Pre-Release
- 1 JAN 1900
- 4 Songs
- The Soundtrack To Your Life:1955 Hits · 2007
- This Is Fats Domino (Mono Version) · 1958
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
- Live at Tipitina's (2007) · 2023
Essential Albums
- 1959
Albums
- 1970
- 1968
- 1963
- 1960
- 1959
Artist Playlists
- He was a rock 'n' roller before the genre even existed.
- The amiable piano icon took on The Beatles and country.
More To Hear
- A special packed with ’50s and ’60s tunes.
About Fats Domino
Fats Domino was playing rock ’n’ roll before there was even a name for it. In the early ’50s he pioneered a pounding, sensual mix of boogie-woogie and New Orleans R&B that influenced not only rock’s first generation but each one that followed. Born Antoine Domino Jr. in 1928 in New Orleans, he learned piano as a child, soaking up enough blues and R&B licks to turn pro by the age of 14. By 1949 he was signed to Imperial Records, cutting “The Fat Man” with producer/bandleader/co-writer Dave Bartholomew. Today, some consider it the first huge rock ’n’ roll hit. It wasn’t until 1955 that Fats broke out of the R&B market to the pop mainstream with his milestone stroll “Ain’t That a Shame”, which remains one of rock’s most iconic tunes. Through the early ’60s, the magic team of Domino and Bartholomew turned out a titanic string of timeless hits including “I’m In Love Again”, “Blueberry Hill”, “Blue Monday”, “I’m Walkin’” and many more, defining first-generation rock ’n’ roll in the process.
- HOMETOWN
- New Orleans, LA, United States
- BORN
- 26 February 1928
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul