History Music / FatsDomino

* Bowdlerization: "The Fat Man" was originally a Champion Jack Dupree song called "Junker's Blues" about a heroin junkie and filled with drug references. Fats performed it live regularly before he had a record deal and the crowds loved it. When he got the chance to cut a record, everyone involved knew the song wouldn't sell well with the original lyrics, so they wrote a whole new set. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price (with Fats on the piano) was a further rewrite of the rewrite.

[[caption-width-right:300:The ''real'' King of Rock & Roll, according to [[Music/ElvisPresley the King himself]].]]

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino The Other Wiki]].

* UnbuiltTrope: His 1959 hit "Be My Guest" sounds for all the world like a {{Ska}}, especially with the choppy rhythm guitar and the horns, except for the fact that Ska hadn't been invented yet. Indeed, Domino played a notable role in the history of Ska. He was a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big star in Jamaica]] at the time, since New Orleans radio stations playing R&B could easily be heard there at night. He was rapturously received during a 1961 Jamaican concert tour. No less than Music/BobMarley himself cited Domino as one of his early music heroes. While Domino and lots of other New Orleans artists played around with rhythms and had songs which emphasized the off-beat, the way he did it on "Be My Guest", with the guitar being the dominant rhythm instrument, was hugely influential on the island's music scene.

* UnbuiltTrope: His 1959 hit "Be My Guest" is a {{Ska}} song in all but name, especially with the choppy rhythm guitar and the horns. Not a coincidence. He was a [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff big star in Jamaica]] at the time, since New Orleans radio stations playing R&B could easily be heard there at night. No less than Music/BobMarley himself cited Domino as one of his early music heroes. While Domino and lots of other New Orleans artists played around with rhythms and had songs which emphasized the off-beat, the way he did it on "Be My Guest", with the guitar being the dominant rhythm instrument, was hugely influential on the island's music scene.

* CoverVersion: Several. "Blueberry Hill" was originally by Music/GlennMiller. He later recorded, among others, Music/HankWilliams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," Music/TheBeatles' [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand "Lovely Rita"]], [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum "Lady Madonna" and "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey."]]

'Cause I weight two hundred pounds\\

* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: His children are Antoine III, Anatole, Andre, Antonio, Antoinette, Andrea, Anola and Adonica.