RIP, Fats Domino

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We lost yet another music legend earlier this week.

Fats Domino is gone.

At the height of his musical career, back in the 1950's, he was the second biggest act in rock 'n roll, behind the King, Elvis Presley. That was during the period of legal segregation, and he and his band often had trouble finding restaurants that would take them, and hotels to sleep, although when he got to be a huge act, some of those places would make an exception for him, to have the honor of having the great Fats Domino as one of their patrons.

Fats Domino was notoriously shy, although he had some incredible hits that remain as some of the best known, iconic songs in rock history to this day. That includes "Blueberry Hill," "Ain't That a Shame," and "I'm Walking," among plenty of others.