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Fats Domino (February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017) was a highly acclaimed singer, songwriter, pianist, and pioneering figure in early rock & roll. One of the top artists of the 1950s, he was famous for his warm, affable vocals and his rolling boogie-woogie piano style as heard in such oldies classics as "I'm Walkin'" (1957), "Ain't It A Shame" (1955), and his signature song, "Blueberry Hill" (1956).

Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, he began playing the piano professionally by the time he was in his teens. Soon after, he became known as "Fats" due to his size and also his similarity to such jazz piano greats as Fats Waller and Fats Pichon. He signed with Imperial Records in 1949 and began his long and fruitful collaboration later that year with bandleader and trumpeter David Bartholomew who produced and co-wrote with Domino many of his top hits beginning with his breakthrough song, "The Fat Man," a hard-driving, boogie-woogie/R&B variation on a traditional New Orleans tune that helped to usher in the rock & roll era.

Domino made his debut in late 1949 on the R&B charts with "The Fat Man" which reached #2 the following year. This groundbreaking song is often cited as one of a number of candidates for being the first-ever rock & roll record. A long string of hits followed on both the Pop/Rock and R&B charts that also includes such rock & roll standards as "Ain't It A Shame" (1955 a.k.a. "Ain't That A Shame"), "I'm In Love Again" (1956), "Blueberry Hill" (1956), "Blue Monday" (1957), "I'm Walkin'" (1957), "It's You I Love" (1957), "Valley Of Tears" (1957), "Whole Lotta Loving" (1958), "I Want To Walk You Home" (1959), "Be My Guest" (1959), and "Walking To New Orleans" (1960). Fittingly, his final chart entry was a 1968 cover of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna," a song that stylistically pays homage to Domino with its boogie-woogie piano baseline.

As one of a handful of major early influences in rock & roll, Fats Domino became one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of its prestigious 1986 inaugural class. He was honored in 1987 with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four of his songs entered the Grammy Hall of Fame: "Blueberry Hill" (1987), "Walking To New Orleans" (2011), "Ain't It A Shame" (2002), and "The Fat Man" (2016). In 1998, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, and in 2004, Domino was ranked at #25 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time."

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