WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended together,
often in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the Jump Blues Era
of the 1940s which blended into the early part of the Rock & Roll Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.
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Today’s featured artist is Fats Domino. Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. in New Orleans on February 26, 1928, Domino’s career spanned both the jump blues and
rock & roll eras. He sold more than 65 million records and 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.
FATS DOMINO RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Fats Domino Official Website
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Way Out Joe Houston Blows All Night Long 1956
Ain’t That A Shame?
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1955
Let the Four Winds Blow
Roy Brown
Imperial Records 1957
Every Night About This Time
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
Father’s Day 2015
Stone Cold Dead In The Market Place (He Had It Coming)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1946
Every Day I Have The Blues
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings
Bell Boy Boogie Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1947
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
I´m Gonna Go Fishin´
The Diva Jazz Orchestra
“30” (Live at Dizzy’s Club) 2024
God Bless The Child Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
That’s What I Like Julia Lee & Her Boy Friend Capitol Records 1948
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Blue Monday
Fats Domino
This Is Fats Domino! 1957
Please Don’t Leave Me
Roomful of Blues
House of Joy (Live At Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel) 1986
I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Duke Robillard
Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Frosty Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Unchain My Heart Nancy Wilson How Glad I Am 1964
The House Near The Railroad Tracks Tommy Brown Regent Records 1949
R.M. Blues Roy Milton Juke Box Records 1946
I’ll Ask My Heart Linda Hopkins Savoy Records 1951
Cleveland Ohio Blues Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
Sneaky Pete King Curtis w/ Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971
That’s How You Got Killed Before
Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Elvis Costello
The New Orleans Album 1990
Going Home Tomorrow
Dr. John
Goin’ Back To New Orleans 1992
Walking to New Orleans
George Benson
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry & Fats Domino 2019
My Blue Heaven
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1956
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1956
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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