Fats Domino: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history NOLA.com By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune Antoine “Fats” Domino grew up in New Orleans' 9th Ward, enamored of barrelhouse blues piano from an early age. His first single, “The Fat Man,” recorded in December 1949 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Recording Studio on ...
IndieFest Review: The World Ends — Finally! Mission Local Moviegoers will stay awake for the full 85 minutes of this brooding, dark, and absurd journey to the end of the world (accompanied by Fats Domino's “Ain't That a Shame”) by counting the number of product placements, mainly electronics manufactured by ...
Rebirth Brass Band giddy about Grammy nomination, trip to LA WWL New Orleans music legend Dave Bartholomew will also receive a special Trustees Award, for his many years of work as a trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, composer and producer, including on most of Fats Domino's major hits.
Lansing blues band Zydecrunch unleashes latest CD Lansing State Journal Expect plenty of originals, as well as soulful covers from Hank Williams, Geeshie Wiley, Fats Domino and more, with the band's deep influences of the Meters, Dr. John, Los Lobos and Taj Mahal coming out. Holding the CD release show at the Green Door ...
POP QUIZ: SJ Montalbano The Advocate I like R&B (rhythm & blues) — artists like Ray Charles, Fats Domino and Etta James; what I call songs with meaning. One of my favorites is Guitar Slim's 'If I Should Lose You.' To listen to that kind of music when I was in high school … it was hard ...
Morning Minute January 23, 2012 Harrisburg Daily Register 23, 1986: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Water stood deeper over the bridge across the ...
New Orleans Saints bring training camp to Paul Solis Elementary in Gretna NOLA.com (blog) By Helen Williams, Gretna Columnist The New Orleans Saints have transcended as a New Orleans institution, like Mardi Gras, Fats Domino and French bread, and it was very disappointing to have our trip to Super Bowl XLVI nixed.
Professor Longhair: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history NOLA.com He was a pivotal link between early New Orleans piano pioneers such as Tuts Washington and later practitioners like Fats Domino, Art Neville, Allen Toussaint and Dr. John. Born in Bogalusa in 1918, Byrd moved to New Orleans with his family as an infant ...
Boone: Helped black artists break into white markets Mason City Globe Gazette “Ain't That a Shame” was a 1950s song written by Fats Domino, a black performer who, because of racial attitudes at the time, had trouble getting his music played on white-owned radio stations. Boone recorded the song and it became a hit, ...
