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| "Ain't It a Shame" | ||||
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| Single by Fats Domino | ||||
| from the album Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino | ||||
| B-side | "La-La" | |||
| Released | April 14, 1955 | |||
| Recorded | March 15, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Master Recorders, 535 North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood, California, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
| Label | Imperial | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew | |||
| Fats Domino singles chronology | ||||
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"Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by Imperial Records in 1955,[1][2] was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and number 10 on the pop chart.[3] The song is ranked number 438[4] on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
This recording was included in the debut Fats Domino album Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956) and next in the compilation Fats Domino Swings (12,000,000 Records) (1958).[5] Later in 1963 the recording has been overdubbed by vocal chorus for the album Let's Dance with Domino (1963).[6] In 1983 Fats Domino re-recorded the song; this recording was included in his last album Alive and Kickin' (2006)[7] under the title "Ain't That a Shame 2000".
The song gained national fame after being covered by Pat Boone.[8] Domino's version soon became more popular, bringing his music to the mass market a half-dozen years after his first recording, "The Fat Man".[9]
The song was also covered by the Four Seasons in 1963, Hank Williams Jr in 1971, and Cheap Trick in 1978, among others.
- ^ "Fats Domino - Ain't It a Shame / La-La (Imperial 5348 and X5348, April 1955)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Domino, Fats. "The Story of Fats Domino's 'Ain't That a Shame'". NPR. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Fats Domino | Awards". AllMusic. 26 February 1928. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Rodman, Sarah (11 December 2003). "Fats Domino, 'Ain't It a Shame' - 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Fats Domino - Fats Domino Swings (12,000,000 Records) (Imperial LP 9062, December 1958)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020..
- ^ "Fats Domino - Let's Dance with Domino (Imperial LP-9239, May 1963)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020..
- ^ "Fats Domino - Alive and Kickin' (Fats Domino Publishing Company CD, 2006)". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Show 6 – Hail, Hail, Rock 'n' Roll: The Rock Revolution Gets Underway. [Part 2]". Digital.library.unt.edu. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 122. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.