[sparklite2]

I was in junior high when Fats got into rock and roll.
Other things going on were duck-tail haircuts, pants with little belts in the back, boy’s leather shoes with one big zipper controlled by one big flap, the hot color combination of the day was pink and black, and of most importance, the breakout styling of the 1955 automobiles.

White singers did sanitized covers of black R & B, such as Ricky Nelson’s pale version of “I’m Walking” and Pat Boone’s white bread “Ain’t That a Shame.” If Elvis hadn’t come along, we’d have had to invent him.

In Hollywood, the dream couple was Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. At least until Eddie betrayed her for Elizabeth Taylor.

Good times, sorta.

[a fool in paradise]

Fats was into rock and roll for years by 1955.

Pat Boone’s version was a million seller and financially rewarded Domino and took Domino’s version to the pop charts. It was a tepid record though.

Blueberry Hill was itself a cover.

Glenn Miller - Blueberry Hill (Billboard No.10 1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooYmgwrxnbs

[Fiji Hill]

the hot color combination of the day was pink and black...

"Pink and Black Days," a program about the early years of rock and roll heard at 8:00 PM PST on Saturdays over the Fifties on Five channel on Sirius satellite radio is one of my favorite broadcasts.

[a fool in paradise]

1928 recording of Keep A Knockin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE2YCFcZK0A

1930s Milton Brown’s Texas Swing version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHxbVB9X0Xc

1939 Louis Jordan’s 1939 version of Keep A Knockin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pcve7daxNM

[Gadsden1st]

You left out the Levis with cuff rolled, long sleeve white shirt with sleeves rolled twice, white buck shoes, and a flat top....Frat look.