Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Happy Birthday, Fats Domino - Born Feb 26, 1934

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017) was an American pianist and singer-songwriter of Louisiana Creole descent. He had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and five of his pre-1955 records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.

From 1955-60, he had eleven top 10 hits and his record sales were reportedly surpassed only by Elvis Presley.

During his career, Domino sold over 65 million records.
His musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.

Source: Wikipedia

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