I only recently found Lloyd Price. I love his music. I really should spend more time on youtube....and some days much less. I will begin with a song or two and realize that I have wondered through decades of music for most of the day.
The pianist and singer, who died at 89, was one of the few remaining links to the era when jazz, blues, boogie, and R&B were melding to form a new genre.
Fats Domino lands near the top of the list in any debate about who invented rock and roll, but in reality, the great pianist and singer’s work demonstrates the futility of searching for a single creator or moment of genesis. Domino, who died Tuesday at 89, was one of the musicians who came from the jazz and blues tradition, added a slightly harder beat and feel to their music, and produced the sound that conquered the world.
Take Domino’s first record, the 1949 cut “ The Fat Man .” The 21-year-old Domino took the classic piano blues “ Junker’s Blues ” and turned the rolling surge of Champion Jack Dupree’s 1940 version into a full-fledged boogie-woogie gale, adding his own new words. (As his nickname and the song’s lyrics imply, Domino had no hesitations about poking fun at his notable girth, also joking that he was as wide as he was tall.) Domino didn’t write the tune, a standard in his hometown of New Orleans. Nor was he the only one to adapt it: Professor Longhair’s “ Tipitina ” and Lloyd Price’s “ Lawdy Miss Clawdy ” are siblings, but he beat them to it, and recognized how hard he could make the track rock. Then he added in a touch that remains strikingly weird even today—a vocalized “wah-wah” solo that mimicked the harmonica solos of Delta and Chicago blues.
Or take Domino’s most enduring hit, “ Blueberry Hill .” The song itself dates to 1940 and.. (Cont'd)
Ain't That s Shame
Outstanding
I'm Walking
RIP Fat's you rocked the world.
Another legend is gone...Fats was one of the originals and the beginning of a whole new style.
I enjoyed Fats' music.
I recently learned that Fats Domino played piano on the following recording, but could not be credited because it conflicted with his contract.
Thanks mocowgirl, I didn't know that and Price was a favorite of mine. IMO his best was ''Stagger Lee''.
You're welcome.
I only recently found Lloyd Price. I love his music. I really should spend more time on youtube....and some days much less. I will begin with a song or two and realize that I have wondered through decades of music for most of the day.
Lloyd Price-- wow-- that brings back memories!
I really liked his music, years ago-- but haven't heard any of it for a long time.
I remember "Stagger Lee", & also this one-- one of his biggest hits of the time:
This is an excellent bio-- well worth a read:
Fats Domino: Remembering a Rock and Roll Pioneer
The pianist and singer, who died at 89, was one of the few remaining links to the era when jazz, blues, boogie, and R&B were melding to form a new genre.
Fats Domino lands near the top of the list in any debate about who invented rock and roll, but in reality, the great pianist and singer’s work demonstrates the futility of searching for a single creator or moment of genesis. Domino, who died Tuesday at 89, was one of the musicians who came from the jazz and blues tradition, added a slightly harder beat and feel to their music, and produced the sound that conquered the world.
Take Domino’s first record, the 1949 cut “ The Fat Man .” The 21-year-old Domino took the classic piano blues “ Junker’s Blues ” and turned the rolling surge of Champion Jack Dupree’s 1940 version into a full-fledged boogie-woogie gale, adding his own new words. (As his nickname and the song’s lyrics imply, Domino had no hesitations about poking fun at his notable girth, also joking that he was as wide as he was tall.) Domino didn’t write the tune, a standard in his hometown of New Orleans. Nor was he the only one to adapt it: Professor Longhair’s “ Tipitina ” and Lloyd Price’s “ Lawdy Miss Clawdy ” are siblings, but he beat them to it, and recognized how hard he could make the track rock. Then he added in a touch that remains strikingly weird even today—a vocalized “wah-wah” solo that mimicked the harmonica solos of Delta and Chicago blues.
Or take Domino’s most enduring hit, “ Blueberry Hill .” The song itself dates to 1940 and.. (Cont'd)