One of the most popular rockers of the 1950s and early 60s, Fats Domino and his record sales were rivaled then only by Elvis Presley. With his boogie-woogie piano playing rooted in blues, rhythm & blues, and jazz, he became one of the inventors, along with Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, of rock ‘n’ roll, a revolutionary genre that united young black and white audiences.
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Fats Domino
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Clarke Peters
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Cosimo Matassa
David Bartholomew
AMERICAN MASTERS | Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock N' Roll | Trailer | PBS
