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Antoine "Fats" Domino
Biography
Antoine Fats Domino
Born
February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, LA

Years Active:
50s | 60s | 90s

 
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 con
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Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson

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