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 Four songs of Domino's were named to the Grammy Hall of Fame for their significance in music history: “Blueberry Hill,” “Ain’t It A Shame,” “Walking to New Orleans” and “The Fat Man.” 
 
 Domino was also presented with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. His daughter told WWL-TV anchor Eric Paulsen, a longtime friend, that Domino died peacefully at home surrounded by family. Born Antoine Domino Jr. in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward on Feb. 26, 1928, the Creole French musician pioneered a boogie-woogie piano style that would become the bedrock of rock. “And I’ve been playing it for 15 years in New Orleans.” 
 
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 His records inspired generations of performers—most notably John Lennon, who said that Domino’s “Ain’t That a Shame” was the first song he ever learned how to play. Having been taught piano at age 10 by his brother-in-law, jazz musician Harrison Verrett, Domino dropped out of school a short time later to play local bars at night. “Those guys were big names and Antoine — that’s what everybody called him then — had just got married and gained weight. “I used to hear ’em, listen at ’em five, six, seven, eight times and I could play it just like the record because I had a good ear for catchin’ notes and different things.” 
 
 By day he supported himself working a series of odd jobs, including stints at a bedspring factory and as an assistant at an ice delivery service. “That’s how I practiced.” 
 
 It was during this time that he was given his distinctive nickname by bandleader Bill Diamond—a comment less on his physical size but his piano style, which recalled that of Fats Waller and Fats Pichon. I started calling him ‘Fats’ and it stuck.” 
 
 It also helped generate the first recording for Domino and Bartholomew, “The Fat Man.” The song, written by the pair and recorded at Cosimo Matassa's studio, became one of a series of recordings for Imperial Records that sold between 500,000 and 1 million copies. Domino followed up this success with a pair of Top 5 songs, “Blue Monday” and “I’m Walkin’.” 
 
 The pop hits continued into the ’60s with “Whole Lotta Lovin’,” “I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday,” “Walkin’ to New Orleans” and “My Girl Josephine.” His version of “Lady Madonna”—the Beatles song he inspired—marked an appropriate end to his string of Hot 100 entries, but he continued to be a force on the Country charts for many years. Jazz Archiv Hamburg/ullstein bild/Getty 
 
 In honor of his immense influence to music, the portly piano-playing prodigy was honored with an induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. People would have missed something great about Fats if they had just heard the more "correct" takes — the ones without that extra off-the-wall thing that Fats would bring. See the list of Fats' biggest hits - it's a long one 
 
 New Orleans Advocate music writer Keith Spera once called Domino the most significant contributor to the New Orleans musical canon, second only to Louis Armstrong. RIP Fats Domino — Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) October 25, 2017 
 
 "That innocence is there in his music … people respond to that goodness." By Dr. John 
 
 After John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Fats Domino and his partner, Dave Bartholomew, were probably the greatest team of songwriters ever. The songwriting pair also found success in mainstream America with their 1955 song "Ain't It A Shame,” which was retitled to its now widely known, "Ain't That A Shame." He was like Thelonious Monk that way. “You can take Domino out of New Orleans – rarely – but you cannot take the New Orleans out of Domino.” 
 
 VIDEO: Emotional Eric Paulsen recalls friendship with Domino 
 
 VIDEO: Domino tours devastated home after Katrina, vows to stay in New Orleans 
 
 Beginning in 1949 with “The Fat Man,” Domino and his longtime collaborator and producer Dave Bartholomew cranked out hit after hit, laying a foundation for what would become rock and roll in the 1950s.
– Rock 'n' roll legend Fats Domino is dead at age 89, reports WWL-TV of New Orleans. His daughter confirmed the news to the station. No cause of death was immediately released, but the singer—born Antoine Domino Jr. in New Orleans, per People—was surrounded by family and friends. Fats soared to fame in the early days of rock 'n' roll with hits such as "Blueberry Hill," "Ain't That a Shame," and "Walking to New Orleans" and was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone once put him at No. 25 on a list of the "100 Greatest Artists" of all time.