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Pianist and singer Fats Domino enjoyed wide spread fame after the release of his 1955 single Ain't That A Shame.
May 1, 2000 - Nick Spitzer has a profile of Fats Domino and his 1955 song Ain't That a Shame, which is on our list of the most influential pieces of American music form the last century. Domino was born and raised in New Orleans, and learned to play rhythm and blues piano from an older relative there. He had many big-selling hit songs, including Blueberry Hill, Walkin' to New Orleans, Blue Monday, and I'm Walkin'. Ain't That a Shame was his first hit not recorded in New Orleans, and it was also the first to crossover from the R&B charts to the mostly white pop charts of the day.
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