Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, more than 65 million records were sold by Domino. He had eleven Top 10 hits between 1955 and 1960.[1]
During his career, Domino had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and five of his pre-1955 records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold. He was a regular on Global Charts, from 1950 to 1965. His musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.
His 1949 release "The Fat Man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll record. Two of his most famous songs are "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill".
| Title | Album details[a] |
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| Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino |
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| Fats Domino Rock and Rollin' |
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| This Is Fats Domino! |
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| Here Stands Fats Domino |
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| This Is Fats |
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| The Fabulous Mr. D |
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| Let's Play Fats Domino |
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| ...A Lot of Dominos! |
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| I Miss You So |
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| Let the Four Winds Blow |
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| What a Party! |
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| Twistin' the Stomp |
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| Just Domino |
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| Walking to New Orleans |
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| Let's Dance with Domino |
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| Here Comes... Fats Domino |
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| Here He Comes Again! |
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| Fats on Fire |
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| Getaway with Fats Domino |
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| Fats Is Back |
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| Fats |
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| Sleeping on the Job |
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| Christmas Is a Special Day |
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| Alive and Kickin' |
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Fats Domino '65 (mono) (Las Vegas, 1965-06-13, set 1)
Fats Domino '65 (stereo) (Las Vegas, 1965-06-13, set 1)
Attention! Fats Domino! Vol. 2 (Las Vegas, 1965-06-13, set 2)
In Concert! (2 LP) (Las Vegas, 1965-06-13)
"Hello Josephine": Live at Montreux (Montreux, Switzerland, 1973-05-01)
Live in Europe (Munich and Hof, West Germany, 1977-03-20 and 29)
Blueberry Hill (Philadelphia, 1969–1971, set 1; three last tracks are by unknown artist)
Lady Madonna (Philadelphia, 1969–1971, set 2)
On Stage! (Philadelphia, 1969–1971, set 3)
His Greatest Hits (The Universal, Los Angeles, 1985-08-22)
Antoine "Fats" Domino (3 LP) (Galveston and Houston, Texas, 1989-06)
Antoine "Fats" Domino (2 CD) (Galveston and Houston, Texas, 1989-06)
It's Not Over 'till: The Fat Man Sings (LP) (New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 1969-02-27)
It's Not Over 'till: The Fat Man Sings (CD) (New Orleans, Mardi Gras, 1969-02-27)
An Evening with Fats Domino (The Universal, Los Angeles, 1985-08-22, complete set)
Live! From the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2001
Live at The C.C.H. Hamburg 1981
Golden Legends: Fats Domino Live (Galveston and Houston, Texas, 1989-06, different set)
Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits, 1986-10-22)
Antibes 1962 – Live (Juan-les-Pins, Jazz Festival of Antibes, France, 1962-07-17 or 20, limited edition)
Fats Domino Swings: 12,000,000 Records (Mono Imperial recordings of 1949–1958)
Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits (Mono recordings of 1953–1958, mono mixes of stereo recordings of 1958–1959)
Million Sellers by Fats (Mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings of 1958–1962)
"Surboum" chez Fats Domino (Mono Imperial recordings of 1958, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings of 1958–1960)
Million Sellers by Fats Domino – Vol. 1 (Mono Imperial recordings, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings)
Million Sellers by Fats Domino – Vol. 2 (Mono Imperial recordings, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings)
Million Sellers – Vol. 3 (Mono Imperial recordings, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings)
Fatsound (Mono Imperial recordings of 1949–1956)
Stompin' (Mono Imperial recordings of 1949–1955, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings of 1960–1962)
Rare Dominos (Mono Imperial recordings of 1950–1953)
Rare Dominos Volume Two (Mono Imperial recordings of 1950–1957)
Fats Domino (Legendary Masters Series) (Mono recordings of 1953–1958, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings of 1958–1961)
Greatest Hits (Mono Imperial recordings, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings)
The Best of Fats Domino (Mono Imperial recordings, mono mixes of stereo Imperial recordings)
The Fat Man (Mono Imperial recordings)
My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino, Volume 1 (Mono and stereo Imperial recordings)
"They Call Me The Fat Man..." – The Legendary Imperial Recordings (4 CD) (Mono and stereo Imperial recordings)
Out of New Orleans (8 CD) (Complete Imperial recordings)
The EP Collection (Imperial EP's)
The Early Imperial Singles 1950–1952
The Fat Man (3 CD) (Complete ABC-Paramount & Sea-Saint recordings)
The EP Collection Vol. 2 (Imperial EP's)
The Imperial Singles, Volume 2: 1953–1956
The Imperial Singles, Volume 3: 1956–1958
Walking to New Orleans: 100 Legendary Imperial Recordings (4 CD) (Mono and stereo Imperial recordings; another selection than on 4CD compilation of 1991)
Sweet Patootie: The Complete Reprise Recordings
The Imperial Singles, Volume 4: 1959–1961
The Imperial Singles, Volume 5: 1962–1964
8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks (4 CD) (8 Imperial albums and one Imperial compilation)
Collected (2 LP)
I've Been Around: The Complete Imperial & ABC-Paramount Recordings (12 CD + 1 DVD) (deleted shortly after the initial release and is back in print)[3]
Fats in Stereo 1959–1962: Imperial Hit Singles As & Bs Plus Bonus Stereo LP Tracks (2 CD) (Mono and stereo Imperial recordings)
That's Fats: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Fats Domino and various artists)
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (2 CD) (Various artists)
| A-Side | Year | Peak chart positions | B-Side (from same album as A-side except where indicated) |
Peak chart positions | Label and catalog number | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6] |
US [4] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6] | |||||
| "The Fat Man" | 1949 | — | 6 [7] |
— | "Detroit City Blues" (from Here Stands Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5058 | Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino |
| "Boogie-Woogie Baby" | 1950 | — | — | — | "Little Bee" (from Here Stands Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5065 | Non-album track |
| "Hide Away Blues" | — | — | — | "She's My Baby" | — | — | — | Imperial 5077 | Here Stands Fats Domino | |
| "Hey La Bas Boogie" | — | — | — | "Brand New Baby" (from Here Stands Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5085 | This Is Fats | |
| "Every Night About This Time" | — | 5 [8] |
— | "Korea Blues" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5099 | Here Stands Fats Domino | |
| "Tired of Crying" | 1951 | — | — | — | "What's the Matter Baby" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5114 | Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino |
| "Don't You Lie to Me" | — | — | — | "Sometimes I Wonder" | — | — | — | Imperial 5123 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Right from Wrong" | — | — | — | "No, No Baby" | — | — | — | Imperial 5138 | ||
| "Rockin' Chair" | — | 9 [9] |
— | "Careless Love" (from Fats Domino Rock and Rollin') |
— | — | — | Imperial 5145 | ||
| "I'll Be Gone" | 1952 | — | — | — | "You Know I Miss You" (from This Is Fats) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5167 | Here Stands Fats Domino |
| "Goin' Home" | — | 1 [10] |
— | "Reeling and Rocking" (from This Is Fats Domino!) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5180 | Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino | |
| "Poor Poor Me" | — | — [b] |
— | "Trust in Me" | — | — | — | Imperial 5197 | This Is Fats Domino! | |
| "How Long" | — | 9 [12] |
— | "Dreaming" | — | — | — | Imperial 5209 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Nobody Loves Me" | 1953 | — | — | — | "Cheatin'" (from Here Stands Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5220 | |
| "Going to the River" | — | 2 [13] |
— | "Mardi Gras In New Orleans" (from The Fabulous Mr. D) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5231 | Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino | |
| "Please Don't Leave Me" | — | 5 [14] |
— | "The Girl I Love" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5240 | ||
| "Rose Mary" | — | — | — | "You Said You Loved Me" | — | — | — | Imperial 5251 | ||
| "Something's Wrong" | — | 6 [15] |
— | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | — | — | — | Imperial 5262 | Non-album tracks | |
| "You Done Me Wrong" | 1954 | — | 10 [16] |
— | "Little School Girl" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5272 | This Is Fats Domino! |
| "Where Did You Stay" | — | — | — | "Baby Please" | — | — | — | Imperial 5283 | This Is Fats | |
| "You Can Pack Your Suitcase" | — | — | — | "I Lived My Life" (from Let's Dance with Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5301 | Here Stands Fats Domino | |
| "Love Me" | — | — | — | "Don't You Hear Me Calling You" | — | — | — | Imperial 5313 | This Is Fats | |
| "I Know" | — | — | — | "Thinking of You" (from This Is Fats) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5323 | Twistin' The Stomp | |
| "Don't You Know" | 1955 | — | 7 | — | "Helping Hand" | — | — | — | Imperial 5340 | Non-album tracks |
| "Ain't That a Shame" | 10 | 1 | 23 | "La-La" (from This Is Fats Domino!) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5348 | Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino | |
| "All By Myself" | — | 1 | — | "Troubles of My Own" (from This Is Fats Domino!) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5357 | ||
| "Poor Me" | — | 1 | — | "I Can't Go On" (from The Fabulous Mr. D) |
— | 6 | — | Imperial 5369 | ||
| "Bo Weevil" | 1956 | 35 | 5 | — | "Don't Blame It on Me" | — | 9 | — | Imperial 5375 | |
| "I'm in Love Again" | 3 | 1 | 12 | "My Blue Heaven" | 19 | 5 | — | Imperial 5386 | Fats Domino Rock and Rollin' | |
| "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" | 14 | 2 | — | "So Long" | 44 | 5 | — | Imperial 5396 | ||
| "Blueberry Hill" | 2 | 1 | 6 | "Honey Chile" | — | 2 | 29 | Imperial 5407 | This Is Fats Domino! | |
| "Blue Monday" | 5 | 1 | 23 | "What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You" | 50 | 12 | — | Imperial 5417 | ||
| "I'm Walkin'" | 1957 | 4 | 1 | 19 | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | — | — | — | Imperial 5428 | Here Stands Fats Domino |
| "The Rooster Song" | — | 13 | — | "My Happiness", "As Time Goes By", "Hey La Bas" (4-song EP) | — | — | — | Imperial 147 | This Is Fats | |
| "Valley of Tears" | 8 | 2 | 25 | "It's You I Love" | 6 | 2 | — | Imperial 5442 | ||
| "When I See You" | 29 | 14 | — | "What Will I Tell My Heart" (from The Fabulous Mr. D) |
64 | 12 | — | Imperial 5454 | Let's Dance with Domino | |
| "Wait and See" | 23 | 7 | — | "I Still Love You" (from Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits) |
79 | — | — | Imperial 5467 | Twistin' the Stomp | |
| "The Big Beat" | 26 | 15 | 20 | "I Want You to Know" | — | — | — | Imperial 5477 | The Fabulous Mr. D | |
| "Yes, My Darling" | 1958 | 55 | 10 | — | "Don't You Know I Love You" | — | — | — | Imperial 5492 | Let's Dance with Domino |
| "Sick and Tired" | 22 | 14 | 26 | "No, No" (from Just Domino) |
55 | 14 | — | Imperial 5515 | The Fabulous Mr. D | |
| "Little Mary" | 48 | 4 | — | "Prisoner's Song" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5526 | ||
| "Young School Girl" | 92 | 15 | — | "It Must Be Love" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5537 | ||
| "Whole Lotta Loving" | 6 | 2 | — | "Coquette" (from What a Party!) |
92 | 26 | — | Imperial 5553 | Fats Domino Swings | |
| "Telling Lies" | 1959 | 50 | 13 | — | "When the Saints Go Marching In" (from Let's Play Fats Domino) |
50 | — | — | Imperial 5569 | Let's Dance with Domino |
| "I'm Ready" | 16 | 7 | — | "Margie" (from Let's Play Fats Domino) |
51 | — | 18 | Imperial 5585 | Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits | |
| "I Want to Walk You Home" | 8 | 1 | 14 | "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" | 17 | 22 | — | Imperial 5606 | Let's Play Fats Domino | |
| "Be My Guest" | 8 | 2 | 11 | "I've Been Around" | 33 | 19 | — | Imperial 5629 | Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits | |
| A-Side | Year | Peak chart positions | B-Side (from same album as A-side except where indicated) |
Peak chart positions | Label and catalog number | Album | ||||
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| US [4] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6] |
US [4] |
US R&B [5] |
UK [6] | |||||
| "Country Boy" | 1960 | 25 | — | 19 | "If You Need Me" (from Fats Domino Rock and Rollin) |
98 | — | — | Imperial 5645 | Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits |
| "Tell Me That You Love Me" | 51 | — | — | "Before I Grow Too Old" | 84 | — | — | Imperial 5660 | What a Party! | |
| "Walking to New Orleans" | 6 | 2 | 19 | "Don't Come Knockin'" | 21 | 28 | — | Imperial 5675 | ...A Lot of Dominos! | |
| "Three Nights a Week" | 15 | 8 | 45 | "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" | 58 | — | — | Imperial 5687 | ||
| "My Girl Josephine" | 14 | 7 | 32 | "Natural Born Lover" | 38 | 28 | — | Imperial 5704 | ||
| "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" | 1961 | 33 | 19 | — | "What a Price" | 22 | 7 | — | Imperial 5723 | I Miss You So |
| "Shu Rah" | 32 | — | — | "Fell in Love on Monday" (from I Miss You So) |
32 | — | — | Imperial 5734 | ...A Lot of Dominos! | |
| "It Keeps Rainin'" | 23 | 18 | 49 | "I Just Cry" (from Here Comes Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5753 | I Miss You So | |
| "Let the Four Winds Blow" | 15 | 2 | — | "Good Hearted Man" | — | — | — | Imperial 5764 | Let the Four Winds Blow | |
| "What a Party" | 22 | — | 43 | "Rockin' Bicycle" | 83 | — | — | Imperial 5779 | What a Party! | |
| "I Hear You Knocking" | 67 | — | — | "Jambalaya" (from Million Sellers By Fats) |
30 | — | 41 | Imperial 5796 | I Miss You So | |
| "You Win Again" | 1962 | 22 | — | — | "Ida Jane" (from Let's Play Fats Domino) |
90 | — | — | Imperial 5816 | Let the Four Winds Blow |
| "My Real Name" | 59 | 22 | — | "My Heart Is Bleeding" | — | — | — | Imperial 5833 | Million Sellers by Fats | |
| "Dance with Mr. Domino" | 98 | — | — | "Nothing New (Same Old Thing)" | 77 | — | — | Imperial 5863 | Just Domino | |
| "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" | 79 | — | — | "Stop the Clock" (from Just Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5875 | What a Party! | |
| "Won't You Come on Back" | — | — | — | "Hands Across the Table" (from Let's Play Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5895 | Let the Four Winds Blow | |
| "Hum Diddy Doo" | 1963 | — | — | — | "Those Eyes" | — | — | — | Imperial 5909 | Just Domino |
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | — | — | — | "Trouble Blues" (from Let the Four Winds Blow) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5937 | ...A Lot of Dominos! | |
| "True Confession" | — | — | — | "Isle of Capri" (from I Miss You So) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5959 | Let's Dance with Domino | |
| "One Night" | — | — | — | "I Can't Go on This Way" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | Imperial 5980 | Let the Four Winds Blow | |
| "There Goes (My Heart Again)" | 59 | — | — | "Can't Go On Without You" | — | — | — | ABC 10444 | Here Comes Fats Domino | |
| "When I'm Walking (Let Me Walk)" | — | — | — | "I've Got a Right to Cry" | — | — | — | ABC 10475 | ||
| "Red Sails in the Sunset" | 35 | 24 | 34 | "Song for Rosemary" | — | — | — | ABC 10484 | ||
| "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" | — | — | — | "Goin' Home" (from Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | Imperial 66005 | Let the Four Winds Blow | |
| "Who Cares" | 63 | 27 | — | "Just a Lonely Man" (from Here Comes Fats Domino) |
— | — | — | ABC 10512 | Non-album track | |
| "Your Cheatin' Heart" | 1964 | — | — | — | "When I Was Young" (from I Miss You So) |
— | — | — | Imperial 66016 | Let the Four Winds Blow |
| "Lazy Lady" | 86 | 34 | — | "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" (from Fats on Fire) |
— | — | — | ABC 10531 | Non-album tracks | |
| "If You Don't Know What Love Is" | — | — | — | "Something You Got Baby" | — | — | — | ABC 10545 | ||
| "Mary, Oh Mary" | — | — | — | "Packin' Up" (non-album track) |
— | — | — | ABC 10567 | Fats on Fire | |
| "Sally Was a Good Old Girl" | 99 | — | — | "For You" | — | — | — | ABC 10584 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Heartbreak Hill" | 99 | — | — | "Kansas City" | — | — | — | ABC 10596 | Getaway with Fats Domino | |
| "Why Don't You Do Right" | 1965 | — | — | — | "Wigs" | — | — | — | ABC 10631 | |
| "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" | — | — | — | "Goodnight Sweetheart" | — | — | — | ABC 10644 | Non-album tracks | |
| "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | — | — | — | "I Done Got Over It" | — | — | — | Mercury 72463 | ||
| "What's That You Got?" | — | — | — | "It's Never Too Late" | — | — | — | Mercury 72485 | ||
| "Work My Way Up Steady" | 1967 | — | — | — | "The Lady in Black" | — | — | — | Broadmoor 104 | Fats |
| "Big Mouth" | 1968 | — | — | — | "Wait 'Til It Happens to You" | — | — | — | Broadmoor 105 | |
| "Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better" | — | — | — | "One for the Highway" | — | — | — | Reprise 0696 | Fats Is Back | |
| "Lady Madonna" | 100 | — | — | "One for the Highway" | — | — | — | Reprise 0763 | ||
| "Lovely Rita" | — | — | — | "Wait 'Til It Happens to You" | — | — | — | Reprise 0775 | ||
| "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" | 1969 | — | — | — | "So Swell When You're Well" (from Fats Is Back) |
— | — | — | Reprise 0843 | Non-album track |
| A-Side | Year | B-Side (from same album as A-side except where indicated) |
Peak chart positions | Label and catalog number | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [17] | |||||
| "Make Me Belong to You" | 1970 | "Have You Seen My Baby?" (non-album track) |
— | Reprise 0891 | Fats Is Back |
| "New Orleans Ain't the Same" | "Sweet Patootie" | — | Reprise 0944 | Non-album tracks | |
| "Whiskey Heaven" | 1980 | "Beers to You" (performed by The Texas Opera Company) |
51 | Warner Bros. WBS49610 | The Sound Track Music From Clint Eastwood's Any Which Way You Can |
| "If I Get Rich" | "My Old Time Use to Be" | — | FD Records WB 1200 C/D | Fats Domino 1980 (reissue of Sleeping On The Job) | |
| "My Toot Toot – One (Country)" (with Doug Kershaw) |
1985 | "My Toot Toot – Three (Rock)" (with Doug Kershaw) |
— | Toot Toot Recordz TT 001 | Non-album tracks |
| Year | Song | Year-End Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | "I'm in Love Again" | 25 |
| "Blueberry Hill" | 41 | |
| 1957 | "I'm Walkin'" | 38 |
| "Blueberry Hill" | 48 | |
| "Blue Monday" | 50 | |
| 1959 | "I Want to Walk You Home" | 68 |
| 1960 | "Walking to New Orleans" | 72 |
| 1961 | "Let the Four Winds Blow" | 82 |
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