Topic: Fats Domino

Lighter than Eire. Dave Eggar and the Hammerstep ensemble combine traditional music with an innovative take on Irish step dance in this Target Free...

Music of 1955

1950's teens-who had been born in the final years of the Great Depression and the beginnings of World War II-had grown up mainly listening to the music of their parents, which of course was Big Band music, orchestras like Benny Goodman ...

Fats Domino

Pianist and singer-songwriter Fats Domino had a number of hit songs during the early era of rock and roll, including a well-known cover of " Antoine Dominique Domino Recorded 37 Top 40 singles Paul McCartney was inspired by Domino when writing the song ...

Music of the decade: 1950s

? The decade of 45s and LPs that began with the bland went out with a bang, changing from the sweet harmonies of groups like the Four Freshmen to the controversial (and often banned) music of rock ?n roll. Those opening lyrics of ...
Of you want to choose a more creative idea, consider a unique playlist like 50s music from Ricky Nelson, Paul Anka or Bobbie Vinton. A Fats Domino tune like "Blueberry Hill" or the Big Bopper?s? "Chantilly Lace" could offer fun sounds ...
As a ring dried up, he replenished it, using the bottom of the beer bottle to keep the Olympic symbol intact on the worried surface of the table. "Kaycee" turned out to be the overweight woman with the blue eye shadow. The ...
It was the Swing Era and greats like Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald saw us through. Television was introduced, bringing us such characters as Red Skelton, Jack Benny, and Bob Hope. It was the era of the crooners - Bing Crosby, Frank ...
If you want to treat your preschool class to a fun day of learning and playing, throw a sock hop. Since the era was so iconic---poodle skirts, rock and roll, jukeboxes and milkshakes---you can easily transport the kids back to the 1950s ...
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing," the Smithsonian's exhibit on Harlem's cultural mainstay the Apollo Theater, the must-see items aren't Louis Armstrong's trumpet, Michael Jackson's fedora, a trio of flowery dresses once worn by the Supremes ...
Want to know what a jam session between Jack White and Stevie Ray Vaughan might have sounded like, or how Billie Holliday would interpret the latest dreck from Avril Lavigne? This is why Kurt Cobain was never as good as Jimmy Page ...