myLot Discussions on Fats Domino Records| Fats Domino | | I am into the old time stuff these days, swing, blues, i think some of the best rock & roll came out of the fortys, fifties & sixties. The Fatman - still brilliant to listen to 50 years later. | |
| | Does anyone remember Fats Domino or am I showing my age? | | I'm listening to some Very old music and a Fat's Domino song came on and I started wondering how many people actually remember him and some of his songs. I started reading about him and he led an interesting life as most performers do. He was in the news in 2005 after having survived the horrendous flood in New Orleans. At first he was thought to have been missing until he finally showed up and everyone sighed with relief. It would have been a shame to lose another great performer.
In the early 50's he started out as a R&B artist with his records hitting the charts and selling in the millions. He came onto the Rock and Roll scene in 1955 when his record "Aint That Ashame" was covered by recording artist Pat Boone. Boone's version went to #1 and Domino's version #10! The song established both artists as stars. Fats Domino could be heard in the background on the records of other artists such as Joe Turner and Lloyd Price. He continued to write songs many of which became hits. In 1956 he put 5 songs in the Top 40, including "I'm In Love Again" and his rendition of the #1 Glenn Miller song from 1940 "Blueberry Hill" (which is a fact that I didn't... | |
| | For your mid-afternoon slump | | Here is a great cure for your mid-afternoon slump. Watch this video featuring three great entertainers, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino. If this doesn't wake you up you REALLY need a nap!
http://vodpod.com/watch/1116988-ray-charles-jerry-lee-lewis-fats-domino | |
| | What do you think about the rumor that Elvis is alive? | | Do you think it is possible that he faked his death so he can live normally without the crowd/fans running after him all the time? I still enjoy his music very much and I think he really was a very talented singer with a beautiful unique voice. He truly deserves to be called 'King'. | |
| | R&B legends in action | | Wish I could have been there to see this! Ray Chrles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino all playing piano and jamming together. Looks to be from the 80s?Anyone else like this kind of music?http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wgu_rcharles-jllewis-fdomino | |
| | In memory of the day the music died Feb long but worth the read | | One day in early February 1959, a 13-year-old in New Rochelle, New York, cut open the stack of newspapers he was about to deliver and read that three rock ’n’ roll stars, Buddy Holly, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, had died in a plane crash in Iowa. The boy later said he felt “like someone had punched me in the face.” It was a feeling shared by many in America and around the world. Years later, in 1971, that paperboy, Don McLean, would write the song “American Pie,” which gave an enduring name to the event: the Day the Music DiedA reference to the beloved "sock hop".(Leather-soled street shoes tear up wooden basketball floors, and rubber-soled sneakers grip too much for dance moves, so dancers had to take off their shoes.)Man, I dig those rhythm 'n' bluesSome history. Before the popularity of rock and roll, music, like much else in the U. S., was highly segregated. The popular music of black performers for largely black audiences was called, first, "race music", later softened to rhythm and blues. In the early 50s, as they were exposed to it through radio personalities such as Allan Freed, white teenagers began listening, too. Starting around... | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | My Big Rant About Why Elvis Is The King | | As far as I'm concerned Elvis is the King of Rock N Roll. I know several people might disagree with this opinion but there are several reasons why I feel the way I do. Throughout Elvis' career he has recorded a wide variety of music from rock n' roll to gospel. I will admit though mostly all were covers of other people's songs and "Love Me Tender" was the only song of his that he actually wrote lyrics for. Yet the medley for that song is based off of "Aura Lee." Elvis who was this poor kid from Mississippi brought with him all of the blues and gospel he had been hearing his whole childhood. He took that music and molded it into his own feel and rhythm. He was really the first person that was able to take black music of the south and make it widely heard and accepted by white people. For the first time ever people of all ages and races felt comfortable listening to the same music. It wasn't thought of as something wrong if you were found listening to the great music recorded by black artists. Elvis was able to take their songs and make them into hit records. From what I've read Elvis has always given credit to the artists before him and the ones who inspired him. It just seems a... | |
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