anything but love 09. Along the Navajo trail 10. South of the border 11. Lil' Liza Jane 12. Telling lies |
01. Ain't it a shame 02. I don't want to walk without you 03. I lived my life 04. Someday 05. Telling lies 06. When I see you |
07. Just a little while(To stay here) 08. Oh ba-a-by 09. When you're smiling 10. Don't you know I love you 11. Yes my darling 12. True confession |
01. Teenage Love 02. Stop the Clock 03. Hum Diddy Doo 04. Those Eyes 05. I Want to Go Home 06. Dance With Mr. Domino |
07. Nothing New 08. Birds and Bees 09. Wishing Ring 10. Oh La 11. No, No 12. Goin' Home |
01. How can I be happy 02. One of these days 03. So glad 04. Oh wee 05. Sailor boy 06. Lazy woman |
07. Walking to New Orleans 08. My love for her 09. What's wrong 10. Little mama 11. I guess I'll be on my way 12. Goin' back home |
01. Twistin the spots(Sun spot) 02. The twist set me free(Set me free) 03. I know 04. Every night 05. Town talk 06. Wait and see |
07. Twistin the stomp(Domino stomp) 08. Don't deceive me 09. Helping hand(A long way from home) 10. The girl I love 11. Do you know what is means to miss New Orleans? 12. South of the border |
01. Did you ever see a dream walking 02. Rockin bicycle 03. Before I grow too old 04. Ain't gonna do it 05. Bad luck and trouble 06. Hold hands 07. Trouble in mind 08. Coquette 09. What a party 10. I just cry 11. I've been calling 12. Tell me that you love me |
01. Along the Navajo trail 02. You win again 03. One night 04. I'm alone because I love you 05. Won't you come on back 06. Trouble blues |
07. I can't give you anything but love 08. Good hearted man 09. Your cheating heart 10. Let the four winds blow 11. In a shanty in old shanty town 12. Am I blue |
01. I miss you so 02. It keeps rainin' 03. Ain't that just like a woman 04. Once in a while 05. I hear you knocking 06. Isle of Capri |
07. What a price 08. When I was young 09. Fell in love on Monday 10. My bleeding heart (My heart is bleeding) 11. Easter parade 12. I'll always be in love with you |
01. Ain't That a Shame 02. The Fat Man 03. I'm in Love Again 04. Blueberry Hill 05. My Blue Heaven 06. Blue Monday 07. I'm Walkin' |
08. Whole Lotta Lovin' 09. I Want to Walk You Home 10. I'm Ready 11. I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday 12. Walking to New Orleans 13. Be My Guest |
01. Put Your Arms Around me Honey 02. Three Nights a Week 03. Shurah 04. Rising Sun 05. My girl Josephine 06. The sheik of Araby |
07. Walking to New Orleans 08. Don't come knockin' 09. Magic Isles 10. You always hurt the one you love 11. It's the talk of the town 12. Natural born lover |
01. You left me 02. Ain't it good 03. Howdy podner 04. Stack&Billy 05. Would you 06. Margie |
07. Hands across the table 08. When the saints go marching in 09. Ida Jane 10. Lil' Liza Jane 11. I'm gonna be a wheel someday 12. I want to walk you home |
01. The big beat 02. I'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you 03. What will I tell my heart 04. Barrelhouse 05. Little Mary 06. Sick and tired |
07. I want you to know 08. "44" 09. Mardi gras in New Orleans 10. I can't go on 11. Long lonesome journey 12. Young school girl |
01. Detroit City Blues 02. Hide Away 03. She's My Baby 04. New Baby 05. Little Bee 06. Every Night About This Time |
07. I'm Walkin' 08. I'm in the Mood for Love 09. Cheatin' 10. You Can Pack Your Suitcase 11. Hey! Fat Man 12. I'll Be Gone |
01. The rooster song 02. My happiness 03. As time goes by 04. Hey la bas 05. Love me 06. Don't you hear me calling you |
07. It's you I love 08. Valley of tears 09. Where did you stay 10. Baby please 11. Thinking of you 12. You know I miss you |
01. Reelin' and Rockin' 02. School Days 03. My Ding-A-Ling 04. Too Much Monkey Business 05. Memphis 06. Maybellene 07. Nadine 08. The Fat Man |
09. Blueberry Hill 10. Oh What a Price 11. Domino Twist 12. Let the Four Winds Blow 13. I'm in the Mood for Love 14. Please Don't Leave Me 15. I'm Ready 16. I'm in Love Again 17. Be My Guest |