Die Liste der Musiker, die er geprägt hat, ist lang. Sie reicht von Billy Joel über Leonard Cohen bis hin zu Paul Mc Cartney. Antoine „Fats“ Domino gilt als einer der Godfathers Of Rock’n’Roll. Gestern, am 24.10.2017 ist der Pianist in New Orleans gestorben.

Leonard Cohen on Fats Domino:

„The Moon stood still on Blueberry Hill.’ “If I thought I could write lines like that, I’d be more than happy.”

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“ I lived beside jukeboxes all through the fifties. … I never knew who was singing. I never followed things that way. I still don’t. I wasn’t a student of music; I was a student of the restaurant I was in — and the waitresses. The music was a part of it. I knew what number the song was. „