Fats Domino: "Aint Over Till The Fat Man Sings"

Fats Domino’s aka ‘The Fat Man’ is a classic R&B and rock and roll pianist and songwriter from New Orleans Louisiana. His trademark sounds of easy-rolling boogie-woogie piano and smooth rhythm & blues vocals should not be missed.

Luckily Fats Domino’s “Aint over till the fat man sings” is available to download on the MBOP megastore right now!

At an early age Domino was immersed into music, twenty years elder to him, his brother in law taught him to play the piano and sing, leading to his first performance at the age of 10. At 14 he left school to work in a factory, so that he could play at local nightclubs.

In the 40’s musician Dave Bartholomew heard Domino. Together they formed a great friendship and wrote over 40 hit records, under Imperial Records, including “Aint That A Shame” which reached No.1 on the Billboard R&B charts.

Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949. This song is an early rock and roll record, featuring a rolling piano and Domino doing his signature "wah-wah" vocalizing over a fat back beat. “The Fat Man” sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so.

Fats Domino made 23 rhythm & blues records that sold each more than a million copies. In total he sold more than one hundred million records and managed to out sell almost every 50’s rock and roll pioneer, the exception being Elvis Presley.

In 1986 Fats Domino was inducted into the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2007 Domino was accepted to the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, clearly Fats Domino should not be missed, download his Mp3 from MBOP Megastore today!