Summer Concert Madness May 24, 2008
Weaned on Tex-Mex, country, blues, rock pioneers like Richie Valens, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, and such pop music giants as The Beatles, Los Lonely Boys augment those solid basics with guitar playing, percolating rock and Latin rhythms, and solid, tuneful bass lines. GEORGE THOROGOOD and THE DESTROYERS AND BUDDY GUY WITH CHARLIE MUSSLEWHITE. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Braves, fans on rollercoaster ride May 8, 2008
(For that matter lister to Fats Domino s 1949 The Fat Man ), or 1956 s Marty Robbins Singin the Blues (skip the Guy Mitchell version). Anyhow, DOB - my thanks to you for this blog, and to all the bloggers who make it my daily read. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
On display (64) May 8, 2008
Performers included Louie Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, The Sons of the Pioneers, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzel, Fats Domino, Johnny Cash, and Duane Eddy. Local groups included Maddox Brothers and Rose, Heck Harper, Tommy Kizziah and the West Coast Ramblers. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Steve Winwood – a Sixties rock 'n' roller turning 60 May 8, 2008
I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles, said Winwood ... and I said, 'Well, I do like Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky but I also like Fats Domino and Ray Charles and they literally said, 'Either forget about that or leave. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Louisiana 1927': A Randy Newman song that won't wash away May 2, 2008
"But I always loved the pop music. I was so influenced by Fats Domino that it's still hard for me to write a song that's not a New Orleans shuffle.". His fascination with Louisiana led him to books about the state's legendary governor Huey Long, known as the Kingfish, who used the 1927 flood to stoke rural resentment against the big-city bosses and to win his first term the next year. (International Herald Tribune)
City honors Nevilles return May 2, 2008
This is the birth place of jazz, the birth place of Louis Armstrong and Mahalia Jackson and Fats Domino and it's the birth place of the first family of New Orleans funk, the Neville Brothers,'' Nagin said. Today, we celebrate and honor another jewel of New Orleans. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
All about the smiles Apr 16, 2008
J unior will perform as Elvis, Conway Twitty, Fats Domino and Buddy Holly, while Alisa will perform as Cline, Connie Francis and Loretta Lynn. Tickets for the show are 15 in advance, available by calling 341-1955, or 20 at the door. (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas, IL)
LBCC locks into pop culture festival Apr 4, 2008
Performers included Louie Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Fats Domino, Johnny Cash and Duane Eddy. The exhibit will feature concert posters and photographs from the collection of Jim Creighton. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Universal Orlando Resort with grown-up appeal Mar 30, 2008
Will you find your thrill walking to piped-in Fats Domino down a replica Hollywood Boulevard or hand-jiving or seeing live but replica Blues Brothers (1980), performing outside a replica New York (not Chicago. brownstone. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Gantt's Amvets Club burned to make room for subdivision Mar 25, 2008
Andalusia Star News: News. COVINTON COUNTY SPRING CLEAN UP WEEK will be held March 22-29. (Andalusia Star News, AL)
For Dave Clark Five, the accolades finally arrive Mar 7, 2008
" The Dave Clark Five also had some of the era's catchiest hits: Bits and Pieces, Can't You See That She's Mine, Because, Catch Us if You Can. From 1964 to 1967, DC5 unleashed 13 albums. Though regarded then as an exotic import, the band was shaped by seminal U.S. rock and soul and scaled the charts with covers of Do You Love Me, You Got What It Takes and I Like It Like That. "We'd play the American bases and found all these wonderful records by Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Sam Cooke,"... (USA Today -- Life)
How rock got its roll back Feb 27, 2008
"Actually, I am. You learn musicianship, tone and feel from those records. You listen to an old Fats Domino record and those guys are locked in. They've learnt that from playing night after night after night. A lot of early rock'n'roll records, the stance they take is snotty and fuck-off, but there's a degree of musicianship as well. Musicianship is a dirty word these days.". The current crop of 50s-influenced bands are keen to point out that theirs is not an overnight success. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hurricane endangers Louisiana's musical heritage (1) Feb 24, 2008
While not a Grammy winner, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Fats Domino hails from New Orleans and was rescued along with his family from the flood waters there after being reported missing. A picture of him being helped into a boat appeared on CNN and was identified by his agent. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
And on Saturday's they had a Matinee Feb 22, 2008
It wasn't East Coast Celtic music, but Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry. "My uncle would sing, 'I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill,' every weekend," Donovan said. (Inside Toronto)
Kid Rock revives the basics Feb 19, 2008
"You look at great artists like Petty or Springsteen or Bob Seger or Skynyrd, people I look up to musically: They all have that blues influence. It touched every form of music. I studied all that music, from Chuck Berry and the Delta stuff over to country music and Hank Williams and Fats Domino - all that stuff. "Today, hip-hop - it's the same as the blues. It has touched almost every form of music. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
NBA players get up close look at Katrina's legacy Feb 16, 2008
" When the water rose more than 20 feet in the hours after Katrina, Richardson was forced to crawl into a small space under his roof. With little time to spare, he was pulled to safety by rescue workers who cut through shingles to get him. Richardson shows pictures in a book about Katrina as proof. "That's me, and that's Fats Domino," he says pointing to a shot of the music legend, who had to be rescued from his home. Richardson hopes to be back in his home by March. Unlike a few others who... (WWLTV.com, LA)
Grammy glory for SA Feb 11, 2008
As well as being support act to the Red Hot Chili Peppers they recently recorded a track with Robert Plant in New Orleans for the Fats Domino tribute album. Soweto Gospel Choir is currently touring 26 UK towns and cities in February and March in 2008 where their new show 'African Spirit' opened at Londons Royal Festival Hall on 1 February. (iAfrica.com)
Allen Bloom, at 72; promoted circus and musical acts Feb 3, 2008
His real education was on the road, accompanying mixed-race acts into small Southern towns, learning what worked and what did not with small-town radio stations and big-city newspapers, tracking down Fats Domino when he got homesick after weeks of one-night stands and decamped to New Orleans. His hard-earned experience also included the tragic: The plane crash that killed Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (the Big Bopper) was during a Feld Productions tour, advanced by Mr. Bloom. (Boston Globe)
The Big Easy is upbeat Feb 3, 2008
Big Easy is upbeat 020308 - The Augusta Chronicle. NEW ORLEANS --- It's easy to find music and food in The Big Easy. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Hustle, bustle gone from area ... Badeaux sent to state prison from local jail ... Area chamber salutes honorees ... Advisory board planning new ways to attract industry ... Week honors Christianity ... Regions Bank closes location ... Checkpoint results in many tickets ... THE SHADEAUX KNOWS ... Special tribute ... Old water plants land goes to NIRD ... Thefts rising with the price of copper ... \'Take Home\' meets \'Magic\' ... Early preference votes rolling in ... Mardi Gras Ball ... No juice ... Road work ahead ... Lively gets life sentence ... Man faces child porn charges ... St. Martinville event for matters of the heart Feb 14. ... FOR THE LOVE OF BEADS ... Head Start for parade ... Eye on eating healthier here ... Exchange students looking for Teche Area locations ... Ezana fun and beads ... Survivor: Wage love ... Faulk new chairman ... Teche Area deals with building codes ... The buddy system ... Lively wants new trial ... Mom Saves Family ... 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BB King, Fats Domino, Erma Thomas, Benny King, Otis Redding, Ike and Tina Turner, all played here, Joseph said. As a matter of fact, Fats Domino wrote his song Walking to New Orleans after he was left at the Hollywood Social Club on Hopkins and had to walk to the bus station. (New Iberia, LA)
'Honey Dripper' Jan 31, 2008
Afterward, the war for instrumental dominance between piano and guitar (Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis vs. Chuck Berry) was won by the challenger. There are racial and relational issues involved as well, and, all in all, more discord than harmony in Harmony. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cooke's Walk of Fame marker dedication set for April 4 Jan 28, 2008
In 1986, Cooke was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in addition to Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. Cooke was shot and killed on Dec. 11, 1964, at age 33, by a Los Angeles motel manager after he broke into her apartment. (The Clarion-Ledger)
N.C. man still sells records from downtown store Jan 17, 2008
In the past year or so, "oldies but goodies" have emerged as a niche market he gets a number of calls from customers who want him to find, say, a Fats Domino Greatest Hits album, or an album with a specific song on it. Karaoke, musical tracks to sing by, constitutes a large part of Burkhead"s business. He also sells a lot of cassette tapes "because there are not many out there anymore. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The musical legacy of Ike Jan 17, 2008
Rocket 88 is one of the two records that can claim to be the first rock 'n' roll record, the other being The Fat Man by Fats Domino from 1949. But Rock 88 does have a couple of elements which the Fat Man did not. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
His odyssey with the oud Jan 5, 2008
Among the performers Hagopian says he shared bills with include rock'n'roll legend Fats Domino, singer Della Reese and trumpeter Harry James. By this time, Hagopian was married and had a family. (Fresno Bee)
RIP, Ike Turner Dec 14, 2007
"When people talk about rock and roll they talk about Chuck Berry. They talk about Fats Domino. They talk about Little Richard," writes, well, Little Richard in the forward to Turner's 1999 autobiography "." "Before all these people Ike Turner was doing his thing. He is the innovator." No one ever said innovations came without complications. 2007 Newsweek, Inc.. (Newsweek)
$50,000 tip for a strip... Dec 9, 2007
" They are presenting "A Phantom Family Holiday Concert: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" to benefit Family Promise of Las Vegas. The concert is 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nicholas Horn Theater, on the Cheyenne Campus of the College of Southern Nevada. Admission: $30 donation per person. To bid: www.Family PromiseLVTickets.com. SIGHTINGS Samuel L. Jackson, Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson, in front of the Great Sphinx at Luxor at midnight Friday. They were promoting the debut of the trailer... (The Drudge Report)
Pitt lends a housing hand to New Orleans Dec 4, 2007
On Monday night, as Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino entertained residents, the lights went on the pink art structures, giving the area a lighted glow it hasn't had since the hurricane tore through the city in August 2005. Why pink. (Variety)
Neville Brothers heading back to New Orleans Nov 16, 2007
Fats Domino was slated to close in 2006, but canceled just hours before showtime. Lionel Richie filled in at the last minute. (MSNBC -- Music)
Performance will be Neville Brothers' first in hometown since Katrina Nov 16, 2007
In 2006, the first festival after the storm, Fats Domino was slated to close but canceled just hours before show time. He made a brief appearance on stage, tipping his hat to fans, but Lionel Richie filled in at the last minute. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
Bonnie Raitt Raising Anti-Nuke Voice Oct 25, 2007
She's recently contributed to an HIV/AIDs album by Annie Lennox, a theme song for Greenpeace and a tribute to Fats Domino that raised money for Katrina rebuilding. "I haven't been idle, but I just haven't been focusing on a pop album by me," she said, laughing. (CBS News)
By the lazy river (10/3) Oct 5, 2007
In its heyday, Seventh Avenue's Queen City Hotel hosted entertainment royalty like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Domino, B.B. King and Little Richard. Saturday night's headliner at the free festival is Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Bobby lue Bland, tentatively scheduled for 8 p.m. according to committee chairman Kabir Karriem. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Keyshia Cole, Foo Fighters Crushed By Billboard-Topping Rascal Flatts Oct 4, 2007
Hurt's Vol. II just misses the top 100, coming in at #101 with 7,200 sold, while Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, a two-disc compilation featuring John Lennon, Elton John, Joss Stone, Corinne Bailey Rae, Neil Young, Norah Jones and Ben Harper, finishes out the week at #104, selling 6,800 copies. Folk rocker Devendra Banhart's Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon bows at #115 with 6,300 sold, and at #12 with 6,000 scans is The Best of Donell Jones. (VHI.com -- Music News)
For the love of Joyce Sep 28, 2007
"And that meant an awful lot to musicians. We entertained so many musicians over the years: Duke Ellington used to come to dinner, Fats Domino came to my house, Miles came many times, and you'd get to know them. Joyce taught [Art] Blakey to swim in a pool.". Haynes met the future Mrs. Wein on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1945. (Boston Globe)
Intimate profiles from the side of the big stage Sep 26, 2007
Wyman's love of the blues, meanwhile, came from hearing Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and other black R&B artists on American Forces radio while doing National Service with the RAF in Germany. "A mate brought Lonnie Donnegan's records out and I bought an acoustic guitar and formed a camp skiffle group." When he got out in 1958 he organised a local skiffle band while listening to the jazz of Chris Barber, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. (Scotsman)
Listen Up: 'Echoes' and new sounds from Foo Fighters Sep 25, 2007
Here's another, the all-star Fats Domino salute jam-packed with "30 loving remakes both faithful and innovative," according to Edna ... Various, Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino: * * * * Fond salute from Fats' friends. (USA Today -- Life)
Fats Domino: Walkin', talkin' and hopin' Sep 21, 2007
Double destruction: Fats Domino's house, in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, was flooded a second time in late September 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita ... ESSENTIAL FATS DOMINO ... You can't shake a leg without kicking a Fats Domino hits compilation. (USA Today)
ACL Festival Wraps With Dylan, Lucinda, MMJ... Sep 18, 2007
Donning a cowboy hat and trucker sun glasses, Lucinda Williams debuted a new tune called "Honey Bee" and channeled her inner Jim Morrison by playing the Doors' classic "Riders on the Storm." Williams also threw in the Fats Domino tune "I Live My Life" and her own "Get Right With God," which she said drew inspiration from Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody.". My Morning Jacket was decked out in Hawaiian attire for its set, complete with Jim James wearing a blonde wig, and the band in leis. (Billboard.com)
The good old days Sep 16, 2007
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Sonic skirmishes galore Sep 14, 2007
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Sept. 25). (USA Today)
Battle of the bands: a preview of fall CD releases Sep 9, 2007
"Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino," Sept. 25. Features Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Robert Plant, Tom Petty, Norah Jones and Willie Nelson on the legend's classics. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The top 50 events of the past 50 years Sep 8, 2007
Autos HomeCenter Zero In On Your Next Home Free Classifieds. 07:01 PM CDT on Friday, September 7, 2007. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Summertime - and after Katrina, life still ain't easy Aug 29, 2007
The King of New Orleans, Fats Domino, is one of the few optimistic people in the still devastated city ... There are houses being rebuilt in the Lower Ninth, such as that of Fats Domino, but only a few. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Alison Krauss, Union Station Enchant Hometown Audience Aug 28, 2007
And if you want to state a case for the connection between bluegrass and rhythm and blues, their arrangement of "I'm Walkin'" makes it clear that there's not that much distance lyrically between Fats Domino and Flatt & Scruggs. Block was spotlighted on "Along the Way," one of the original songs featured on his new solo CD, Door Way. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Mayfield's gem-adorned trumpet a memorial to Katrina's dead Aug 28, 2007
Portraits of Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino are etched into the instrument's braces. The trumpet has a brushed 24-karat gold finish, and gems in Mardi Gras colors -- purple, green and gold. (WWLTV.com, LA)
New Orleans now sings a different tune Aug 27, 2007
Dr. John and Harry Connick Jr. put out albums responding to Katrina, while local legend Allen Toussaint teamed with Elvis Costello for the wide-ranging album "The River in Reverse." Jazz trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard turned his music from Spike Lee's documentary series about the floods into a new album, "A Tale of God's Will," with the subtitle "A Requiem for Katrina." And next month, the all-star "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" is being released to generate more money to help... (Los Angeles Times)
Stitching up New Orleans Aug 27, 2007
We're getting ready to release a Fats Domino tribute recording, featuring Paul McCartney, Joss Stone, Neil Young and Tom Petty. A percentage of the proceeds will go toward bringing back the Lower 9th Ward, where Fats Domino has lived his entire life. (Los Angeles Times)
Domino presented with lost discs Aug 15, 2007
Fats Domino (r) lost discs including Blueberry Hill. Legendary blues singer Fats Domino has been presented with gold discs that were lost or destroyed in Hurricane Katrina at a ceremony in New Orleans. (BBC News -- Americas)
Fats Domino replaces lost awards Aug 15, 2007
Fats Domino receives reproductions of awards lost in Katrina destruction ... Fats Domino receives reproductions of awards lost in Katrina destruction ... 14, 2007 12:00 AM NEW ORLEANS - Reproductions of 20 of Fats Domino's gold records lost or destroyed during Hurricane Katrina were presented to the 79-year-old Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer at a French Quarter nightclub Monday. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Fats Domino receives reproductions of awards lost in Katrina Aug 14, 2007
Twenty of Fats Domino's gold records lost or destroyed during Hurricane Katrina have been reproduced and were presented to the 79-year-old Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer at French Quarter nightclub Monday ... New Orleans rock 'n' roll performer Fats Domino waves to fans after he received a custom musical career and legacy award by the Recording Industry Association of America and was presented with 20 reproduced sales awards by Capitol/EMI replacing ones that he lost to Hurricane Katrina, in New... (WWLTV.com, LA)
Albums Pass Fans' Vinyl Exam Aug 12, 2007
" Daley, a soul and funk fan on vacation from Basingstoke, opened a bulging book bag full of album purchases. "I've got records from James Brown to you name it," he said. The show was organized by St. Petersburg's Richard Rounds, who said prices varied from 50 cents to $1,000. Rounds, who had more than 2,600 45s for sale, holds four shows annually. The next is Nov. 10 at the same site. "My '85 Olds Cutlass was groaning from carrying all these records to the show," said dealer Ray Watkins of... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
It's All Relative Aug 9, 2007
(08-08) 13:48 PDT -- Quarterback JaMarcus Russell, the Oakland Raiders' unsigned No. 1 draft pick, made national news in the fall of 2005, when the former LSU star shared his apartment with legendary musician Fats Domino in the days following Hurricane Katrina. Now, he's the talk of Cal football practices, having bunked up at the house of Bears' senior receiver Robert Jordan. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
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That's how Cleveland ended up sharing a stage with Chubby Checker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and The Platters. He played a private party for Elizabeth Taylor. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Sax man Plas Johnson has put his mark on music culture Aug 8, 2007
During his career, Johnson performed as a featured soloist with a lexicon of jazz, rock, blues and pop icons, including Frank Sinatra, Joe Pass, Les McCann, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Anthony, Nat "King" Cole, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Bobby Darin, B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Dr. John, The Platters, Steely Dan, Fats Domino, Aaron Neville, Smoky Robinson, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Boz Scaggs, Eddie Cochran, Duane Eddy, Ricky Nelson, Jan and Dean, Lyle Lovett and Frank Zappa. Whew. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Wenzel still rocks to past Aug 7, 2007
Wenzel's collection includes international stars such as the Beach Boys, John Fogerty, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Stevie Nicks, Peter Frampton, Bryan Adams, Heart, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Huey Lewis and the News. 38 Special and Honeymoon Suite, Loverboy, Santana and more. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Middle-aged youth Aug 3, 2007
Composed of five self-professed iddle-aged teenagers, the band members are all about what happened after Fats Domino reigned king and before Ludacris hit the airwaves. In short, they love the '80s. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Mets notes: Henderson's rockin' past Jul 22, 2007
If, when Henderson played, he had a recording played each time he approached the plate as players do now, his could have been "I'm Walkin'," a song co-written and recorded by Fats Domino and covered by Ricky Nelson in 1957. The latter version would have delighted Henderson's mother, Bobbie, because she was a Ricky Nelson devotee and named her son after Ozzie and Harriet's second son. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Alexander brings Caribbean blend of jazz to festival Jul 12, 2007
"We really didn't know what we were doing ---- just having fun and trying to sound like Fats Domino, play a little rock and attract the girls. Mostly attract the girls.". Alexander was 17 when the his family moved from Kingston to Florida, lock, stock and barrel. (North County Times)
Fats Domino's Top Chart Hits Compiled for New Collection, Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans Jul 11, 2007
Capitol/EMI is proud to honor Fats Domino's legacy with the August 14 release of Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans, a new 30-track CD and digital album that's as big and rollicking as his New Orleans boogie-woogie ... The first musician to become a rock 'n' roll icon solely on the strength of his music and not as an image or novelty, Fats Domino was also part of many of the early touring rock 'n' roll package shows that barnstormed the country and popularized the new music ... That's how... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Did that really deserve a standing O? Jul 9, 2007
Most memorable of all was the ovation accorded Fats Domino at the 1980 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. The vibrant New Orleans rock pioneer, who resembled a giant cannonball with legs, concluded his charged set by knocking his grand piano across the stage with his stomach. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Beachful of Blues Jul 6, 2007
The title song is a Nicholas original but the others pay tribute to songwriters such as Hank Ballard, Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, Jimmy Rogers, T-Bone Walker and Fats Domino, among others. Nicholas s smokin guitar playing lights up the album and makes it sure-fire testimony to the staying power of Texas blues. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Neville Brothers bring a little bit of New Orleans to Stamford Jul 2, 2007
He honored the Crescent City rhythm and blues legacy on 2000's excellent "New Orleans Cookin,' " which included songs by Professor Longhair, Eddie Bo and Fats Domino. New Orleans' first family of funk was affected by the disaster that followed Hurricane Katrina. (Stamford Advocate)
Rogue Wave Heads 'Heaven'-Ward With Brushfire... Jun 29, 2007
" For a second consecutive week, the top three slots on the Billboard Hot 100 are unchanged. Rihanna's "Umbrella" is No. 1 there for a fifth week, followed by Shop Boyz' "Party Like a Rockstar" at No. 2 and Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" at No. 3. Plain White T's' "Delilah" inches up 5-4, while T-Pain's former No. 1, "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')," drops 4-5. Elton John, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Robert Plant and Willie Nelson have put their own spin on Fats Domino hits for an upcoming... (Billboard.com)
Rihanna, Shop Boyz, Fergie Locked In On Hot 100 Jun 29, 2007
Elton John, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Robert Plant and Willie Nelson have put their own spin on Fats Domino hits for an upcoming charity tribute album, due Sept. 25 via Vanguard. The double-disc "Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino" includes tracks like "I Want to Walk You Home," "Blueberry Hill," "Ain't That a Shame" and "I'm Walkin'.". (MediaWeek.com)
Ain't that a shame Jun 21, 2007
com: No takers for piano signed by Fats Domino. No takers for piano signed by Fats Domino ... No takers for piano signed by Fats Domino to raise money to rebuild New Orleans. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
