Fats Domino : My Blue Heaven: The Best Of Fats Domino, Vol. 1

 

Antoine Caliste Domino Jr.

 (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), 

known as 

Fats Domino,

 was an American

 singer-songwriter 

and pianist. 

One of the pioneers

 of rock and roll music, 

Domino sold more than

 65 million records. 

Born in New Orleans 

to a French Creole family, 

Domino signed to 

Imperial Records

 in 1949. 

His first single 

"The Fat Man"

 is cited by some historians 

as the first 

rock and roll single 

and the first to sell

 more than

 1 million copies. 

Domino continued to work 

with the song's 

co-writer 

Dave Bartholomew,

 contributing his distinctive

 rolling piano style to 

Lloyd Price's

 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"

 (1952) 

and scoring a string

 of mainstream hits

 beginning with

 "Ain't That a Shame"

 (1955). 

Between 1955 and 1960,

 he had eleven 

Top 10 US pop hits.

 By 1955,

 five of his records

 had sold more than a 

million copies, 

being certified gold.

Domino was shy

 and modest

 by nature 

but made a 

significant contribution

 to the rock and roll genre. 

Elvis Presley 

declared Domino a 

"huge influence on me

 when I started out" 

and when they first met

 in 1959, 

described him as 

"the real king of rock 'n' roll". 

The Beatles 

were also

 heavily influenced 

by Domino.

Four of Domino's records

 were named to the 

Grammy Hall of Fame 

for their significance: 

"Blueberry Hill",

 "Ain't That a Shame", 

"Walking to New Orleans"

 and 

"The Fat Man". 

He was inducted into 

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 as part of its first 

group of inductees in 1986.

 The Associated Press 

estimates that

 during his career,

 Domino

 "sold more than

 110 million records"

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