Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino/Million Sellers By Fats

Fats Domino | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B000009QE4
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,289 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #73 in Music > Indie Music > R&B > Classic R&B

Track Listings

1. The Fat Man

2. Tired of Crying

3. Goin' Home

4. You Said You Love Me

5. Going to the River

6. Please Don't Leave Me

7. Rose Mary

8. All by Myself

9. Ain't That a Shame

10. Poor Me

11. Bo Weevil

12. Don't Blame It on Me

13. Walking to New Orleans

14. My Girl Josephine

15. Three Nights a Week

16. Shu Rah

17. My Real Name

18. Natural Born Lover

19. Let the Four Winds Blow

20. What a Price

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming, humming, and full of energy, November 19, 2002

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J. C Clark "eanna" (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino/Million Sellers By Fats (Audio CD)

Fats was the star of the 50s and early 60s. Lots of others had some hits (including versions of his songs), but Fats did it for over a decade, rolling out hit after hit after hit for years. This CD collects two albums (themselves just compilations of his innumerable singles) and two "bonus tracks" that really are a bonus. What a value! You know Ain't It A Shame and Bo Weevil and Walking to New Orleans and Let The Four Winds Blow. There's a reason--they were catchy R&B hits then, and still sound darn good today.

But it's the songs that charted then, but aren't in radio play today, that enchant. Forgotten or brand-new...guaranteed enjoyment. You'll be tapping your toes on your first listen. You'll want to be singing along with Fats on the second.

Flawless arrangements (it is startling to hear these songs from years before the rest of pop music got this sophisticated) and the pure, clear and solid vocals from Fats combine for a 26 track treat.

Not every song is a killer, and sometimes they sound a bit too much alike, but we should be grateful to Collectables for packing so much into one CD. You can choose you're own favorites that way.

I've read about compilations have claim to have these songs mastered at the proper speed (implying others do not). Not having the original 45s, I can't speak to that. But they sound as I remember them, and that is better than good.