Editing Fats Domino (section)

==Influence and legacy==
Domino was one of the biggest stars of rock and roll in the 1950s, but he was not convinced that this was a new genre. In 1957, Domino said: "What they call rock 'n' roll now is rhythm and blues. I've been playing it for 15 years in New Orleans".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-remembers-truly-magnificent-fats-domino-128449/|title=Paul McCartney Remembers 'Truly Magnificent' Fats Domino|first=Elias|last=Leight|website=Rollingstone.com|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'', "this is a valid statement ... all Fifties rockers, black and white, country born and city bred, were fundamentally influenced by R&B, the black popular music of the late Forties and early Fifties".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-50s-a-decade-of-music-that-changed-the-world-229924/|title=The 50s: A Decade of Music That Changed the World|first=Robert|last=Palmer|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 19, 1990|access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref>

He was among the first R&B artists to gain popularity with white audiences. His biographer Rick Coleman argues that Domino's records and tours with rock and roll shows in that decade, bringing together Black and White youths in a shared appreciation of his music, was a factor in the breakdown of [[racial segregation in the United States]].<ref>Coleman (2006) pp. xviii, 11–12</ref> Domino himself did not define his work as rock and roll, saying, "It wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playin' down in New Orleans."<ref name="rockhall"/>

Both [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] recorded Domino songs. According to some reports, McCartney wrote the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] song "[[Lady Madonna]]" in emulation of Domino's style,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/entertainment/fats-domino-obituary/index.html|title=Fats Domino dead at 89, medical examiner's office says|first=Todd |last=Leopold|date=October 25, 2017|publisher=CNN}}</ref> combining it with a nod to [[Humphrey Lyttelton]]'s 1956 hit "[[Bad Penny Blues]]". Domino recorded his own version of "Lady Madonna" in 1968,<ref name="Rolling Stone death" /> which became his final single to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="book1">{{cite book|last1=Otfinoski|first1=Steven|title=African Americans in the Performing Arts|date=2010|publisher=[[Infobase Publishing]]|location=New York City|isbn=978-1438128559|page=60}}</ref> That recording, as well as covers of two other songs by the Beatles, appeared on his Reprise album ''Fats Is Back'', produced by [[Richard Perry]] and with several hits recorded by a band that included the New Orleans pianist [[James Booker]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Oliver-Goodwin|first1=Michael|title=Heaven Before I Die: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans|date=2010|publisher=Black Shadow Press|location=Oakland, California|isbn=9780557394586|page=215}}</ref> McCartney later recorded "Ain't That a Shame", "[[I'm in Love Again (song)|I'm in Love Again]]" and "[[I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday]]" for his 1988 album ''[[CHOBA B CCCP]]''.

Domino was present in the audience of 2,200 people at [[Elvis Presley]]'s first concert at the [[Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino|Las Vegas Hilton]] on July 31, 1969. At a press conference after the show, when a journalist referred to Presley as "The King", Presley gestured toward Domino, who was taking in the scene. "No," Presley said, "that's the real king of rock and roll."<ref>{{cite web|last=Cook |first=Jody |date=May 27, 2004 |title=Graceland National Historic Landmark Nomination Form |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=5db64e4b-7360-4b57-9d04-fae564edd7fc |format=PDF
|publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]]|page=39}}</ref> Presley subsequently commented, "Rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that." He added that Domino was "a huge influence on me when I started out".<ref>{{cite news|first=Evan|last=Manning|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/music/remembering-fats-domino-the-beatles-elvis-presley-and-the-real-king-of-rock-n-roll |title=Remembering Fats Domino: The Beatles, Elvis Presley and the real king of rock 'n' roll |date=October 26, 2017 |work=[[National Post]]|access-date=March 15, 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

About a photograph taken of him and Presley together, Domino said, "Elvis told me he flopped the first time he came to Las Vegas. I loved his music. He could sing anything ... I'm glad we took this picture."<ref>{{cite news|first=Jacob|last=Stolworthy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-dead-elvis-presley-king-of-rock-and-roll-music-inspired-hated-friends-a8019706.html|title=Fats Domino dead: Why the late musician was the reason Elvis Presley hated being called 'The King'|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=October 25, 2017|accessdate=July 3, 2022}}</ref>

Domino received a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1987.<ref name="Fats Domino Biography 1928–2017"/>

In 1994, the artists [[Paul Harrington (musician)|Paul Harrington]] and [[Charlie McGettigan]] won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1994|Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Ireland]] with the song "[[Rock 'n' Roll Kids]]". The songwriter, [[Brendan Graham]], thought of the title whilst attending one of Domino's concerts at the [[National Stadium (Ireland)|Dublin National Stadium]] in 1991, and thanked Domino whilst reminiscing about receiving his Eurovision trophy, at the Sugar Club, Dublin, in 2014.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lynch |first=Mick |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1302553386 |title=What's another year. |date=2016 |publisher=Liberties Press Ltd |isbn=9781910742433 |location=[Place of publication not identified] |oclc=1302553386}}</ref>

[[John Lennon]] covered Domino's composition "[[Ain't That a Shame]]" on his 1975 album ''[[Rock 'n' Roll (John Lennon album)|Rock 'n' Roll]]'', his tribute to the musicians who had influenced him.

American band [[Cheap Trick]] recorded "[[Ain't That a Shame]]" on their 1978 live album ''[[Cheap Trick at Budokan]]'' and released it as the second single from the album. It reached 35 of the Billboard Hot 100. Reportedly, this was Domino's favorite cover.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sullivan |first=Denise |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ain-t-it-a-shame-fats-domino |title=Ain't It a Shame |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=May 7, 2012|access-date=August 9, 2017}}</ref> It remains a staple of their live performances, including at their 25th Anniversary concert (which was recorded as the album and DVD ''[[Silver (Cheap Trick album)|Silver]]'') and at their induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heldenfels|first1=Rich|title=HBO's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame special a lot of talk, a little music — and Prince|url=https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/hbo-s-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-special-a-lot-of-talk-a-little-music-and-prince|access-date=October 26, 2017|date=April 29, 2016|newspaper=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]}}</ref>

The music of Fats Domino became popular in Jamaica, where New Orleans radio stations could sometimes be heard, and has been cited as a seminal influence on what would later emerge as [[ska]] and [[reggae]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.caribbeanintelligence.com/content/ci-shorts-fats-dominos-legacy-jamaican-music | title=CI Shorts: Fats Domino's legacy to Jamaican music &#124; Caribbean Intelligence }}</ref> The Jamaican reggae artist [[Yellowman]] covered many songs by Domino, including "Be My Guest" and "Blueberry Hill."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Simpson|first1=Dave|title=Yellowman/Dillinger review – Two reggae legends on the same bill|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/10/yellowman-dillinger-review-band-on-the-wall-manchester|access-date=October 26, 2017|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>

[[Jah Wobble]], a [[post-punk]] bassist best known for his work with [[John Lydon]], released a solo recording of "Blueberry Hill".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Jah-Wobble-VIEP-Featuring-Blueberry-Hill/release/409991|title=Jah Wobble – V.I.E.P. Featuring Blueberry Hill|website=Discogs|date=July 25, 1980 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

The Jamaican [[ska]] band [[Justin Hinds]] and the Dominoes, formed in the 1960s, was named after Domino, Hinds's favorite singer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Justin Hinds|first=David|last=Katz|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/justin-hinds-529306.html|access-date=October 26, 2017|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=March 21, 2005}}</ref>

In 2007, various artists came together for a tribute to Domino, recording a live session containing only his songs. Musicians performing on the album, ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'', included [[Paul McCartney]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Neil Young]], and [[Elton John]].<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Kehe|title="Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino"—Various Artists (Vanguard)|newspaper=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=October 5, 2007}}</ref>

According to [[Richie Unterberger]], writing for [[AllMusic]], Domino was one of the most consistent artists of early [[rock music]], the best-selling African-American rock-and-roll star of the 1950s, and the most popular singer of the "classic" [[New Orleans rhythm and blues]] style. His million-selling debut single, "The Fat Man" (1949), is one of many that have been cited as [[Origins of rock and roll|the first rock and roll record]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fats-domino-mn0000137494/biography|title=Fats Domino|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] wrote that Domino was "the most widely liked rock and roller of the '50s" and remarked on his influence:

{{blockquote|Warm and unthreatening even by the intensely congenial standards of New Orleans, he's remembered with fond condescension as significantly less innovative than his uncommercial compatriots [[Professor Longhair]] and [[James Booker]]. But though his bouncy boogie-woogie piano and easy Creole gait were generically Ninth Ward, they defined a pop-friendly second-line beat that nobody knew was there before he and [[Dave Bartholomew]] created 'The Fat Man' in 1949. In short, this shy, deferential, uncharismatic man invented New Orleans rock and roll.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=December 25, 1990|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1290-90.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref>}}

Domino's rhythm, accentuating the [[Beat (music)#On-beat and off-beat|offbeat]], as in the song "Be My Guest", was an influence on ska music.<ref>Coleman (2006), p. 210</ref>