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This is new on the Pages :April 18, 2012: Dick Clark died. See The News page April 2012:The Discography part on the Live Recordings has been completed. Also the part on the Imperial (EP) extended Play 45's and on The ABC-Paramount Recordings. The Imperial Singles page and the Links page are restyled and more info is added. |  |
This is a tributeto the man who made 23 rhythm & blues records that sold each more than a million copies. All together he sold about one hundred million records. Fats made millions of people happy with his warm and recognizable voice. He is one of the biggest promotors of the New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Style, and gave a positive impulse on hundreds of Rhythm & Blues artists around the world.
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This February 26 2012Fats celebrated his 84th birthday. It is sad to tell that Fats has Alzheimer disease, since a couple of years.
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This websitewill try to give you a lot of information about this great New Orleans performer but we realize that it is impossible to be 100% complete or correct. If you should |
This is the planand it is very simple. For this you have to take a Fats recording, and if you don't have one, but that's hardly to believe, buy one, or find them on Spotify, or download them (of course legally), play them, enjoy both listening to the music and reading this website, and forget your troubles for a while (crisis, what crisis?), because that's one of the strengths of the music made by New Orleans artists and especially by Fats Domino. This 2CD is recommended for starters: The American Chart Hits (Original recordings remastered)- 62 tracks !! on Jasmine Records JASCD 557. It's a British label, but also available in the USA, see the site: http://www.jasmine-records.co.uk/acatalog/jascd-557.html |
This happenedon November 5, 2008 The PBS documentary The PBS documentary "Fats Domino:Walking Back To New Orleans" went into premiere at Tipitina's in New Orleans on November 5, 2008 in the presence of Fats, who also received a replacement at that occasion of his Lifetime Achievement Grammy. The documentary, which contains 30 minutes of his concert filmed in May 2007 at Tipitina's, features also interviews with firends and fellow musicians like Dr.John, Irma Thomas, Robert Plant, Randy Newman and Allen Toussaint. This one hour documentary will be aired the next few years on public broadcasting stations, starting on November 16, 2008. More at
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This was his 80th birthdayon February 26, 2008 Fats Domino, who’s been less reclusive in the years following Hurricane Katrina, appeared at the 80th birthday party staged in his honor at Tipitina’s Saturday night. The singer-pianist accepted |
This happened in 2007In September 2007 Fats was inducted into the Lousiana Music Hall Of Fame. On May 19, 2007, Fats performed for the first time at Tipitina's in New Orleans after the flood . There he played 5 songs. On January 12, 2007 Fats received the Offbeat Lifetime Achievement Award
in the House Of Blues in New Orleans.
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This is biography published in 2006. It is called "Blue Monday - Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn Of Rock 'n' Roll", written by Rick Coleman. The publisher is Da Capo Press , ISBN no. 13 978-0-306-81491-4. $ 26.95. 364 pages and lots of photos. We can tell you, it is fantastic! If you are a fan of New Orleans music, then you have to buy it. For more info: http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/ book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306815311
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These are some awardsFats has received numerous awards, and one of the important ons was becoming a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He also is a member the Songwriters' Hall of Fame since 1998. He was inducted into the Delta Music Hall of Fame in Louisiana but was unable to attend the ceremony on Saturday, April 1, 2006. For further information see this link: http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/fats-domino |
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Mayor Ray Nagin announced this day as 'Fats Domino Day In New Orleans', after that there was a musical tribute introduced by Cosimo Matassa. 
