Editing Fats Domino (section)

=== Early life and education ===
Antoine Domino Jr. was born and raised in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]], the youngest of eight children born to Antoine Caliste Domino (1879–1964) and Marie-Donatille Gros (1886–1971). The Domino family was of [[Louisiana Creole people|French Creole]] background, and [[Louisiana Creole]] was his first language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/fats-domino-9276748|title=Fats Domino|website=Biography.com|language=en-us|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> Like most such families, the Dominos were [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Vera|first=Billy|title=Fats Domino|work=Blues and Rhythm|url=http://www.bluesandrhythm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fats-Domino-BR-325-TB-Final-Proof.pdf|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref>

Antoine was born at home with the assistance of his grandmother, a midwife. His name was initially misspelled as Anthony on his birth certificate.<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob|last1=Eagle|first2=Eric S.|last2=LeBlanc|year=2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience|publisher=Praeger|location=Santa Barbara, California|page=445|isbn=9780313344237}}</ref> His family had recently arrived in the [[Lower Ninth Ward]] from [[Vacherie, Louisiana]].<ref>Sublette, Ned (2009). ''The Year Before the Flood''. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books. pp. 56–60.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> His father was a part-time violin player who worked at a racetrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/news/fats-domino-obituary|title=Rock 'n' Roll Legend Fats Domino Dies at 89|publisher=biography.com|access-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026054335/https://www.biography.com/news/fats-domino-obituary|archive-date=October 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="book1" />

He attended the Louis B. Macarty School, leaving to start work as a helper to an ice delivery man.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/obituaries/fats-domino-89-one-of-rock-n-rolls-first-stars-is-dead.html|title=Fats Domino, Early Rock 'n' Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89|first1=Jon|last1=Pareles|first2=William|last2=Grimes|access-date=October 26, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> Domino learned to play the piano in about 1938 from his brother-in-law,<ref name="PBStimeline">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/fats-domino-timeline-of-dominos-life-hits-and-career-highlights/6252/|title=Fats Domino: Timeline of His Life, Hits and Career Highlights|last=Coleman|first=Rick|date=January 26, 2016|website=Pbs.org}}</ref> the jazz guitarist [[Harrison Verrett]].<ref name=Friedlander>Friedlander, Paul (2006). ''Rock And Roll: A Social History''. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. pp. 28–32.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref><ref>Coleman, Rick (2006). ''Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll''. Boston: Da Capo Press. pg. 19; {{ISBN|9780306815317}}</ref>