His big breakthrough into the general (white) record market came with his Top 10 hit “Ain’t That a Shame” in mid-1955.
Through the early 1950s, Domino’s fame was primarily in the African American music scene.
As one of its earliest artists, he began to make a name for himself with “Goin’ Home” (1952) and “Going to the River” (1953). During the early 1950s, Domino, with Bartholomew as co-writer and producer, continued to capitalize on the rising popularity of rock and roll. The song sold a million copies nationally and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll song to sell at that level. With Bartholomew’s help, Domino got a deal with Imperial Records, where he recorded his first hit, “The Fat Man,” in 1949. In the 1940s, he joined trumpeter Dave Bartholomew’s band. Learning songs from jukeboxes, Domino began playing at local bars and nightclubs. When he was fourteen, he quit school and went to work as a musician.
Fats’ passion for and expertise with the piano continued to grow. From a young age, Fats was influenced by his father, a musician who played the banjo and fiddle.Īt the age of ten, Domino began to play an old piano the family purchased, learning the instrument from his older brother-in-law Harrison Werrett, who had played in a New Orleans band. Fats, as he was soon called because of his weight, was raised in a large family of seven children, including his four brothers and two sisters. Antoine “Fats” Domino, an early rock and roll musician, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 26, 1928, to Antoine Domino, a former plantation worker, and Donatile Gros, a Creole of light complexion.
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