Zack: Come, precious readers, and climb into a time machine with me. We’re going all the way back to the mystical year of 1956. Housewives are vacuuming in pearls while a roast cooks in the oven for an average Tuesday dinner. America has just recently mobilized for a war effort in Vietnam. And the suburbs are beginning to near bursting point. Down in good ol’ NOLA, Fats Domino was busy fashioning himself into a musical icon by producing hit single after hit single. He was crafting music into what it is today by mixing every sort of genre into a cauldron, stirring it up, and adding some cayenne, the trinity, and Zatarains. The finished result was one part rock & roll, one part jazz, one part R&B, and one part gumbo. This album is a great concoction that has something for everybody. Fats provides some great vocals to accompany strong instrument work. But my favorite song, The Fat Man’s Hop, dropped those vocals entirely and just featured a bunch of musicians going to town. Seriously, if you want to hear some great piano, I recommend checking that song out.
Favorite Tracks: The Fat Man’s Hop; Blueberry Hill; You Done Me Wrong
Emily: We have arrived at one of the oldest albums on the list. All the way from 1956, we have blues legend Fats Domino. Fats was one of the first, and one of the best, to combine jazz, blues, and R&B into this little thing we call rock and roll. He sang and played the piano with soul, style, and heart, and that really shines through on this album. From up-tempo, jazzy love songs to bluesy tales of woe, Fats infuses each note and lyric with emotion and personality. That emotional element is what separates the talented musicians from the legends, and Fats Domino is certainly a legend in his own right.
Favorite Tracks: La La; Honey Chile; Troubles of My Own
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