Fats Domino Songs Ranked
Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. 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. Here are all of Fats Domino’s songs ranked.
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10. Ain’t That a Shame (Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino, 1955)
“This was such a great time 50’s music and I still remember Fats always being on the charts with so many great songs, love the saxophone and the piano in his music”
9. I Want to Walk You Home (I Want to Walk You Home, 1959)
“Fats Domino is, and always will be, one of my favorite musical artists and one of the greatest musical artists of the 1950s. There will never be another Fats Domino, ever.”
8. Valley of Tears (Valley of Tears, 1957)
“The female vocals in the background add a melancholy tone that make the song more beautiful. The entire piece is very well done. I’m so glad we had Fats Domino.”
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7. Walking to New Orleans (Walking to New Orleans, 1960)
“New Orleans was blessed to have you as one of its sons. Your music makes us appreciate the niceties of Nea Orleans. Katrina couldn’t kill the spirit of your good place of New Orleans”
6. It’s You I Love (It’s You I Love, 1955)
“The Albert Papa French band, waxed a remake of this item around 1961, for IMPERIAL records. Dave Bartholomew played trumpet. This band cut 3 albums for this label, I guess that Dave was involved, yet, he only played on ditto.”
5. Whole Lotta Loving (Fats Domino Swings, 1958)
“You can’t go wrong with Fats Domino : quality rock and roll every time. What a library of wonderful hits he has left behind. They don’t sing ’em like this anymore. Guaranteed to lift your spirits!
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4. Blue Monday (Blue Monday, 1956)
“Here is one of my favorite singer singing one of biggest hit song of all-time. This is so wonderful to hear today and will represent the working man who works for a living and that guy loves his day off.”
3. I’m Walkin’ (Here Stands Fats Domino, 1957)
“I grew up listening to this song along with tons of mid to late 1950’s songs at my grandparents house ever since I was a toddler.”
2. I’m in Love Again (I’m in Love Again, 1956)
“Fats never seemed to branch out all that much – his songs were usually slower or faster variations on a basic theme. Here we get two rather uptempo (but still butter smooth) versions of the Fats groove, and both are pretty irresistible.”
1. Blueberry Hill (This Is Fats Domino!, 1940)
“I actually didn’t credit the fact that this song wasn’t a Fats or Dave Bartholomew original, having first been recorded in the early 40’s by of all people, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, amongst many, many others ever since. Well, all those cover versions might as well not have bothered but you don’t get much more definitive than this. That rolling piano intro, Domino’s deep baritone voice and the tightness of the band and arrangement behind him make for a solid gold classic which I’d climb up hill and down dale to hear”
