Fats Domino: American Masters

Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll - Preview

Season 30

How Fats Domino’s brand of New Orleans rhythm & blues morphed into rock 'n' roll.

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.

AIR DATE 2/26/16

About Fats Domino: American Masters

Discover how Fats Domino’s brand of New Orleans rhythm and blues became rock ‘n’ roll. As popular in the 1950s as Elvis Presley, Domino suffered degradations in the pre-civil rights South and aided integration through his influential music.

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