Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter of French Creole descent. Five of his records released before 1955 sold over a million copies and were certified as gold records,^[1] and he had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40. His musical style is based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.^[1]

Life[edit]

Domino was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, the eighth and final child of Antoine Caliste Domino (1879–1964) and Marie-Donatille Gros (1886–1971). The Domino family was of French Creole background. Louisiana Creole French was his first language. Antoine was born at home with the assistance of his grandmother, a midwife. His name was initially given as Anthony on his birth certificate but was later corrected.^[2] His family had newly arrived in the Lower Ninth Ward from Vacherie, Louisiana.^[3] His father was a well-known violinist.^{[citation needed]}

Domino learned to play the piano from his brother-in-law, the jazz guitarist Harrison Verrett^[1][4] while studying shipping management at his local community college.

Even after his success, he continued to live in his old neighborhood. His large home was roomy enough for his 13 children, but he still preferred to sleep in a hammock outside.

Early career (1947–1948)[edit]

In the summer of 1947, Billy Diamond, a New Orleans bandleader, accepted an invitation to hear the young pianist perform at a backyard barbecue. Domino played well enough that Diamond asked him to join his band, the Solid Senders, at the Hideaway Club, in New Orleans. Diamond nicknamed him “Fats”, because Domino reminded him of the renowned pianists Fats Waller and Fats Pichon.^[5]

Recordings for Imperial Records (1949–1962)[edit]

Domino attracted national attention with his first recording, “The Fat Man“, made in late 1949 for Imperial Records, an early rock-and-roll record featuring a rolling piano and Domino vocalizing “wah-wah” over a strong backbeat. “The Fat Man” sold one million copies by 1953; it is widely considered the first rock-and-roll record to achieve this feat.^[6][7] Domino released a series of hit songs with the producer Dave Bartholomew (also the co-writer of many of the songs), the saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin “Red” Tyler, the bassist Frank Fields, and the drummers Earl Palmer and Smokey Johnson. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino’s band were the saxophonists Reggie Houston, Lee Allen, and Fred Kemp, Domino’s trusted bandleader.

Domino crossed into the pop mainstream with “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955), which reached the Top Ten. Pat Boone‘s milder cover version reached number 1,^[8]having received wider radio airplay in a racially segregated era. Domino eventually had 37 Top 40 singles.

Domino’s debut album, Carry On Rockin, containing several of his hits and tracks that had not yet been released as singles, was issued under the Imperial imprint (catalogue number 9009) in November 1955 and was reissued as Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino in 1956.^[9] The reissue reached number 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.^[10]

His 1956 recording of “Blueberry Hill“, a 1940 song by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock (which had previously been recorded by Gene Autry, Louis Armstrong and others), reached number 2 in the Top 40 and was number 1 on the R&B chart for 11 weeks. It was his biggest hit,^[8] selling more than 5 million copies worldwide in 1956 and 1957. Domino had further hit singles between 1956 and 1959, including “When My Dreamboat Comes Home” (Pop number 14), “I’m Walkin’” (Pop number 4), “Valley of Tears” (Pop number 8), “It’s You I Love” (Pop number 6), “Whole Lotta Loving” (Pop number 6), “I Want to Walk You Home” (Pop number 8), and “Be My Guest” (Pop number 8).

Domino appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock!^[11] and The Girl Can’t Help It.^[12] On December 18, 1957, his hit recording of “The Big Beat” was featured on Dick Clark‘s television program, American Bandstand.

On November 2, 1956, a riot broke out at Domino’s show in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The police resorted to using tear gas to break up the unruly crowd. Domino jumped out a window to avoid the melee; he and two members of his band were slightly injured.^[13]

Domino had a steady series of hits for Imperial through early 1962, including “Walking’ to New Orleans” (1960, Pop number 6), co-written by Bobby Charles, and “My Girl Josephine” (Pop number 14) in the same year.

Imperial Records was sold in early 1963, and Domino left the label: “I stuck with them until they sold out,” he said in 1979. In all, he recorded over 60 singles for Imperial, placing 40 songs in the top 10 on the R&B chart and 11 in the top 10 on the Pop chart. Twenty-two of Domino’s Imperial singles were double-sided hits.

Recordings after leaving Imperial (1963–1970s)[edit]

Domino moved to ABC-Paramount Records in 1963. The label dictated that he record in Nashville, Tennessee, rather than New Orleans. He was assigned a new producer (Felton Jarvis) and a new arranger (Bill Justis). Domino’s long-term collaboration with the producer, arranger, and frequent co-writer Dave Bartholomew, who oversaw virtually all of his Imperial hits, was seemingly at an end.

Jarvis and Justis changed the Domino sound somewhat, notably by adding the backing of a countrypolitan-style vocal chorus to most of his new recordings. Perhaps as a result of this tinkering with an established formula, Domino’s chart career was drastically curtailed. He released 11 singles for ABC-Paramount , several which hit the Top 100 but just once entering the Top 40 (“Red Sails in the Sunset”, 1963). By the end of 1964 the British Invasion had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino’s chart run was over.

Despite the lack of chart success, Domino continued to record steadily until about 1970, leaving ABC-Paramount in mid-1965 and recording for Mercury Records, where he delivered a live album and two singles. A studio album was planned but stalled with just four tracks recorded . Dave Bartholomew’s small Broadmoor label (reuniting with Bartholomew along the way), featured many contemporary Soul infused sides but an album was released overseas in 1971 to fulfill his Reprise Records records contract! He shifted to that label after Broadmoor and had a Top 100 single , a cover of the Beatles’ “Lady Madonna“.

Domino appeared in the Monkees‘ television special 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee in 1969. He continued to be popular as a performer for several decades. He made a cameo appearance in the movie Any Which Way You Can, filmed in 1979 and released in 1980, which resulted in a Country chart hit, “Whiskey Heaven”.^[14]

Later career (1980s–2005)[edit]

In 1986 he was one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.^[15] In the 1980s, Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, having a comfortable income from royalties and a dislike of touring and claiming he could not get any food that he liked anywhere else. An invitation to perform at the White House failed to persuade him to make an exception to this policy.

Domino lived in a mansion in a predominantly working-class neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward, where he was a familiar sight in his bright pink Cadillac automobile. He made yearly appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and other local events. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. His last tour was in Europe, for three weeks in 1995.^[16] In 1998, President Bill Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts.^[17][18] In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 25 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.^[19]

Domino’s large persona, dancehall piano playing, and tales of love and home made him Elvis Presley’s top rival. By the end of his career, Domino was credited with selling more records than any other 1950s rocker except Presley. Domino’s humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlooked.^[20]

Domino and Hurricane Katrina[edit]

As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans in August 2005, Domino chose to stay at home with his family, partly because his wife, Rosemary, was in poor health. His house was in an area that was heavily flooded.

Someone thought Domino was dead and spray-painted a message on his home, “RIP Fats. You will be missed”, which was shown in news photos. On September 1, the talent agent Al Embry announced that he had not heard from Domino since before the hurricane struck. Later that day, CNN reported that Domino had been rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Until then, even family members had not heard from him since before the storm.^[21] Embry confirmed that Domino and his family had been rescued. The family was then taken to a shelter in Baton Rouge, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell, the starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University football team, and the boyfriend of Domino’s granddaughter. He let the family stay in his apartment. The Washington Post reported that on September 2, they had left Russell’s apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. “We’ve lost everything,” Domino said, according to the Post.^[22]

By January 2006, work to gut and repair Domino’s home and office had begun (see Reconstruction of New Orleans). In the meantime, the Domino family resided in Harvey, Louisiana.

President George W. Bush made a personal visit and replaced the National Medal of Arts that President Bill Clinton had previously awarded Domino. The gold records were replaced by the RIAA and Capitol Records, which owned the Imperial Records catalogue.^[23]

Post-Katrina activity[edit]

Domino was the first artist to be announced as scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival. However, he was too ill to perform when scheduled and was only able to offer the audience an on-stage greeting. He released an album, Alive and Kickin’, in early 2006 to benefit Tipitina’s Foundation, which supports indigent local musicians. The album consists unreleased recordings from the 1990s.

On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with OffBeat magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards, held at the House of Blues in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared the day “Fats Domino Day in New Orleans” and presented him with a signed declaration. OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey and WWL-TV’s Eric Paulsen presented Domino with the Lifetime Achievement Award. An all-star musical tribute followed with an introduction by the legendary producer Cosimo Matassa. The Lil’ Band o’ Gold rhythm section, Warren Storm, Kenny Bill Stinson, David Egan and C. C. Adcock, anchored the band, and each contributed lead vocals, swamp pop legend Warren Storm leading off with “Let the Four Winds Blow” and “The Prisoner Song”, which he proudly introduced by saying, “Fats Domino recorded this in 1958 … and so did I.” The horn section included Lil’ Band o’ Gold’s Dickie Landry, the Iguanas’ Derek Huston, and long-time Domino horn men Roger Lewis, Elliot “Stackman” Callier and Herb Hardesty. They were joined by Jon Cleary (who also played guitar in the rhythm section), Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Irma Thomas, George Porter Jr.(who provided a funky arrangement for “You Keep on Knocking”), Art Neville, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint, who wrote and debuted a song in tribute of Domino for the occasion. Though Domino did not perform, those near him recall him miming playing the piano and singing along to his own songs.

Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at Tipitina’s at New Orleans, performing to a full house. A foundation has been formed and a show is being planned for Domino and the restoration of his home, where he intends to return someday. “I like it down there,” he said in a February 2006 CBS News interview.^[24]

In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. He has also been inducted into the Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame in Ferriday.

In May 2009, Domino made an unexpected appearance in the audience for the Domino Effect, a concert featuring Little Richard and other artists, aimed at raising funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

In October 2012, Domino was featured in season three of the television series Treme, playing himself. On August 21, 2016, Domino was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held in Detroit, Michigan; others that were inducted along with Domino were Dionne Warwick, Cathy Hughes, Smokey Robinson, Prince, and the Supremes.

Death[edit]

Fats Domino died on October 24, 2017 at his home in Harvey, Louisiana after a long illness. He was 89.^[25][26]

Influence and legacy[edit]

Domino was one of the biggest stars of rock and roll in the 1950s and one of the first R&B artists to gain popularity with white audiences. His biographer Rick Coleman argues that Domino’s records and tours with rock-and-roll shows in that decade, bringing together black and white youths in a shared appreciation of his music, was a factor in the breakdown of racial segregation in the United States.^[27]

Domino was also an important influence on the music of the 1960s and 1970s and was acknowledged as such by some of the top artists of that era. Elvis Presley introduced Fats at one of his Las Vegas concerts by saying “this gentleman was a huge influence on me when I started out”. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney recorded Domino songs. McCartney reportedly wrote the Beatles song “Lady Madonna” in emulation of Domino’s style, combining it with a nod to Humphrey Lyttelton‘s 1956 hit “Bad Penny Blues“. Domino returned to the “Hot 100” chart for the last time in 1968, with his recording of “Lady Madonna”. That recording, as well as covers of two other songs by the Beatles, appeared on his Reprise album Fats Is Back, produced by Richard Perryand recorded by a band that included the New Orleans pianist James Booker; Domino played piano on only one track, “I’m Ready.”

Domino was present in the audience of 2,200 people at Elvis Presley‘s first concert at the Las Vegas Hilton on July 31, 1969. At a press conference after the show, when a journalist referred to Presley as “The King”, Presley gestured toward Domino, who was taking in the scene. “No,” Presley said, “that’s the real king of rock and roll.”^[28]

John Lennon covered Domino’s composition “Ain’t That a Shame” on his 1975 album Rock ‘n’ Roll, his tribute to the musicians who had influenced him.

The Jamaican reggae artist Yellowman covered many songs by Domino, including “Be My Guest” and “Blueberry Hill”.

Richard Hell, an early innovater of punk rock, covered Domino’s “I Lived My Life” with his band, the Voidoids. Jah Wobble, a post-punk bassist best known for his work with Johnny Rotten, released a solo recording of “Blueberry Hill.”

The Jamaican ska band Justin Hinds and the Dominoes, formed in the 1960s, was named after Domino, Hinds’s favorite singer.

In 2007, various artists came together for a tribute to Domino, recording a live session containing only his songs. Musicians performing on the album, Going Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, included Paul McCartney, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and Elton John.^[29]

According to Richie Unterberger, writing for AllMusic, Domino was one of the most consistent artists of early rock music, the best-selling African-American rock-and-roll star of the 1950s, and the most popular singer of the “classic” New Orleans rhythm and blues style. His million-selling debut single, “The Fat Man” (1949), is one of many that have been cited as the first rock and roll record.^[30] Robert Christgau wrote that Domino was “the most widely liked rock and roller of the ’50s” and remarked on his influence:

Warm and unthreatening even by the intensely congenial standards of New Orleans, he’s remembered with fond condescension as significantly less innovative than his uncommercial compatriots Professor Longhair and James Booker. But though his bouncy boogie-woogie piano and easy Creole gait were generically Ninth Ward, they defined a pop-friendly second-line beat that nobody knew was there before he and Dave Bartholomew created ‘The Fat Man’ in 1949. In short, this shy, deferential, uncharismatic man invented New Orleans rock and roll.^[31]

Domino’s rhythm, accentuating the offbeat, as in the song “Be My Guest”, was an influence on ska music.^[32]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Tribute albums[edit]

• That’s Fats: A Tribute to Fats Domino (1996)
• Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (2007)

Singles[edit]

Nationally charted hits are shown in bold.

A-Side	B-Side (from same album as A-side except where indicated)	Year	Label and catalogue number	Chart positions				Album
				US Hot 100	CB	US R&B	UK
Detroit City Blues	The Fat Man (from Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino)	1950	Imperial 5058			2		Here Stands Fats Domino
Boogie-Woogie Baby	Little Bee (from Here Stands Fats Domino)	1950	Imperial 5065					Non-album track
Hide Away Blues	She’s My Baby	1950	Imperial 5077					Here Stands Fats Domino
Hey La Bas Boogie	Brand New Baby (from Here Stands Fats Domino)	1950	Imperial 5085					This Is Fats
Every Night About This Time	Korea Blues (non-album track)	1950	Imperial 5099			5		Here Stands Fats Domino
Tired of Crying	What’s the Matter Baby (non-album track)	1951	Imperial 5114					Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
Don’t You Lie to Me	Sometimes I Wonder	1951	Imperial 5123					Non-album tracks
Right from Wrong	No, No Baby	1951	Imperial 5138
Rockin’ Chair	Careless Love (from Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’)	1951	Imperial 5145			9
I’ll Be Gone	You Know I Miss You (from This Is Fats)	1952	Imperial 5167					Here Stands Fats Domino
Goin’ Home	Reeling and Rocking (from This Is Fats Domino!)	1952	Imperial 5180	30		1		Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
Poor Poor Me	Trust in Me	1952	Imperial 5197			10		This Is Fats Domino!
How Long	Dreaming	1952	Imperial 5209			9		Non-album tracks
Nobody Loves Me	Cheatin’ (from Here Stands Fats Domino)	1953	Imperial 5220
Going to the River	Mardi Gras In New Orleans (from The Fabulous Mr. D)	1953	Imperial 5231	24		2		Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
Please Don’t Leave Me	The Girl I Love (non-album track)	1953	Imperial 5240			3
Rose Mary	You Said You Loved Me	1953	Imperial 5251			10
Something’s Wrong	Don’t Leave Me This Way	1953	Imperial 5262			6		Non-album tracks
You Done Me Wrong	Little School Girl (non-album track)	1954	Imperial 5272			10		This Is Fats Domino!
Where Did You Stay	Baby Please	1954	Imperial 5283					This Is Fats
You Can Pack Your Suitcase	I Lived My Life (from Let’s Dance with Domino)	1954	Imperial 5301					Here Stands Fats Domino
Love Me	Don’t You Hear Me Calling You	1954	Imperial 5313					This Is Fats
I Know	Thinking of You (from This Is Fats)	1954	Imperial 5323			14		Twistin’ The Stomp
Don’t You Know	Helping Hand	April 1955	Imperial 5340			7		Non-album tracks
Ain’t That a Shame	La La (from This Is Fats Domino!)	August 1955	Imperial 5348	10	2	1	23	Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
All By Myself	Troubles of My Own (from This Is Fats Domino!)	September 1955	Imperial 5357			1
Poor Me		November 1955	Imperial 5369		47	1
	I Can’t Go On					6		The Fabulous Mr. D
Bo Weevil		January 1956	Imperial 5375	35	19	5		Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino
	Don’t Blame It on Me					9
I’m in Love Again		March 1956	Imperial 5386	3	3	1	12	Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’
	My Blue Heaven			19	14	5
When My Dreamboat Comes Home		July 1956	Imperial 5396	14	21	2
	So Long			44	44	5		This Is Fats Domino!
Blueberry Hill		September 1956	Imperial 5407	2	4	1	6
	Honey Chile					2	29
Blue Monday		December 1956	Imperial 5417	5	8	1	23
	What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You			50	22	12
I’m Walkin’	I’m in the Mood for Love	February 1957	Imperial 5428	4	5	1	19	Here Stands Fats Domino
The Rooster Song	My Happiness–As Time Goes By–Hey La Bas (4-song EP)	1957	Imperial 147			13		This Is Fats
Valley of Tears		April 1957	Imperial 5442	8	20	2	25
	It’s You I Love			6	19	2
When I See You		July 1957	Imperial 5454	29	29	14		Let’s Dance with Domino
	What Will I Tell My Heart			64	41	12		The Fabulous Mr. D
Wait and See		September 1957	Imperial 5467	23	34	7		Twistin’ the Stomp
	I Still Love You			79	60			Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits
The Big Beat		December 1957	Imperial 5477	26	43	15	20	The Fabulous Mr. D
	I Want You to Know			32	37
Yes My Darling		February 1958	Imperial 5492	55	53	10		Let’s Dance with Domino
	Don’t You Know I Love You				54
Sick and Tired		April 1958	Imperial 5515	22	41	14	26	The Fabulous Mr. D
	No, No			55		14		Just Domino
Little Mary	Prisoner’s Song (non-album track)	July 1958	Imperial 5526	48		4		The Fabulous Mr. D
Young School Girl	It Must Be Love (non-album track)	August 1958	Imperial 5537	92		15
Whole Lotta Loving		October 1958	Imperial 5553	6	9	2		Fats Domino Swings
	Coquette			92	61	26		What a Party!
Telling Lies		January 1959	Imperial 5569	50	55	13		Let’s Dance with Domino
	When the Saints Go Marching In			50	40			Let’s Play Fats Domino
I’m Ready		April 1959	Imperial 5585	16	16	7		Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits
	Margie			51	32		18	Let’s Play Fats Domino
I Want to Walk You Home		July 1959	Imperial 5606	8	9	1	14
	I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday			17	26	22
Be My Guest		October 1959	Imperial 5629	8	8	2	11	Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits
	I’ve Been Around			33	54	19
Country Boy		January 1960	Imperial 5645	25	29		19
	If You Need Me			98	113			Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’
Tell Me That You Love Me		April 1960	Imperial 5660	51	56			What a Party!
	Before I Grow Too Old			84	74		17
Walking to New Orleans		June 1960	Imperial 5675	6	10	2	19	…A Lot of Dominos!
	Don’t Come Knockin’			21	30	28
Three Nights a Week		August 1960	Imperial 5687	15	18	8	45
	Put Your Arms Around Me Honey			58	90
My Girl Josephine		October 1960	Imperial 5704	14	16	7	32
	Natural Born Lover			38	46	28
Ain’t That Just Like a Woman		January 1961	Imperial 5723	33	26	19		I Miss You So
	What a Price			22	30	7
Shu Rah		March 1961	Imperial 5734	32	34			…A Lot of Dominos!
	Fell in Love on Monday			32	53			I Miss You So
It Keeps Rainin’		May 1961	Imperial 5753	23	34	18	49
	I Just Cry				132			Here Comes Fats Domino
Let the Four Winds Blow		July 1961	Imperial 5764	15	17	2		Let the Four Winds Blow
	Good Hearted Man				121
What a Party		September 1961	Imperial 5779	22	38		43	What a Party!
	Rockin’ Bicycle			83	93
I Hear You Knocking		November 1961	Imperial 5796	67	109			I Miss You So
	Jambalaya			30	38		41	Million Sellers By Fats
You Win Again		February 1962	Imperial 5816	22	30			Let the Four Winds Blow
	Ida Jane			90	118			Let’s Play Fats Domino
My Real Name		May 1962	Imperial 5833	59	59	22		Million Sellers by Fats
	My Heart Is Bleeding				99
Dance with Mr. Domino		July 1962	Imperial 5863	98	108			Just Domino
	Nothing New (Same Old Thing)			77	104
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking		September 1962	Imperial 5875	79	94			What a Party!
	Stop the Clock			103	118			Just Domino
Won’t You Come on Back		November 1962	Imperial 5895		94			Let the Four Winds Blow
	Hands Across the Table				141			Let’s Play Fats Domino
Hum Diddy Doo		January 1963	Imperial 5909	124				Just Domino
	Those Eyes				105
You Always Hurt the One You Love		March 1963	Imperial 5937	102	tag			…A Lot of Dominos!
	Trouble Blues				144			Let the Four Winds Blow
True Confession	Isle of Capri (from I Miss You So)	May 1963	Imperial 5959					Let’s Dance with Domino
One Night	I Can’t Go on This Way (non-album track)	1963	Imperial 5980					Let the Four Winds Blow
There Goes (My Heart Again)		May 1963	ABC 10444	59	64			Here Comes Fats Domino
	Can’t Go On Without You			123
When I’m Walking (Let Me Walk)		July 1963	ABC 10475	114	126
	I’ve Got a Right to Cry			128	135
Red Sails in the Sunset	Song for Rosemary	1963	ABC 10484	35	43	24	34
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love	Goin’ Home (from Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino)	August 1963	Imperial 66005	114				Let the Four Winds Blow
Who Cares		December 1963	ABC 10512	63	82	27		Non-album track
	Just a Lonely Man			108	tag			Here Comes Fats Domino
Your Cheatin’ Heart	When I Was Young (from I Miss You So)	February 1964	Imperial 66016	112				Let the Four Winds Blow
Lazy Lady		February 1964	ABC 10531	86	116	34		Non-album track
	I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire			122				Fats on Fire
If You Don’t Know What Love Is		April 1964	ABC 10545					Non-album tracks
	Something You Got Baby				147
Mary, Oh Mary	Packin’ Up (non-album track)	June 1964	ABC 10567	127	131			Fats on Fire
Sally Was a Good Old Girl	For You	August 1964	ABC 10584	99	128			Non-album tracks
Heartbreak Hill	Kansas City	October 1964	ABC 10596	99	112			Getaway with Fats Domino
Why Don’t You Do Right	Wigs	February 1965	ABC 10631		128
Let Me Call You Sweetheart	Goodnight Sweetheart	April 1965	ABC 10644					Non-album tracks
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	I Done Got Over It	July 1965	Mercury 72463		111
What’s That You Got?	It’s Never Too Late	September 1965	Mercury 72485					Southland U.S.A. (Cancelled)
The Lady in Black	Working My Way Up Steady	December 1967	Broadmoor 104					Fats
Big Mouth	Wait ‘Til It Happens to You	1968	Broadmoor 105
One for the Highway	Honest Papas Love Their Mamas Better	June 1968	Reprise 0696					Fats Is Back
Lady Madonna	One for the Highway	August 1968	Reprise 0763	100	87
Lovely Rita	Wait ‘Till It Happens to You	1968	Reprise 0775
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	So Swell When You’re Well (from Fats Is Back)	1969	Reprise 0843					Non-album track
Make Me Belong to You	Have You Seen My Baby (non-album track)	1970	Reprise 0891					Fats Is Back
New Orleans Ain’t the Same	Sweet Patootie	1970	Reprise 0944					Non-album tracks
Sleeping on the Job	After Hours	1978	Sonet 2168 -UK					Sleeping on the Job
Whiskey Heaven	—	1980	Warner Bros. 49610					Any Which Way You Can (soundtrack)

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See also[edit]

•  New Orleans portal

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fats Domino.

• Fats Domino Official Website
• “Fats Domino”. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 
• Fats Domino discography (music city)
• Fats Domino at history-of-rock.com
• Imperial album discography
• Article on Domino’s return concert
• Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans special
• Fats Domino interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
• Keesing Collection of Popular Music and Culture – Collection of Fats Domino memorabilia and research, Special Collections in Performing Arts, University of Maryland