Today, Fats has 26 records behind him, including his own version of “Blue Heaven” and “I’m In Love Again,” both of which have remained close to the top of the disc jockey charts for the past seven weeks.
His first music lessons came from an uncle, Hariss Verett, who played in the Celestin and Ory bands in the early 1930s. And he showed them early.ĭomino was singing in New Orleans cafes when he was only ten years old. One of ten children, Fats was the only one with musical inclinations. Since the Mississippi guitar player has been rather freely exploited on several of the nation’s leading television shows, this look-see, perhaps, should concern itself with introducing the 250 pound piano player from New Orleans.įats, who now is happily married and the father of six children, was christened Antoine when he first saw the light of 28 years ago in the Louisiana metropolis.Īs so often happens, his New Orleans birthright exposed him to the influence of the great “Papa” Celestin and the equally talented Kid Ory, both of whom have discovered a bevy of topline artists-Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, et al. Presley with his hip-swinging and nasal whine Domino with his foot-stomping and husky shout. Still, if you listen to the people in the street, you’re not sure whether Fats and Elvis are artists or hooligans.Įach makes his own contribution to the craze of the day. Wherever they go, they’re mobbed by admirers. Domino and Presley take turns hogging the spotlight on the “rock ‘n’ roll” hit parade.
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