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Fats Domino

1928 - 2017

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Antoine Caliste Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fats Domino is the 335th most popular musician (down from 315th in 2019), the 2,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Musician.

Fats Domino is most famous for his rock and roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s.

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Among musicians, Fats Domino ranks 335 out of 3,175. Before him are Narciso Yepes, Sean Lennon, Sidney Bechet, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Jean-Pierre Rampal, and Joe Zawinul. After him are Friedrich Gulda, André Previn, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Sérgio Mendes, Ian Stewart, and Gustavo Santaolalla.

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Among people born in 1928, Fats Domino ranks 106. Before him are Roddy McDowall, Christa Ludwig, Ernest Simoni, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Đorđe Martinović incident, and Michel Serrault. After him are Bernard Buffet, Ida Haendel, Seymour Papert, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir Beara, and Sara Montiel. Among people deceased in 2017, Fats Domino ranks 87. Before him are Michael Nyqvist, Zhou Youguang, Peter Abrahams, Jake LaMotta, Abdul Halim of Kedah, and Lubomyr Husar. After him are Charlie Murphy, Anita Pallenberg, John Berger, Karl-Otto Apel, Kim Jong-nam, and Ljubiša Samardžić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fats Domino ranks 2,041 out of 20,380. Before him are Sidney Bechet (1897), James Baldwin (1924), Spiro Agnew (1918), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Adam Scott (1973), and Walter Bradford Cannon (1871). After him are Charlie Murphy (1959), John Sturges (1910), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Wilford Brimley (1934), Khloé Kardashian (1984), and Jake Gyllenhaal (1980).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Fats Domino ranks 94. Before him are Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Ike Turner (1931), XXXTentacion (1998), Beck (1970), Sean Lennon (1975), and Sidney Bechet (1897). After him are Kirk Hammett (1962), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Jack White (1975), John Densmore (1944), Hugh McDonald (1950), and Isaac Hayes (1942).

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