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Fats Domino performs at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in February, 1962. Flickr/Franklin & Marshall College hide caption
Fats Domino: The Founding Father Of Rock 'N' Roll
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Fats Domino: The Founding Father Of Rock 'N' Roll
A 1967 portrait of Fats Domino. The singer and pianist died Oct. 24 at age 89. Clive Limpkin/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Ernie K Doe performs at the 2001 New Orleans Jazz Festival. Leon Morris/Redferns hide caption
Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan, by Elaine M. Hayes. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption
Alfred Drake and Patricia Morison perform in the 1958 TV adaptation of Kiss Me, Kate. The music by Cole Porter employed accidental notes to help illustrate the lyrics. Ralph Morse/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images hide caption
Allen Toussaint performs at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Sean Gardner/Getty Images hide caption
Malcolm X addresses a rally in Harlem in New York City on June 29, 1963. AP hide caption
Egypt's fishermen near Alexandria ply the Nile and the Mediterranean Sea. The river is a lifeline for the country. Philip Rizk for NPR hide caption
A hydroelectric plant in Ethiopia. The country hopes to harness the waters of the Blue Nile to export hydropower and to irrigate crops. Dawit Nida hide caption
A hippopotamus wades into the waters of the Nile in Uganda. Miguel Juarez for NPR hide caption