Other seemingly very simple Domino songs hit listeners in powerful ways for very different reasons. “Goin’ Home,” a song that Fats wrote about his and he band members’ homesickness for New Orleans, ...

“Blueberry Hill” was written by three songwriters: Vincent Rose, who composed the music, and Larry Stock & Al Lewis, who wrote the lyrics. It was published in 1940, some sixteen years before Fats ...

Dave Bartholomew, the hard-driving New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader who co-wrote and produced most of Fats Domino’s hits, died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 100. Bartholomew and Domino formed ...

From the moment of his dramatic rescue from the flooded Lower 9th Ward, Antoine "Fats" Domino emerged as a poster boy for post-Katrina New Orleans. His plight has come to symbolize the storm's vast ...

Some gems from the life’s work of people remembered in obituaries in The New York Times. By Daniel J. Wakin Mr. Bartholomew, a producer, arranger, composer, trumpet player and bandleader, was best ...

The New Orleans legend and charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame sold more than 110 million records, with hits including "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't It a Shame." By The Associated Press The ...

Antoine “Fats” Domino, the iconic New Orleans singer-songwriter whose piano-playing sound and smiling face entertained generations of audiences around the world and introduced an unmistakable rock and ...