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Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. [2]
Jul 12, 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 · Fats Domino, the genial, good-natured symbol of the dawn of rock and roll and the voice and piano behind enduring hits like “Blueberry Hill” and “Ain’t That a Shame,” died Tuesday at the age of...
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 early rock...
Oct 25, 2017 · Fats Domino was one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s. He was already a star on the R&B circuit in his native New Orleans in the 1950s,...
Oct 25, 2017 · Fats Domino, who recorded the beloved hits “Ain’t That a Shame,” “Blueberry Hill,” and “Blue Monday," outsold every 1950s rock ‘n’ roll star except Elvis Presley.
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...
Oct 25, 2017 · Fats Domino has died at 89. Antoine Domino Jr. was a founding father of rock 'n' roll and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. He daughter says he died of natural causes on Tuesday.
Oct 25, 2017 · Amanda Petrusich writes about the legacy and influence of the pianist Fats Domino, who died on Tuesday, at the age of eighty-nine.
Oct 25, 2017 · Fats Domino: Remembering a Rock and Roll Pioneer. The pianist and singer, who died at 89, was one of the few remaining links to the era when jazz, blues, boogie, and R&B were...
