Domino first attracted national attention with "The Fat Man" in 1949 on Imperial Records. This song is a rock and roll record, with a rolling piano and Domino doing "wah-wah noise Strongback delayed. It sold over a million copies and is widely regarded as the cornerstone role and record of doing so.
Fats Domino has launched a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonist Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler and drummer Earl Palmer. and other renowned musicians in the old Domino's band is saxophonist Reggie Houston, Lee Allen and Fred Kemp, Domino confidence conductor. Domino finally crossed into mainstream pop with "Is not That Shame" (1955), which hit the Top Ten, though Pat Boone hit # 1 with a typical light cover of the song playing in the era separate race-wide radio. Domino finally had 37 Top 40 singles.
Domino's first album, Go Rockin ', released under the impression Imperial, # 9009, in November 1955 and later reissued Asrock and Rollin' with Fats Domino in 1956. The combination of a number of successes as well as some unreleased tracks as singles, the album continues with another title to reach # 17 in the charts "Pop Album".
His up-tempo version of 1956, 1940 Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock song, "Blueberry Hill" reached No. 2 on the Top 40, was # 1 R & B charts for 11 weeks, and his greatest success. "Blueberry Hill" sold more than 5 million copies worldwide in the years 1956-1957. This song previously recorded by Gene Autry and Louis Armstrong among many others. He also singles between 1956 and 1959, including "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" (Pop # 14) "I'm Walkin '" (Pop # 4), "Valley of Tears" (Pop # 8), "This I Love You" (Pop # 6), "Whole Lotta Loving" (Pop # 6), "I Want to Walk Home" (Pop # 8), and "Be My Guest" (Pop # 8).
Domino appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock! and Girl Can not Help It. On December 18, 1957, Domino's hit "The Big Beat" was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
On November 2, 1956, riots erupted in the exhibition Fats Domino in Fayetteville, North Carolina, police turned to tear gas to disperse unruly crowds. Domino jumping from windows to avoid combat, he and two other members of the group a little injured.Fayettevile, NC 11/02/1956
Domino continues to have a stable set of results for Imperial through early 1962, including "Walkin 'to New Orleans" (1960) (Pop # 6), co-written by Bobby Charles, and "My Girl Josephine "(Pop # 14) of the year the same thing. After Imperial Records was sold to third parties in early 1963, Domino left the label: "I'm stuck with them until they are sold," he said in 1979. In all, Domino records more than 60 singles for the label, placing 40 songs in the top 10 on the R & B chart, and scored 11 top 10 singles in the pop charts. Twenty-two singles imperial Domino's hitting on both sides.
