Fats Domino

Fats Domino

actor, music department, additional crew

Fats Domino was born on Feb 26, 1928 in USA. Fats Domino's big-screen debut came with The Girl Can't Help It directed by Frank Tashlin in 1956, strarring Fats Domino.

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 - October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist and singer-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.

  • Birthday

    Feb 26, 1928
  • Place of Birth

    New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Awards

2 wins & 0 nominations

Grammy Awards
1987
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner - Grammy
Walk of Fame
1960
Recording
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame

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