RIP Fats Domino

[Soulstation1]

☹️

 

 

Edited October 25, 2017 by Soulstation1

[clifford_thornton]

Wow.

[mjazzg]

Some legacy

[GA Russell]

RIP Fats.

When I was in high school in New Orleans, it was common for somewhat older guys to tell me that although Fats had sold millions of records and was one of the biggest stars in the country, none of his hits had been ranked #1 on the charts.

[JSngry]

Between him and Little Richard, ongoing excellence of saxophones.

RIP. Be a wheel now.

[sonnymax]

1 hour ago, GA Russell said:

RIP Fats.

When I was in high school in New Orleans, it was common for somewhat older guys to tell me that although Fats had sold millions of records and was one of the biggest stars in the country, none of his hits had been ranked #1 on the charts.

You're talking about the white-dominated radio stations and pop charts in the fifties. What would you expect? Fats had more success on the R&B charts, including several  songs that reached #1.

Rest easy, Antoine, and thank you.

[jlhoots]

Ain't That A Shame

R.I.P.

[Soulstation1]

Richie C is sad today !!

[Hardbopjazz]

RIP, Fats.

[Cyril]

R.I.P.

[bluenoter]

 

R.I.P.

Edited October 25, 2017 by bluenoter

[Scott Dolan]

I'm rather ashamed to admit that I didn't realize he was still alive...

A legendary figure, to be sure. 

[Royal Oak]

I too thought he had already died. Fats reminds me of my dad, who was a fan

[medjuck]

I think it leaves only Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis as the last of the early rock and rollers. 

[BillF]

 

1 hour ago, medjuck said:

I think it leaves only Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis as the last of the early rock and rollers. 

Some of the Brits are still around:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Steele

7 hours ago, GA Russell said:

RIP Fats.

When I was in high school in New Orleans, it was common for somewhat older guys to tell me that although Fats had sold millions of records and was one of the biggest stars in the country, none of his hits had been ranked #1 on the charts.

Several of his were No 1 in the British charts.

2 hours ago, Scott Dolan said:

I'm rather ashamed to admit that I didn't realize he was still alive...

 

His personal sufferings at the time of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 got quite a lot of media attention.

Edited October 25, 2017 by BillF

[rpklich]

A few years back I almost got run over by him in his blueberry blue Rolls Royce. He was driving.  It was in New Orleans and Louisana had decided  to make the Cosmo Matassa recording studio an historic site and there was dedication  ceremony that I attended . The studio was where a lot of New Orleans R&B music (including Fats) had been recorded.    It had become a laundromat. The ceremony drew quite a crowd including me.  I was forced to stand in the street which was where our close encounter occurred.  He apologized!  My brush with fame! 

I was very lucky to have heard him live a couple of times at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest.  He was very good and so was his band.  R.I.P. Fats

[JohnS]

RIP Fats.

I'm pretty sure that Fats was the first black American music I heard back in the mid 50s as a teenager.

[soulpope]

What a legacy .... R.I.P ....

[Stereojack]

21 hours ago, GA Russell said:

RIP Fats.

When I was in high school in New Orleans, it was common for somewhat older guys to tell me that although Fats had sold millions of records and was one of the biggest stars in the country, none of his hits had been ranked #1 on the charts.

This just demonstrates how meaningless the "charts" are. When I was a kid in the 1950's, Fats' music was all over the radio. A statistic that drives this home is that the great Chuck Berry's ONLY #1 hit was "My Ding-a-Ling"!

[ghost of miles]

Fats' death has sent me back to this box-set, which I picked up about 15 years ago (seems to now be out of print). An excellent anthology of his Imperial era:

Edited October 26, 2017 by ghost of miles

[catesta]

I had "My Blue Heaven" as my wake alarm ring tone for several years.

RIP Fats and thank you.

[medjuck]

I first remember hearing Fats in 1956 when he had the two sided hit of I'm in Love Again/ My Blue Heaven.  Both sides were on the hit parade.  ('56 was the big year to me when it comes to Rock 'n Roll.  

[ghost of miles]

7 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Fats' death has sent me back to this box-set, which I picked up about 15 years ago (seems to now be out of print). An excellent anthology of his Imperial era:

Looks as if I was incorrect--this set apparently is still in print:

They Call Me The Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings

Highly recommended!

[gmonahan]

One of the first LPs I ever bought was by Fats. I always loved his version of "Trouble in Mind." He was much in the news in the aftermath of Katrina, but kept on keepin' on.

 

 

gregmo

[duaneiac]