What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

sorry, no cover picture for this one for some reason...

anyway,
a very,very strong collection of twenty of Fats' biggest hits,infact most of these hit the Billboard R&B top 10 back in the day.
very little to criticise about this boogie-woogie ivory tinkler from New Orleans, he apparently outsold every major US rock n roll singer in the 1950s except for....you guessed it, Elvis Presley, yet still remains slightly under-rated and under appreciated by the majority of people, but such classics as Blueberry Hill,Aint That A Shame,I'm Walkin' and Walking To New Orleans will alaways be regarded by me as essential songs in the formative years of Rock & Roll.
although more of an R&B,blues singer, Fats was an important part of music.
i had almost forgot about Fats till i saw news vision of him sitting on his roof clutching a box of old 78s during the Katrina storm that ravashed New Orleans a decade ago...it was good to see him still living there and that he wasnt going to leave his home for some stupid hurricane aged somewhere around 75....good on you Fats!
i had to go back and listen to this cd again once i played it to see if my score was correct as i initially thought i had overplayed the three star ratings...thankfully they held up,thus, this is a great album IMO
i cannot pick a best or a worst track off here as most of the two's could be threes on another day, and to single out one to say its the best dismisses several others as not being best tracks....

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

tracks:

1. blueberry hill ***
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (From "Legends of Rock 'n' Roll") - YouTube live
2. im walking ***
I'm walking - Fats domino - YouTube audio
3. im ready ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2eZZBMt1CQ audio
4. be my guest ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpjZ9CpQG4 live
5. my girl josephine ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbmu3Uj9kJk audio
6. three nights a week **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9BiB375XyM audio
7. i want you to know **
FATS DOMINO - I WANT YOU TO KNOW - YouTube audio
8. dont come knocking ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO2y3UIOdk8 audio
9. blue monday ***
Fats Domino - Blue Monday 1957 - YouTube live
10.put your arms around me **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUl_AEMasA audio
11.aint that a shame ***
Fats Domino - Ain't that a shame - YouTube audio
12.whole lotta loving ***
Fats Domino - Whole lotta loving. - YouTube live
13.my blue heaven **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjRN-74qPuc audio
14.i want to walk you home ***
Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home - YouTube audio
15.let the four winds blow ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpuMXRlLiQI audio
16.the big beat **
FATS DOMINO The Big Beat - YouTube audio
17.when my dreamboat comes home **
When My Dreamboat Comes Home - Fats Domino - YouTube audio
18.im gonna be a wheel someday ***
Fats Domino - I`m gonna be a wheel someday. - YouTube live
19.coquette ***
Fats Domino COQUETTE 1958 - YouTube audio
20.walking to new orleans ***
Fats Domino-Walking To New Orleans - YouTube audio

3s=14
2s=6
1s=0

rating: 2.7