The loss of his recording label, Imperial Records, and the attempt by his next one to soften his music and make him more marketable were the final nails in the coffin, and by 1980, Domino stepped down and opted to enter semi-retirement.
Domino would produce several more crossover hits and star in various rock ‘n’ roll films, with Elvis Presley himself calling Domino the “King of Rock and Roll”.Īlas, as the 1960s rolled in, Domino was swept away by new talent, such as the Beatles, who, regardless, credited him as one of their major inspirations. His cover of “Blueberry Hill” in 1956 proved to surpass all his other hits, selling well over 5 million copies and reaching #2 on the charts. Reaching the top of the charts, this was the song that really broke Domino through to the public. His next hit would come in 1955 with the release of “Ain’t That a Shame”. During the day, he worked odd jobs to support his musical career at night.Ĭome 1949 and the release of Domino’s first boogie-woogie single “The Fat Man”, speculated to be the earliest example of rock ‘n’ roll, turned him into a star overnight, selling over a million copies. A natural born musician, Domino was playing in honky-tonk bands when he was just 10, and by the time he was 14, he quit school entirely to devote himself to music. He was the youngest of eight children, coming from a family of French-speaking Creoles living in New Orleans. CAIRO – 27 October 2017: Fats Domino, the rock ‘n’ roll legend who inspired the Beatles and helped shape the future of popular music, passed away Tuesday, October 24 at the age of 89.Īntoine Dominique Domino Jr.
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