Fats Domino
USA
Born: 26 February 1928
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: R&B/Soul, Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, New Orleans R&B, Early R&B, Piano Blues, Acoustic Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues
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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...
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