Great sampling of his fifties music

This compilation has he early fifties music (pre-Blueberry Hill) on the second CD and his later fifties music on the first CD. The appeal of Fats Domino's music rests as much on his piano playing as anything else, but like other great pianists, he was expected to sing too if He Was to have sustained success as a solo performer.

Taking the second CD first, since the music here is older, the big track Here is the fat man, originally released as a B-side. The original A-side, Detroit City Blues, is not even included, but I have not heard it so I can not say Whether it was a good decision or not. This CD contains a selection of his early hits on the American R + B charts but not all of them.

The first CD is The One That Appeals of the most, understandably like that. Again, the really big hits are here, but there's plenty missing if you are comparing the tracks listed with the chars.

This is a nice introduction to Fats Domino's music of the fifties, but by No Means definitive. If you enjoy this, you'll likely end up looking to add another compilation fact contains some of the music omitted from this set, Including some of his sixties music.