Fats Domino Musical artist

Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (born February 26, 1928) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955. He also had 35 Top 40 American hits and has a music style based on traditional rhythm and blues ensembles of bass, piano, electric guitar, drums, and saxophone.

Personal facts

Fats Domino
Alias (AKA)Fats The Fat Man
Birth dateFebruary 26, 1928
Birth place
Louisiana , New Orleans , United States
Hometown
Louisiana
New Orleans
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1949
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Rhythm and blues
Rock and roll
Boogie-woogie
Piano blues
instrument
Piano
Singing
record label
Mercury Records
ABC Records
Warner Bros. Records
Sonet Records
Reprise Records
Imperial Records
Broadmoor Records
Toot Toot Records

Fats Domino on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/4608
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6675649.stm
  3. http://www.bsnpubs.com/imperial/imperiala.html
  4. http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm
  5. http://www.lpb.org/friends/festival/fats.cfm
  6. http://www.music-city.org/Fats-Domino/discography