Editing Fats Domino

{{Short description|American pianist and singer (1928–2017)}}
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| image = Fats Domino in Amsterdam 1962 (crop).jpg
| caption = Domino in 1962
| birth_name = Antoine Caliste Domino Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|2|26}}
| birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|10|24|1928|2|26}}
| death_place = [[Harvey, Louisiana]], U.S.
| alias = {{hlist|Fats|The Fat Man}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|pianist}}
| years_active = 1942–2016
| spouse = {{marriage|Rosemary Hall| 1947 |2008| reason=d}}
| children = 8
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'''Antoine Caliste Domino Jr.'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Fats Domino, Early Rock 'n' Roller With a Boogie-Woogie Piano, Is Dead at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/obituaries/fats-domino-89-one-of-rock-n-rolls-first-stars-is-dead.html |first=Jon |last=Pareles|author2=William Grimes|author-link=Jon Pareles|access-date=June 11, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> (February 26, 1928&nbsp;– October 24, 2017), known as '''Fats Domino''', was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of [[rock and roll]] music, Domino sold more than 65 million records.<ref name="Independent death">{{cite web |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-dead-rock-legend-age-89-new-orleans-tributes-blueberry-hill-music-latest-a8019341.html|title=Fats Domino dead: Rock and roll legend dies, aged 89 |last= O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=October 25, 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> Born in [[New Orleans]] to a [[Louisiana Creole people|French Creole]] family, Domino signed to [[Imperial Records]] in 1949. His first single "[[The Fat Man (song)|The Fat Man]]" is cited by some historians as the [[origins of rock and roll|first rock and roll single]] and the first to sell more than 1 million copies.<ref name="Fats Domino Biography 1928–2017"/><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/fats-domino-rock-and-roll-icon-dies|title=Fats Domino, 1928–2017|date=October 25, 2017|website=Grammy.com|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> 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 [[popular music|pop]] hits.<ref name="Rolling Stone death">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fats-domino-rock-and-roll-pioneer-dead-at-89-w473594|title=Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89|last=Browne|first=David|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 26, 2017|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.<ref name="Friedlander"/>

Domino was shy and modest by nature but made a significant contribution to the rock and roll genre.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1= Light| first1= Alan|date=February 23, 2016|title='The Big Beat' Celebrates Fats Domino, Rock's Reclusive Giant| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/arts/music/the-big-beat-celebrates-fats-domino-rocks-reclusive-giant/ | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Elvis Presley]] declared Domino a "huge influence on me when I started out" and when they first met in 1959, described him as "the real king of rock 'n' roll". [[The Beatles]] were also heavily influenced by Domino.<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{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=June 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|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|first=Evan|last= Manning|newspaper=National Post|date=October 26, 2017|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

Four of Domino's records were named to the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] for their significance: "[[Blueberry Hill]]", "Ain't That a Shame", "[[Walking to New Orleans (song)|Walking to New Orleans]]" and "The Fat Man".<ref name="Fats Domino Biography 1928–2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/fats-domino|title=Fats Domino|website=Biography.com|date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as part of its first group of inductees in 1986. The [[Associated Press]] estimates that during his career, Domino "sold more than 110 million records".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3823983/fats-domino-dead/|title=Fats Domino dead: Rock n' roll pioneer dead at 89|website=Globalnews.ca|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Biography==
=== 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>

===Early career (1940s)===
By age 14, Domino was performing in New Orleans bars.<ref name="Rolling Stone death" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/back-talk-fats-domino-interview|title=BackTalk: Fats Domino (Interview)|first=Michael|last=Hurtt|work=OffBeat Magazine|date=June 1, 2004|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> In 1947, Billy Diamond, a New Orleans bandleader, accepted an invitation to hear the young pianist perform at a backyard barbecue. Domino played well enough that Diamond asked him to join his band, the Solid Senders, at the Hideaway Club in New Orleans, where he would earn $3 a week playing the piano.<ref name="book1" /> Diamond nicknamed him "Fats".

===Recordings for Imperial Records (1949–1962)===
Domino was signed to the [[Imperial Records]] label in 1949 by owner [[Lew Chudd]], to be paid royalties based on sales instead of a fee for each song. He and producer [[Dave Bartholomew]] wrote "[[The Fat Man (song)|The Fat Man]]", a toned down version of a song about drug addicts called "[[Junker Blues]]"; the record had sold a million copies by 1951.<ref name="auto" /> Featuring a rolling piano and Domino vocalizing "[[wah-wah (music)|wah-wah]]" over a strong [[beat (music)|backbeat]], "The Fat Man" is widely considered the first rock-and-roll record to achieve this level of sales.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Friedlander|date=2006|title=Rock and Roll: A Social History|publisher=[[Westview Press]]|location=Boulder, Colorado|page=28|isbn=9780429963254}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/may/14/fatshowdominoinventedrockn|title=How Fats Domino invented rock'n'roll |first=Owen|last=Adams|work=The Guardian|date=May 14, 2007|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, the song would enter the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref name="PBStimeline" />

Domino released a series of hit songs with Bartholomew (also the co-writer of many of the songs), the saxophonists [[Herbert Hardesty]] and [[Alvin Tyler|Alvin "Red" Tyler]], the bassist Billy Diamond and later [[Frank Fields]], and the drummers [[Earl Palmer]] and [[Smokey Johnson]]. Other notable and long-standing musicians in Domino's band were the saxophonists [[Reggie Houston]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reggiehouston.com/bio-press-photos|title=Reggie Houston – Bio & Press Photos|website=reggiehouston.com|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> [[Lee Allen (musician)|Lee Allen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/masters-of-louisiana-music-lee-allen/|title=Masters of Louisiana Music: Lee Allen – OffBeat Magazine|date=December 2000 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> and Fred Kemp, Domino's trusted bandleader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ioldies.com/lifestyle_artists/1369/Artists_-_Fats_Domino.html|title=Classic Music Hits and Artists – I Oldies Music Store|website=iOldies Music Store|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>[[Image:Fats Domino 1956.png|thumb|upright|Domino singing "[[Blueberry Hill]]" on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in 1956]]

While Domino's own recordings were done for Imperial, he sometimes sat in during that time as a session musician on recordings by other artists for other record labels. Domino's rolling piano triplets provided the memorable instrumental introduction for [[Lloyd Price]]'s first hit, "[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]", recorded for [[Specialty Records]] on March 13, 1952, at [[Cosimo Matassa]]'s [[J&M Recording Studios]] in New Orleans (where Domino himself had earlier recorded "The Fat Man" and other songs). Dave Bartholomew was producing Price's record, which also featured familiar Domino collaborators Hardesty, Fields and Palmer as sidemen, and he asked Domino to play the piano part, replacing the original session pianist.<ref>Coleman (2006). pp. 72–74.</ref>

Domino crossed into the [[popular music|pop]] mainstream with "[[Ain't That a Shame]]" (mislabeled as "Ain't It a Shame") which reached the Top Ten. This was the first of his records to appear on the Billboard pop singles chart (on July 16, 1955), with the debut at number 14.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8014043/fats-dominos-biggest-billboard-hits-from-aint-that-a-shame-to|title=Fats Domino's Biggest Billboard Hits: From 'Ain't That a Shame' to 'Blueberry Hill' & More|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref> A milder cover version by [[Pat Boone]] reached number 1,<ref name=pc6>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19752/m1/|title=Show 6&nbsp;– Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The Rock Revolution Gets Underway. [Part 2&#93;: UNT Digital Library|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> having received wider radio airplay in an era of racial segregation. In 1955, Domino was said to be earning $10,000 a week while touring, according to a report in [[Chuck Berry]]'s memoir. Domino eventually had 37 [[Top 40]] singles, but none made it to number 1 on the Pop chart.<ref name="Rolling Stone death" />

Domino's debut album contained several of his recent hits and earlier blues tracks that had not been released as singles, and was issued on the Imperial label (catalogue number 9009) in November 1955, and was reissued as ''[[Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino]]''.<ref name=discog>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|title=The Great Rock Discography: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Artists|publisher=Canongate U.S.|year=2004|page=434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WoRAPJQ58sC&q=%22Fats+Domino%22+album+discography&pg=PA436|isbn=1841956155}}</ref> The reissue reached number 17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Pop Albums]] chart.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35710/charts-awards|label=Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino Billboard Albums|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

His 1956 recording of "[[Blueberry Hill]]", a 1940 song by [[Vincent Rose]], [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]] and [[Larry Stock]] (which had previously been recorded by [[Glenn Miller]], [[Gene Autry]], [[Louis Armstrong]] and others), reached number 2 on the Billboard Juke Box chart for two weeks<ref name="PBSexcerpt">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/fats-domino-book-excerpt-blue-monday-fats-domino-lost-dawn-rock-n-roll/6599/|title=Book Excerpt: Blue Monday. Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'N' Roll|last=Coleman|first=Rick|date=February 17, 2016|website=Pbs.org}}</ref> and was number 1 on the R&B chart for 11 weeks. It was his biggest hit,<ref name=pc6 /> selling more than 5 million copies worldwide in 1956 and 1957. The song was subsequently recorded by [[Elvis Presley]], [[Little Richard]], and [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-dead-best-songs-aint-that-a-shame-blueberry-hill-a8019576.html|title=5 of Fats Domino's most influential songs|date=October 25, 2017|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|access-date=October 29, 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> Some 32 years later, the song would enter the
Grammy Hall of Fame.<ref name="PBStimeline" />

Domino had further hit singles between 1956 and 1959, including "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" (Pop number 14), "[[I'm Walkin']]" (Pop number 4), "[[Valley of Tears (song)|Valley of Tears]]" (Pop number 8), "It's You I Love" (Pop number 6), "[[Whole Lotta Lovin' (Fats Domino song)|Whole Lotta Lovin']]" (Pop number 6), "[[I Want to Walk You Home]]" (Pop number 8), and "[[Be My Guest (Fats Domino song)|Be My Guest]]" (Pop number 8).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fats-domino/chart-history/hsi/|title=Fats Domino Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> In 1957, Domino maintained "What they call rock 'n' roll now is rhythm and blues. I've been playing it for 15 years in New Orleans".<ref name="rollingstone.com"/><ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/26/some-declared-fats-domino-dead-during-katrina-he-lived-to-laugh-about-it/ | title=Some declared Fats Domino dead during Katrina. He lived to laugh about it | first=Travis M. | last=Andrews | date=October 26, 2017 | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

Domino appeared in two films released in 1956: ''[[Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956 film)|Shake, Rattle & Rock!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049749|title=Shake, Rattle & Rock|website=IMDb.com|date=April 5, 1957|access-date=November 1, 2006}}</ref> and ''[[The Girl Can't Help It]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049263|title=The Girl Can't Help It|website=IMDB.com|date=December 1956|access-date=November 1, 2006}}</ref> On December 18, 1957, his hit recording of "The Big Beat" was featured on [[Dick Clark]]'s ''[[American Bandstand]]''.
He was also featured in a movie of the same name.<ref name="PBS1">{{cite news|last1=Coleman|first1=Rick|title=Fats Domino: Timeline of His Life, Hits and Career Highlights|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/fats-domino-timeline-of-dominos-life-hits-and-career-highlights/6252/|access-date=October 26, 2017|publisher=PBS|date=January 26, 2016}}</ref>

On November 2, 1956, a riot broke out at a Domino concert in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]. The police used tear gas to break up the unruly crowd. Domino jumped out a window to avoid the melee; he and two members of his band were slightly injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/november2.htm|title=Oldies Music|website=About.com|access-date=April 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003104919/http://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/november2.htm|archive-date=October 3, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> During his career, four major riots occurred at his concerts, "partly because of integration", according to his biographer Rick Coleman. "But also the fact they had alcohol at these shows. So they were mixing alcohol, plus dancing, plus the races together for the first time in a lot of these places."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/feb/26/american-masters-fats-domino-and-birth-rock-n-roll/|title=AMERICAN MASTERS: Fats Domino And The Birth Of Rock 'n' Roll|first=Jennifer|last=Robinson|date=February 26, 2016 |publisher=kpbs.org|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> In August 1957, he was banned from performing at [[Griffith Stadium]] in Washington, DC due to security concerns raised by city commissioner Robert McLaughlin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ghostsofdc |date=October 2, 2012 |title=Rowdy Rock 'n' Roll: Fats Domino Banned From Griffith Stadium |url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2012/10/02/rowdy-rock-n-roll-fats-domino-banned-from-griffith-stadium/ |access-date=January 21, 2023 |website=Ghosts of DC |language=en-US}}</ref>

In November 1957, Domino appeared on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''; no disturbance accompanied this performance.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Icons of R & B and soul: an encyclopedia of the artists who revolutionized rhythm|last=Gulla|first=Bob|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=9780313340444|location=Westport, Conn.|pages=61|oclc=230807722}}</ref>

In the same year, the article "King of Rock 'n' Roll" in ''[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]'' magazine featured Domino who said he was on the road 340 days a year, up to $2,500 per evening, and grossing over $500,000; Domino also told readers that he owned 50 suits, 100 pairs of shoes and a $1,500 diamond horseshoe stick pin.<ref name="PBSexcerpt" />

Domino had a steady series of hits for Imperial through early 1962, including "Walking to New Orleans" (1960, Pop number 6), co-written by [[Bobby Charles]], and "[[My Girl Josephine]]" (Pop number 14) in the same year. He toured Europe in 1962 and met the Beatles who would later cite Domino as an inspiration.<ref>{{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|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> After returning, he played the first of his many stands in Las Vegas.<ref name="PBStimeline" />

Imperial Records was sold in early 1963,<ref name="rockhall">{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/fats-domino|title=Fats Domino|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> and Domino left the label. "I stuck with them until they sold out," he said in 1979. In all, he recorded over 60 singles for Imperial, placing 40 songs in the top 10 on the R&B chart and 11 in the top 10 on the Pop chart, twenty-seven of which were double-sided hits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncamarvy.com/FatsDomino/fatsdomino.html|title=Fats Domino The Imperial Years|first=Marv|last=Goldberg|publisher=Unca Marvy's R&B Page |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

===Recordings after leaving Imperial (1963–1970s)===
[[File:Fats Domino Hamburg 1973 1605730021.jpg|thumb|upright|Domino in 1972 |left]]
Domino moved to [[ABC Records|ABC-Paramount Records]] in 1963. The label dictated that he record in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], rather than New Orleans. He was assigned a new producer ([[Felton Jarvis]]) and a new arranger ([[Bill Justis]]). Domino's long-term collaboration with the producer, arranger, and frequent co-writer [[Dave Bartholomew]], who oversaw virtually all of his Imperial hits,<ref name="rockhall"/> was seemingly at an end. Jarvis and Justis changed the Domino sound somewhat, notably by adding the backing of a [[Nashville sound#Countrypolitan|countrypolitan]]-style vocal chorus to most of his new recordings. He released 11 singles for ABC-Paramount, several which hit the Top 100 but just once entering the Top 40 ([[Red Sails in the Sunset (song)|"Red Sails in the Sunset"]], 1963). By the end of 1964 the [[British Invasion]] had changed the tastes of the record-buying public, and Domino's chart run was over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fats-is-back-mw0000237013|title=Fats is Back – Fats Domino|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

Despite the lack of chart success, Domino continued to record steadily until about 1970, leaving ABC-Paramount in mid-1965 and recording for [[Mercury Records]], where he delivered a live album ''[[Fats Domino '65]]'' and two singles. A studio album was planned but stalled with just four tracks recorded. Dave Bartholomew's small Broadmoor label (reuniting with Bartholomew along the way), featured many contemporary Soul infused sides and a few single releases but an album was not released overseas until 1971 to fulfill his [[Reprise Records]] contract. He shifted to that label after Broadmoor and had a Top 100 single, a cover of [[the Beatles]]' "[[Lady Madonna]]".<ref name="auto" />

Domino appeared in the [[The Monkees|Monkees]]' television special ''[[33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee]]'' filmed in December 1968 and aired in April 1969. In 1971, he opened for [[Ike & Tina Turner]] at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=April 17, 1971|title=Ike & Tina Turner, Fats Domino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wgEAAAAMBAJ&q=1971+ike+tina+fats+domino+billboard&pg=PA20|magazine=Billboard|pages=20}}</ref> He continued to be popular as a performer for several decades. He made a cameo appearance in Clint Eastwood's movie ''[[Any Which Way You Can]]'', filmed in 1979 and released in 1980, singing the country song "Whiskey Heaven", which later became a minor hit.<ref name="PBStimeline" /><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/seven-decades-of-fats-domino/ |title=Seven Decades Of Fats Domino |first=Rick |last=Coleman |journal=[[OffBeat (music magazine)|OffBeat]] |date=February 1, 1998 |access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref> His life and career were showcased in Joe Lauro's 2015 documentary ''The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/big-beat-fats-domino-birth-775626|title='The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll': Film Review|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 20, 2015|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

===Later career (1980s–2005)===
[[File:Fats 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Domino performing in New York in the 1980s]]
In 1986, Domino was one of the first musicians to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/25/arts/waldorf-rocks-n-rolls-with-hall-of-fame-stars.html|title=Waldorf Rock 'n' Rolls with Hall of Fame stars|first=Robert|last=Palmer|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 25, 1986|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto" /> He also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987.<ref name="Independent death" /> Domino's last album for a major label, ''Christmas Is a Special Day'', was released in 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8013989/fats-domino-dies-at-89|title=Rock Pioneer Fats Domino Dies at 89|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 29, 2017}}</ref>

Domino lived in a mansion in a predominantly [[Working class|working-class]] neighborhood in the [[Lower Ninth Ward]], where he was a familiar sight in his bright pink [[Cadillac]] automobile. He made yearly appearances at the [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival]] and other local events.

His last tour was in Europe, for three weeks in 1995.<ref>Spera, Keith (2011). ''Groove Interrupted''. New York: St Martin's Press. pp. 88–107.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> After being ill while on tour, Domino decided he would no longer leave the New Orleans area, having a comfortable income from [[royalty payment]]s and a dislike of touring and claiming he could not get any food that he liked anywhere else.<ref name="auto1" /> In the same year, he received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Ray Charles Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name="PBStimeline" />

In 1998, President [[Bill Clinton]] awarded him the [[List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts|National Medal of Arts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/clinton-salutes-dozen-with-medal-of-the-arts-1117481842/ |title=Clinton salutes dozen with Medal of the Arts. Peck, Roth among winners |first=Christopher |last=Stern |work=Variety |date=October 26, 1998 |access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#98 Lifetime Honors&nbsp;– National Medal of Arts] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806021102/http://www.nea.gov/honors/medals/medalists_year.html#98 |date=August 6, 2011 }}, NEA.gov</ref> Domino declined an invitation to perform at the [[White House]].<ref name="auto1" />

In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked him number 25 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in an essay written by [[Dr. John]].<ref>{{cite magazine| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | issue=946| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446/fats-domino-2-92181/| date = December 3, 2010 }}</ref>

===Domino and Hurricane Katrina===
[[Image:RIPFatsYouWillBeMissedLow9.jpg|thumb|Graffiti on Domino's home from the time he was rumored dead in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] (2005)]]As [[Hurricane Katrina]] approached New Orleans in August 2005, Domino chose to stay at home with his family, partly because his wife, Rosemary, was in poor health. His house was in an area that was heavily flooded.[[Image:FatsDomino-office (cropped).jpg|thumb|Domino's office, June 2007]]

Domino was rumored to have died in the hurricane,<ref name="Washington Post"/> and his home was vandalized when someone spray-painted the message "RIP Fats. You will be missed". On September 1, the talent agent Al Embry announced that he had not heard from Domino since before the hurricane struck. Later that day, [[CNN]] reported that Domino had been rescued by a [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] helicopter. Until then, even family members had not heard from him since before the storm.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fats Domino found OK in New Orleans|url=https://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/01/katrina.fats.domino/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=September 1, 2005|accessdate=July 3, 2022}}</ref> Embry confirmed that Domino and his family had been rescued. The family was then taken to a shelter in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], after which they were picked up by [[JaMarcus Russell]], the starting quarterback of the [[Louisiana State University]] football team, and the boyfriend of Domino's granddaughter. He let the family stay in his apartment. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that on September 2, they had left Russell's apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. "We've lost everything," Domino said, according to the ''Post''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eli|last=Saslow|date=September 2, 2005|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/02/AR2005090201578.html|title=Music Legend 'Fats' Domino Coping with Katrina|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 1, 2006}}</ref>

By January 2006, work to gut and repair Domino's home and office had begun (see [[Reconstruction of New Orleans]]). In the meantime, the Domino family resided in [[Harvey, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor|url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article180776661.html|access-date=October 26, 2017|newspaper=[[Kansas City Star]]|date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>

President [[George W. Bush]] made a personal visit and replaced the National Medal of Arts that President [[Bill Clinton]] had previously awarded Domino.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.gov/NEARTS/2006v5-after-disaster-reclaiming-culture-gulf-coast/national-medal-arts-lost-hurricanes|title=National Medal of Arts Lost in the Hurricanes Is Replaced – NEA|website=Arts.gov|access-date=October 26, 2017|date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> The gold records were replaced by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] and [[Capitol Records]], which owned the Imperial Records catalogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/08/fats_domino_holds_his_gold_rec.html|title=Fats Domino Holds His Gold Records Once Again|website=[[nola.com]]|access-date=May 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905123035/http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/08/fats_domino_holds_his_gold_rec.html|archive-date=September 5, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Later life===
Domino was scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans.  However, he was suffering from [[anxiety]] and was forced to cancel the performance,<ref name="RS Katrina concert">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fats-domino-returns-to-new-orleans-stage-for-first-post-katrina-concert-20070521 |title=Fats Domino Returns to New Orleans Stage for First Post-Katrina Concert |first=Keith |last=Spera |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 21, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> but he did appear to offer the audience an on-stage greeting.<ref name="FD Cancels Jazz Fest">{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/12679036/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/fats-domino-cancels-jazz-fest-performance/#.WfFBhVtSzX4 |title=Fats Domino cancels Jazz Fest performance |date=May 7, 2006 |website=Today.com |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111152/http://www.today.com/id/12679036/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/fats-domino-cancels-jazz-fest-performance/#.WfFBhVtSzX4 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006 Domino's album ''[[Alive and Kickin' (album)|Alive and Kickin']]'' was released to benefit the [[Tipitina's Foundation]], which supports indigent local musicians and helps preserve the New Orleans sound.<ref>{{cite web |first=Robert|last=Siegel|url=https://www.npr.org/2006/03/13/5259801/fats-domino-alive-and-kickin-after-katrina| title=Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina|website=[[NPR]]|date=March 13, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/Fats-Domino-Alive-And-Kickin/release/4653063| title=Fats Domino – Alive And Kickin'| website=Discogs| access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> The album consists of unreleased recordings from the 1990s<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/arts/fats-domino-sets-an-example-for-new-orleans.html |title=Fats Domino Sets an Example for New Orleans |first=John |last=Parales|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 28, 2006|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref> and received great critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite magazine | last1=Browne| first1=David| title=Fats Domino, Rock and Roll Pioneer, Dead at 89| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fats-domino-rock-and-roll-pioneer-dead-at-89-w473594|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=October 26, 2017| date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>

[[Image:President George W. Bush shakes the hand of legendary Fats Domino, wearing a National Medal of Arts.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|Domino with the National Medal of Arts replaced by President [[George W. Bush]] on August 29, 2006, after the original medal, awarded to him by President [[Bill Clinton]], was lost in the floodwaters of [[Hurricane Katrina]].]]
On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with [[OffBeat (music magazine)|''OffBeat'' magazine]]'s Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards, held at the [[House of Blues]] in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented him with a signed declaration.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/lifetime-achievement-award-in-music-fats-domino/| title=Best of the Beat Lifetime Achievement in Music: Fats Domino – OffBeat Magazine| date=January 2007| access-date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at [[Tipitina's]] at New Orleans, performing to a full house. This was his last public performance.<ref name="PBStimeline" /> The concert was recorded for a 2008 TV presentation entitled ''Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans''.<ref name="RS Katrina concert" /> This was a fund-raising concert, featuring a number of artists. Domino donated his fee to the cause. Later that year, a Vanguard record was released, ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'' featuring his songs as recorded by [[Elton John]], [[Neil Young]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], and [[Lucinda Williams]].<ref name="Rolling Stone death" /> A portion of the proceeds was to be used by the Foundation to help restore Domino's publishing office which had been damaged by the hurricane.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/arts/music/22fats.html |title=Stars Join Forces to Salute (and Support) a Rock Legend |first=Nate |last=Chin |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the [[Louisiana Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Gremillion| first1=Nick| title=Baton Rouge music experts remember legendary musician Fats Domino| url=http://www.wafb.com/story/36684898/baton-rouge-music-experts-remember-legendary-musician-fats-domino| access-date=October 26, 2017| publisher=WAFB| date=October 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Nash| first1=JD| title=Fats Domino Dead at 89| url=https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/10/fats-domino-dead-89/| publisher=American Blues Scene| date=October 25, 2017| access-date=October 26, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103122607/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/10/fats-domino-dead-89/| archive-date=November 3, 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2009, Domino made an unexpected appearance in the audience for the Domino Effect, a concert featuring [[Little Richard]] and other artists, aimed at raising funds to help rebuild schools and playgrounds damaged by Hurricane Katrina.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Plaisance| first1=Stacey| title=Fats Domino makes rare appearance at La. concert| url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-domino-effect-053109-2009may31-story.html| access-date=October 26, 2017| newspaper=[[San Diego Union Tribune]]| date=May 31, 2009}}</ref>

In October 2012, Domino was featured in season three of the television series ''[[Treme (TV Series)|Treme]]'', playing himself.<ref name="PBStimeline" /> On August 21, 2016, Domino was inducted into the [[National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame]]. The ceremony was held in [[Detroit]], Michigan. The other inductees were [[Dionne Warwick]], Cathy Hughes, [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], and [[the Supremes]]. He had received the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Ray Charles Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His song "The Fat Man" entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/fats-domino-timeline-of-dominos-life-hits-and-career-highlights/6252|title=Fats Domino: Timeline – American Masters|date=January 26, 2016|website=[[PBS]]}}</ref>

===Death===
Domino died on October 24, 2017, at his home in [[Harvey, Louisiana]], at the age of 89, from natural causes, according to the coroner's office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-fats-domino-dead-20171025-story.html|title=Fats Domino, rock 'n' roll pioneer and 'Blueberry Hill' singer, dead at 89|first1=Janet|last1=McConnaughey |first2=Kevin|last2=McGill|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{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, 89, One of Rock 'n' Roll's First Stars, Is Dead|first1=Jon|last1=Pareles|first2=William|last2=Grimes|date=October 25, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref><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|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>

==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>

==Personal life==
Domino was married to Rosemary Domino ({{Nee}} Hall) from 1947 until her death in 2008; the couple had eight children: Antoine III (1950–2015), Anatole (1954–2023), Andre (1952–1997), Antonio, Antoinette, Andrea, Anola, and Adonica.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/legendary-musician-fats-domino-died-89/story?id=50707748|title=Legendary musician Fats Domino has died at 89|first=Michael|last=Rothman|date=October 25, 2017|website=ABC News}}</ref>

Even after his success he continued to live in his old neighborhood, the [[Lower Ninth Ward]], until after [[Hurricane Katrina]], when he moved to a suburb of New Orleans.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/25/fats-domino-obituary|title=Fats Domino obituary: giant of American music|first=Michael|last=Gray|date=October 25, 2017|work=theguardian.com|access-date=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/25/522583856/fats-domino-architect-of-rock-and-roll-dead-at-89|title=Fats Domino, Architect Of Rock 'N' Roll, Dead At 89|website=NPR|date=October 25, 2017|first=Gwen|last=Thompkins|access-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Fats Domino discography}}
{{see also|List of songs recorded by Fats Domino}}

*''[[Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino]]'' (1956)
*''[[Fats Domino Rock and Rollin']]'' (1956)
*''[[This Is Fats Domino!]]'' (1956)
*''[[Here Stands Fats Domino]]'' (1957)
*''[[This Is Fats]]'' (1957)
*''[[The Fabulous Mr. D]]'' (1958)
*''[[Alive and Kickin' (album)|Alive and Kickin']]'' (2006)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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* [http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm Fats Domino at history-of-rock.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090405172459/http://www.lpb.org/friends/festival/fats.cfm Fats Domino: ''Walking to New Orleans'' special]
* {{Pop Chronicles|6|3}}
* {{Find a Grave|184572463}}
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