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Fats Domino
Sign in to saveAlso known as Antoine Dominique Domino Jr., Fats, The Fat Man, Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr., Antoine Domino
American pianist and singer (1928–2017)
Fats Domino was an American pianist and singer who lived from 1928 to 2017 and became one of the most influential figures in early rock and roll music. His catchy songs and energetic performances helped shape popular music in the 1950s and beyond, making him an important part of American musical history.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 hits. His humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlooked. During his career, Domino had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and five of his…
Known for
- Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll — Self2016
- Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans — Self2008
- Ray Charles: The Legend Lives On — Self2008
- Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans — Self2007
- Ecki's World — Self2007
- Fats and Friends — Self2007
- Rockin' Pianos — Self2004
- The Road to Memphis — Self (archive footage)2003
- Piano Blues — Self (archive footage)2003
- The Legends of New Orleans : The music of Fats Domino — Himself2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dominique
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Harvey
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Reprise Records
- Official website
- www.fatsdominoofficial.com
- Image
- Fats Domino Hamburg 1973 1605730066.jpg
- Work location
- New Orleans
- Residence
- New Orleans
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Fats Domino
- date of birth
- 1928-02-28
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- influenced by
- Amos Milburn
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- date of death
- 2017-10-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- organ dysfunction
- birth name
- Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.
- name in native language
- Fats Domino
- pseudonym
- Fats Domino
- nickname
- Fats
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
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Encyclopedic overview
Antoine Caliste 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. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" (1955). Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.
Domino was shy and modest by nature but made a significant contribution to the rock and roll genre. Elvis Presley declared Domino a "huge influence on me when I started out" and when they first met in 1959, described him as "the real king of rock 'n' roll". The Beatles were also heavily influenced by Domino.
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