•b. 1928 (Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.) in 9th Ward, New Orleans

•learned boogie woogie piano in NOLA clubs

•“The Fat Man” (1949) considered one of the 1st rock and roll records

•Dave Bartholomew: co-writer, producer, bandleader

•sold more records (65 million) than any 50s rocker except Elvis Presley

Fats Domino

Inducted 1986

Piano, drums, horns, bass, electric guitar

Active bass line (bass, sax, piano)

Tresillo: Spanish for triplet

Boogie woogie(horns, piano LH, bass)

Tresillo

Triplets(piano RH)

Back beat(guitar)

Beat 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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