Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
2016
Documentary
Music
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.
Cast
Fats Domino
Self
Clarke Peters
Narrator
Cosimo Matassa
David Bartholomew
Directors
Joe Lauro
