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During his career, Domino had 35 records in the U.S. Billboard Top 40, and five of his pre-1955 records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.

His musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums.

His 1949 release "The Fat Man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling Rock 'n Roll record.

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Fats Domino, recalling his relationship with Elvis in an interview with Michael Hurtt for the magazine Backtalk and published on June 1,2004 ii) referring to the picture they had of each other, it was taken minutes after Elvis himself called Fats “the King of Rock ’n’ Roll.” in a 1969 press conference when he diverted the attention of members of the press from calling him "King" and directed attention to Fats, who was also at the press conference. Rewinding to 1956, it was a time when musicians borrowed from each other in creating this new sound, leading to a bridge over the nation’s racial divide being constructed from the rockabilly crafted in Memphis by Bill, Scotty and Elvis.

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