|
|
|
Antoine Dominique Domino was born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans.Around 1937 his family recovered an old ghostly piano on which his brother-in-law, Harrison Verrett,taught him basic chords. To help his protege, he writes the names of the notes on each of the keys ofthis honky-tonk piano. Very quickly Antoine has only one center of interest: the piano. On May 15, 1948,he obtains his professional musician’s card. He then performed at＂Robin Hood＂ in the formation ofBilly Diamond which he will quickly become the main attraction under the name＂Fats＂ Domino. In 1949,Antoine formed his first personal orchestra. He hires trumpet player and composer Dave Bartholomewas music director and signs an exclusive deal with Imperial Records. Fats and Dave then adapted TheJunker’s Blues, which becomes The Fat Man, considered by some as the first Rock & Roll in history beforeRoy Brown’s Good Rockin’ Tonight. The single The Fat Man/Detroit City Blues released in January 1950immediately incorporates the＂play-lists＂ of most radios. In March 1952, his single Goin’ Home integrates,from publication, the ranking of hits in the R&B category. It will remain there for three months and willreach for one week the first place. It will be dethroned by Lawdy Miss Clawdy a title of Lloyd Price onwhich the piano part is ensured by .... Fats Domino! During the year 1953, we notice that Fats Dominois the most listened artist on jukeboxes. From December 1954 to September 1962, all singles by FatsDomino will know the honors of the charts, both Pop and R&B. He gets his second N°1, with Ain’t It AShame which will remain 26 weeks in the rankings. Other＂Number One＂ will finish shaping the profile ofFats Domino’s super star like All by Myself, Poor Me, I’m In Love Again ... Even the B-sides of his singlesintegrate the charts! On July 9, 1955, Fats became the second R&B artist to win the Billboard Triple CrownAward, that honors artists appearing in all three categories. In June 1956, Antoine recorded BlueberryHill, his most emblematic title. In April 1957, Domino’s almost exclusive reign at the top of the rankingsmarked his first signs of abating. From now on he is competing with Whole Lotta Shakin ’Going On (JerryLee Lewis), Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley), Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly), You Send Me (Sam Cooke), Lucille(Little Richard) and especially School Day (Chuck Berry) which dethrones Domino in first place in the R& B ranking. Fats Domino is still bankable, and he is offered no less than $ 5,000 for his participationin the movie＂The Big Beat＂, whose title track appears in single in December. In 1958, the year of his30th birthday, Fats has recorded about twenty titles, most of which will feature prominently the nationalrankings, including Whole Lotta Loving in October which will be N°2. In 1959 his production diminishedand, on the six titles that appear in the hits parade, I Want to Walk You Home will be his last N°1 in July.In June 1960, Walking to New Orleans will be his last title to enter the Top Ten in second place. The lastrecording session for Imperial takes place in April 1962. On January 23, 1986, Fats Domino became one ofthe top ten elected members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, LittleRichard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Cooke, James Brown, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly and Ray Charles.
CD1 The Fat Man 61’27＂1 The Fat Man (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1949 2’372 She’s my baby (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1949 2’413 Hey! La-bas boogie (Dave Bartholomew) 1950 2’254 Careless Love (William C. Handy/Spencer Williams, Martha E. Koenig) 1950 2’155 Hey! Fat man (Antoine Domino) 1950 2’376 Don’t lie to me (Antoine Domino) 1951 2’197 Rockin’ chair (Antoine Domino/Alan Young) 1951 2’288 Sometimes I wonder (Antoine Domino/Alan Young) 1951 2’229 No, no baby (Antoine Domino/Alan Young) 1951 2’2010 Reeling and rocking (Antoine Domino/Alan Young) 1952 2’1911 Goin’ home (Antoine Domino/Alan Young) 1952 2’1112 Poor, poor me (Antoine Domino) 1952 2’1313 Mardi Gras in New Orleans (Roy Bird) 1952 2’1614 Nobody loves me (Antoine Domino) 1952 2’1115 Going to the river (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’3016 I love her (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’0817 Second line jump (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’3618 Goodbye (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’1619 Swanee river hop (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’4920 Please don’t leave me (Antoine Domino) 1953 2’3321 Don’t leave me this way (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’2222 Something wrong (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’4123 Little School Girl (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1953 2’4224 You done me weong (Antoine Domino) 1953 2’0725 Thinking of you (Terence Edward Hall) 1953 2’08CD2 Blueberry Hill 55’15＂1 Where did you stay? (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1954 2’002 You can pack your suitcase (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1954 2’213 Don’t you hear me calling you (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1954 2’144 All by myself (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’225 Ain’t it a shame (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’266 La-la (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’147 Blue Monday (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’168 I can’t go on (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’099 I’m in love again (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 1’5510 So long (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1955 2’1211 My blue heaven (George Whiting/Walter Donaldson) 1955 2’012 When my dreamboat comes home (Cliff Friend/Dave Franklin) 1956 2’1713 Blueberry Hill (Al Lewis, Larry Stock/Vincent Rose)1956 2’2114 I’m walkin’ (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 2’1115 I’m in the mood for love (Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields) 1957 2’4316 My happiness (Betty Blasco/Borney Bergantine) 1957 2’1517 The rooster song (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 2’0718 It’s you I love (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 2’0419 Wait and see (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 1’5620 The Big beat (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 1’5921 I still love you (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 2’0022 I want you to know (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1957 1’5523 Whole lotta loving (Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew) 1958 1’3924 I want to walk you home (Antoine Domino) 1959 2’2225 Walking to New Orleans (Robert Charles Guidry) 1960 1’58
