I FOUND MY THRILL,
ON BLUEBERRY HILL,
ON BLUEBERRY HILL,
WHEN I FOUND YOU...
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.
Four of
Domino's records
were named to the
Grammy Hall of Fame
for their significance:
"Blueberry Hill",
"Ain't That a Shame",
"Walking to New Orleans"
and
"The Fat Man".
He was inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
as part of its
first group
of inductees in 1986.
The Associated Press
estimates that
during his career,
Domino
"sold more than
110 million records"
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