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Apr 18, 2024 · Fats Domino, American singer and pianist, a rhythm-and-blues star who became one of the first rock-and-roll stars and who helped define the New Orleans sound. Altogether his relaxed, stylized recordings sold some 65 million copies, making him one of the most popular performers of the early rock era.
Oct 25, 2017 · Arts Oct 25, 2017 2:15 PM EDT. Antoine “Fats” Domino was a 1950s rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, a larger-than-life New Orleans figure and a role model for the African-American community in a time of...
Jan 29, 2019 · OffBeat Magazine: Fats Domino, The Quintessential New Orleanian. Fats Domino passed last October, but he remains an animate force in New Orleans life through his music. Domino’s spirit is not just the sound of Mardi Gras, it’s what New Orleans feels like 24/7/365. Read More.
Oct 25, 2017 · As one of the founding fathers of rock ’n’ roll, Fats Domino blazed a singular path in the history of popular music. Pounding a piano and booming in a baritone both warm and conversational, he...
Oct 25, 2017 · Oct. 25, 2017. Fats Domino, the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer whose two-fisted boogie-woogie piano and nonchalant vocals, heard on dozens of hits, made him one of the biggest stars of the...
Oct 25, 2017 · Michael Gray. Wed 25 Oct 2017 13.08 EDT. Out in his own uncategorisable stratosphere, the vocalist and pianist Fats Domino, who has died aged 89, sold astonishing quantities of records from the...
About Fats Domino. A career spanning more than five decades, producing over 25 gold singles and selling over 65 million records — and all in spite of his success and many accolades, Fats was always been a very humble man with a smile that lit up a room. Antoine “Fats” Domino was born in New Orleans LA, in the lower ninth ward on February 26, 1928.
