Fats Domino
Birth : 1928-02-26, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Death : 2017-10-24
History
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 pre-1955 records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold. His musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.
His 1949 release "The Fat Man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll record. Two of his most famous songs are "Ain't That A Shame" and "Blueberry Hill".
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One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were rivaled then only by Elvis Presley. With his boogie-woogie piano playing rooted in blues, rhythm & blues, and jazz, he became one of the inventors, along with Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, of rock ‘n’ roll, a revolutionary genre that united young black and white audiences.
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Two years after a harrowing rescue from Hurricane Katrina, music legend Fats Domino headlined a 2007 benefit concert for New Orleans hometown, performing hits to an adoring audience. The special captures Domino's triumphant return to the stage and provides an up-close, biographical look at Domino's storied career.
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American R&B icon Ray Charles lets loose on this collection of electrifying live performances from throughout his legendary career.
The documentary is a portrait of of the oldest video library in the world and his owner. Eckhard "Ecki" Baum opened the „Video Film-Shop“ in Kassel (Germany) in the summer of 1975. It all began in „Wolfsanger“ with the sale and exchange of Super8 films, that soon lured to a bigger shop and some daring methods.
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1. Introduction
2. I'm Walking
3. Blueberry Hill
4. MyBlue Heaven
5. Blue Monday
6. Hello Josephine
7. I Want To Walk You Home
8. I'm Ready
9. Oh Wee
10. Walking To New Orleans
11. Shake, Rattle And Roll
12. I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
13. Ain't That A Shame
14. I Hear You Knocking
15. My Blue Heaven
16. Your Cheatin' Heart
17. When The Saints Go Marching In
18. Sentimental Journey - INSTRUMENTAL
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1. Introduction 2. The Fat Man - Fats Domino 3. Walking To New Orleans - Fats Domino 4. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 5. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Fats Domino 6. C.C. Rider - Fats Domino 7. Sentimental Journey - Fats Domino 8. I Was Raised On Rock - Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Ron Wood 9. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Ron Wood 10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis feat. Ron Wood 11. A Certain Girl - Ron Wood & Paul Shaffer 12. I Got A Woman - Ray Charles feat. Ron Wood 13. Since You've Been Gone - Ray Charles feat. Ron Wood 14. Lewis Boogie - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino feat. Ron Wood 15. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino feat. Ron Wood 16. Swanee River Rock - Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis & Fats Domino feat. Ron Wood 17. The Rockin' Piano - Instrumental
Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap of Faith, A Family Thing) traces the musical odyssey of blues legend B.B. King in a film that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of blues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features original performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as well as historical footage of Howlin' Wolf and Rufus Thomas.
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The hits come fast and furious in this 2001 performance by Antoine "Fats" Domino at the Jazz and Heritage Festival in his hometown of New Orleans. Well, maybe not that fast; Fats's style was never what you'd call exactly frenetic, and he was well into his seventies at the time of this show. But there are a whole lot of hits--"I'm Walkin'," "Blueberry Hill," "Walking to New Orleans," "My Blue Heaven," etc.--and they're just as irresistible as ever, with Domino and band (including a full horn section) in top form as they deliver their brew of R&B, rock & roll, and country music with its distinctively rollicking New Orleans vibe. Aside from the 60-minute concert, the DVD features interviews with Fats, Allen Toussaint (himself a legendary New Orleans musician and producer), author/music journalist Mikal Gilmore, and others, plus a minute or two of Domino and Toussaint jamming at the piano
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Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia Ball.
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Are you ready for some old-time rock and roll?! Then you are ready for the masters, the originators, the men who made the music, the "Legends of Rock 'n' Roll Live." Join the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown, "The Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis, "Mr. Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino, "Hey" Bo Diddley, the "Genius" Ray Charles, "King of the Blues" B.B. King and "Tutti Frutti" Little Richard as they raise the roof "old school style." There's nothing like the originals, and this concert proves it once and for all! Songs: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, I Feel Good [I Got You] (James Brown), Bo Diddley, I'm a Man (Bo Diddley), Mess Around, I'm a Fool For You (Ray Charles), Great Gosh a' Mighty (Little Richard), The Wild One [Real Wild Child], Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Jerry Lee Lewis), I'm Ready, Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino), Let the Good Times Roll, How Blue Can You Get? (B.B. King), All-Star Jam (Company).
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The Live From Austin, Texas series gets a taste of New Orleans on it latest release. Fats Domino, synonymous with New Orleans, rips it up on the Austin City Limits stage during this amazing performance. This Live From Austin, Texas performance includes all his classic songs from Blueberry Hill to I'm Walking and Ain’t That a Shame. Tracks:
1. I’m Walkin’
2. My Blue Heaven
3. Blue Monday
4. I’m Ready
5. My Girl Josephine
6. I Want To Walk You Home
7. I’m In Love Again
8. Let The Four Winds Blow
9. Poor Me
10. Walkin’ To New Orleans
11. Shake, Rattle And Roll
12. Ain’t That A Shame
13. I Hear You Knockin’
14. Blueberry Hill
15. Your Cheatin’ Heart
16. Three Nights A Week
17. All By Myself
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Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
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Documentary of a 1950s rock and roll revival show, with split-screen editing to rival Woodstock.
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33 1⁄3 Revolutions per Monkee is a television special starring the Monkees that aired on NBC on April 14, 1969. Produced by Jack Good, guests on the show included Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Little Richard, the Clara Ward Singers, the Buddy Miles Express, Paul Arnold and the Moon Express, and We Three. Although they were billed as musical guests, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (alongside their then-backing band The Trinity) found themselves playing a prominent role; in fact, it can be argued that the special focused more on the guest stars (specifically, Auger and Driscoll) than the Monkees themselves. This special is notable as the Monkees' final performance as a quartet until 1986, as Peter Tork left the group at the end of the special's production. The title is a play on "33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute."
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Jamboree adheres to the usual formula of late-1950s rock&roll films: A plethora of musical numbers linked together by the wispiest of plotlines. Kay Medford heads the cast as manipulative showbiz agent Grace Shaw. Hoping to land pop singer Pete Porter (Paul Carr), Grace connives to break up Pete's romance with female vocalist Honey Wynn (Freda Holloway). But who cares? The audience came to see such musical faves as Fats Domino, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie and the Four Coins. As a promotional tie-in, Jamboree also features appearances by 21 of North America's top rock-and-roll deejays.
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A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds out that she has no talent? And what is going to happen when the two fall in love?
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A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock 'n' roll palace for teens.
Rick Nelson & Fats Domino perform in a legendary concert on August 22, 1985, recorded live at the Universal Ampitheatre in Los Angeles. The first act was Rick together with his old pals the Jordinares performing some of Rick's top hits. In the second half, Fats went to work on his great classics. The finale saw both men perform an amazing duet of I'm Walkin' which had been a big hit for both of them. Recorded just 4 months before Rick Nelson's tragic death.
