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S30E4: Fats Domino: The Birth of Rock N' Roll
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American Masters S30E4: Fats Domino: The Birth of Rock N' Roll

  • Aired: 2016-02-26
  • Time: 22:00:00
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview

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.