| 词条 | The Fat Man (song) |
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| name = The Fat Man | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Fats Domino | album = | A-side = Detroit City Blues | released = December 1949 | format = Shellac record | recorded = J&M Studio; December 10, 1949 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Rhythm and blues|rock and roll}} | length = 2:35 | label = Imperial | writer = Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Boogie-Woogie Baby | next_year = 1950 }} "The Fat Man" is a song by American rhythm and blues recording artist Fats Domino. It was written by Domino and Dave Bartholomew, and recorded on December 10, 1949.[1] It is often cited as one of the first rock and roll records. Recording{{unreferenced section|date=August 2013}}The song was recorded for Imperial Records in Cosimo Matassa's J&M studio on Rampart Street in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, December 10, 1949. Imperial's Lew Chudd had previously asked Dave Bartholomew to show him some locally popular talent, and was most impressed with the 21-year-old Fats Domino, then playing at a working class dive in the 9th Ward of New Orleans. Domino sang and played piano, along with Earl Palmer on drums, Frank Fields on string bass, Ernest McLean on guitar, and sax players Herbert Hardesty, Clarence Hall, Joe Harris, and Red Tyler. Sadly, the aluminum (or lacquer) master disc recording has been missing for over 50 years. Today's masters come from well-preserved 78 copies. Music and lyrics{{unreferenced section|date=August 2013}}The tune is a variation on the traditional New Orleans tune "Junker's Blues", as written by Drive'em Down, which also provided the melody for Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," and Professor Longhair's "Tipitina". "The Fat Man" features Domino's piano with a distinct back beat that dominates both the lead and the rhythm section. Earl Palmer said it was the first time a drummer played nothing but back beat for recording, which he said he derived from a Dixieland "out chorus." Domino also scats a pair of choruses in a distinctive wah-wah falsetto, creating a variation on the lead similar to a muted Dixieland trumpet or a harmonica. They call, they call me the fat man ´Cause I weigh 200 pounds: All the girls they love me ´Cause I know my way around The lyrics refer to watching Creole women at the intersection of Rampart Street and Canal Street, which at the time were the business centers of the city's African American and Caucasian population, respectively. Personnel
Release and reception"The Fat Man" was released in December 1949 by Imperial Records right before Christmas and begun to gain national attention in January 1950, and on February 18, it reached number two on the R&B Singles chart.[1] It was Domino's debut single, the B-Side being "Detroit City Blues". Imperial advertising claimed it sold 10,000 copies in New Orleans in 10 days, and the record became a national hit in late January 1950. It sold one million copies by 1953.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} "The Fat Man" is often cited as one of the first rock and roll records.[2] Musicologist Ned Sublette said that the song was rock and roll before the term had been coined and that Domino crossed a line by playing a stripped-down, more aggressive boogie-woogie piano with a series of "piano-triplet-and-snare-backbeat hits."[3] References1. ^1 {{cite AV media notes|last=Kolanjian|first=Steve|year=1990|title=My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino - Volume 1|publisher=EMI|id=CDP-7-92808-2|type=CD liner notes}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|authorlink1=Richie Unterberger|last2=Hicks|first2=Samb|page=165|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwtAx1xP9BMC&pg=PA165|accessdate=August 10, 2013|title=Music USA: The Rough Guide|publisher=Rough Guides|year=1999|isbn=185828421X}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Sublette|first=Ned|authorlink=Ned Sublette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bLlopNtI-IC&pg=PA57|accessdate=August 10, 2013|page=57|title=The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans|publisher=Chicago Review Press|year=2009|isbn=1569763232}} Further reading
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