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 know!!). It went to #2 for Fats and...
Being 59 years old I've lived through all of them and more...lol...I was born in 1947 and from what I know of the 40's I would like to have experienced that decade. I listen to some of the music from that time now and enjoy it. I also liked the womens fashions of that era also. I love looking at old pictures of my mom and her family when they were younger, although to me they looked older then than they do now. When the 50's came about I was still young but starting to become a teenager and I remember my first favorite song was "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price. I wore dresses that were called sacks and are basically called shifts today. When I was High School at one time suspenders with skirts was the big thing and I cringe now thinking of it!
Then during the late 60's everything seemed to go crazy in my little teenage world. JFK was shot and I remember that day like it was yesterday. We were let out of school early and told to walk "quietly" home. No reason was given to us, just go home. When I got home my Mom was in front of the tv crying. Being a teenager and not having any idea about politics I was just happy to have a day off from school and went...
