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Rock pioneer Fats Domino dead at 89
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This file photo taken on Aug. 19, 2007 shows New Orleans resident and legendary piano player Fats Domino after meeting with reporters to talk about his 2- disk album (Agence France -Presse/Paul J. Richards)
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ats Domino, the rhythm and blues pianist whose rollicking style helped give birth to rock 'n' roll, died Wednesday, the coroner said. He was 89.
An official at the coroner's office in Domino's lifelong home of New Orleans confirmed his death, which was earlier announced by the rock legend's daughter to a local television station.
Rolling Stone magazine said that as a contemporary of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, Domino was among the first acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was reportedly only second to Presley in record sales thanks to a titanic string of 11 top 10 hits between 1955 and 1960.
Some of his hit songs like "I’m Walkin,’" "Blue Monday" and "Walking to New Orleans," became rock standards, covered by Led Zeppelin, Cheap Trick, Randy Newman, Ricky Nelson, and John Lennon, among many others.
