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Rock and roll legend Fats Domino dies
BBC News ^
| October 25, 2017
| BBC
Posted on 10/25/2017 7:54:24 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
Fats Domino, one of most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89. The American rock and roll artist was best known for his songs Ain't That A Shame and Blueberry Hill. The New Orleans singer sold more than 65 million records, outselling every 1950s rock and roll act except Elvis Presley. His million-selling debut single, The Fat Man, is credited by some as the first ever rock and roll record.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aintthatashame; blueberryhill; domino; fats; fatsdomino; obituary; rocknroll
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To: Carl Vehse
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:55:40 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: Carl Vehse
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:56:25 AM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: Carl Vehse
He wasn't already dead??? Wow. I thought he died about 30 years ago.
Maybe I'm thinking of Minnesota Fats.
Ah, well. RIP, Fats. I hope you find Heaven more thrilling than Blueberry Hill.
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:57:37 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Carl Vehse
He was popular before we all became racists.
ML/NJ
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:57:48 AM PDT
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ml/nj
To: Carl Vehse
That’s what he gets for not keeping control of his weight.
Just kidding...I’ll take 89 years any day, providing I’m reasonably healthy at the end.
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:58:36 AM PDT
by
BobL
( I beat up McDonald's and Walmart because it makes me feel like a man.)
To: Carl Vehse
Hearing this, unfortunately, was like me hearing Abe Vigota had passed away.
“Oh, he was still alive? I thought he died years ago...”
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posted on
10/25/2017 7:58:55 AM PDT
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Carl Vehse
He’s been Walking to New Orleans since 1960, hope now he can get some Rest (in Peace).
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:01:02 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Carl Vehse
“I got my thrill on Blueberry Hill” Thanks for the Music! RIP
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:01:48 AM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: Carl Vehse
I saw Fats Domino perform in Las Vegas in 1991. He didn’t sing, but man, what a performance on the piano.
Fats Domino was followed by Chubby Checker, who announced the ceasefire that ended the Iraqi War before doing his own performance.
To: Carl Vehse
Robert Guiallme of Benson fame passed yesterday.
Fats Domino today.
These celebrity deaths always happen in threes.
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:03:03 AM PDT
by
DallasBiff
(Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
To: Carl Vehse
To: Carl Vehse; Texas Eagle
He never left the old neighborhood.
He had to be rescued from Katrina.
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10/25/2017 8:05:17 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Carl Vehse
Fats Domino paved the way for Chubby Checker.
To: Dr. Sivana
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:08:02 AM PDT
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Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Carl Vehse
Blueberry Hill....Not where we found our thrill...but close enough
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:17:37 AM PDT
by
deport
To: Carl Vehse
“Ain’t that a shame...”
RIP
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:18:06 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: Carl Vehse
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posted on
10/25/2017 8:22:34 AM PDT
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PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampae begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: JimSEA
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10/25/2017 8:33:51 AM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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