[On December
10, 1949, Antoine “Fats” Domino recorded “The Fat Man,” his first
recording at New Orleans’ legendary J&M
Recording Studios and one of the first rock ‘n roll recordings ever made.
So this week I’ve AmericanStudied 50s musical icons, leading up to this
crowd-sourced post drawn from the responses & ideas of fellow
AmericanStudiers—add yours in comments, please!]
My most
recent Guest Poster, and one of my favorite current musicians, Kent Rose
offers a few responses to the week’s posts:
Responding to
both Monday’s
post and the week’s focus on Fats Domino, he writes, “Impossible for me to think of Fats without Dave Bartholomew, who produced, arranged and wrote for Fats and many others.
On major Jewish influences, Fred Rose who came from Brooklyn, wrote show tunes, produced, arranged
and co-wrote with Hank Williams, Sr.” He adds, “Another fascinating story for
me is that of Doc Pomus, an oft overlooked musical giant.”
And responding to Friday’s
post, Kent writes, “I would respectfully disagree
that Buddy Holly's sound was like Bill Haley's. Holly's original songs were
lasting gems, covered many times, and that's why he's remembered more than
Ritchie Valens, whose career was so brief that his catalogue was less
substantial.”
Also on Friday’s post, Jeff Brenner adds, “Favorite song of
all time. Saw him live at Symphony Hall early 70s; lots of folks hate the song;
I’ll have to avoid looking at replies.”
Other responses:
Anne Holub writes, “The history
of the Louvin
brothers is fascinating and sad. More country music but
they also kind of fall in that category of early rock and roll.”
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. What do you
think? Other musical icons or moments you’d highlight?
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