News Fats Domino: Feb. 26, 1928 - Oct. 24, 2017

[The Old Mixer]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/entertainment/fats-domino-obituary/

"Ain't That a Shame"

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(Charted July 16, 1955; #10 US; #1 R&B; #431 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)

"I'm in Love Again"

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(Charted Apr. 28, 1956; #3 US; #1 R&B; #12 UK)

"Blueberry Hill"

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(Charted Oct. 6, 1956; #2 US; #1 R&B; #6 UK; #81 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time)

"Blue Monday"

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(Charted Jan. 5, 1957; #5 US; #1 R&B; #23 UK)

"I'm Walkin'"

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(Charted Mar. 9, 1957; #4 US; #1 R&B; #19 UK)

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Thanks for the great music Fats. Rest in peace.

 

[Kor]

Sad news.
I love his version of "Blueberry Hill."

(Honestly, I had assumed he passed away some time ago)

Kor

 

[Random_Spock]

RIP Mr. Domino.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

I assumed he had died years ago. 89 years is a long life. What a voice. RIP.

 

[StarCruiser]

I've said this elsewhere - there isn't a single song he did that wasn't at least fun - and most were downright good.

(Can't say that about a lot of "artists".)

 

[gblews]

Fats put the New Orleans stamp on rock and roll. Sad to hear he is gone. How's Little Richard these days? Hope he is okay.

RIP, Fats.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I don't know how many times I've sung "Ain't That a Shame." A lot. It's hard for me to imagine much greater praise for a songwriter than to observe that many, many people enjoy singing, or even just quoting, the song themselves incidentally in their lives, not to mention listening to a recording of it. I know also that whenever I would sing or hum "Blueberry Hill," I was always thinking of Fats' version. Rest in Peace.

 

[RJDiogenes]

The world as we know it would not exist without Fats Domino.

Rest in peace, Fats.

 

[Santaman]

He left his blueberry hill, thanks for the music Fats.