“Rock And Rollin’” by Fats Domino - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1956Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s

TJR says

Released August 1956 (Imperial LP-9009). Fats second LP in 5 months is led by his recent pop smash “I’m In Love Again” and is supported by a varied and vibrant set of piano driven brilliance which flirts in and out of blues, rock n roll, jive and swing territories. There are 9 originals and 3 covers on this one – “Careless Love” (Ruth Johnson, 1921), “When My Dreamboat Comes Home” (Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, 1936) and “My Blue Heaven” (Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, 1927). Good as they are, it’s the originals which steal my affections – on “Swanee River Hop” (ok, not 100% original but he's claiming it anyway) Fats tinkles and rolls his fingers all over that piano like he’s deeply in love with the thing. Jerry Lee move over… let Fats take over! The album closer is equally fantastic – if ever a song was aptly titled then “Fat’s Frenzy” was surely it… with its’ pumping piano and raucous sax it was a suitably dynamic finale to the terrific second album…

The Jukebox Rebel
26–Jan–2012

Tracklist
A1 [02:07] 6.5.png Fats Domino - My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson, George Whiting) Big Band / Jive / Swing
A2 [02:47] 8.3.png Fats Domino - Swanee River Hop (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A3 [02:33] 6.2.png Fats Domino - Second Line Jump (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A4 [02:14] 7.2.png Fats Domino - Goodbye (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A5 [02:16] 7.5.png Fats Domino - Careless Love (William C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Martha E. Koenig) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A6 [02:06] 7.2.png Fats Domino - I Love Her (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B1 [01:56] 7.9.png Fats Domino - I’m In Love Again (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B2 [02:19] 7.0.png Fats Domino - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B3 [02:40] 6.7.png Fats Domino - Are You Going My Way (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B4 [02:03] 7.4.png Fats Domino - If You Need Me (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B5 [02:42] 7.7.png Fats Domino - My Heart Is In Your Hands (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B6 [02:25] 8.1.png Fats Domino - Fat’s Frenzy (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly

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