The Jukebox Rebel

His first non–Imperial album and doesn’t it show – with none of the notorious Imperial vault–digging, it’s an all-new, shiny-pop sound for 1963. Wikipedia takes up the ABC story: “The label dictated that he record in Nashville rather than New Orleans. He was assigned a new producer (Felton Jarvis) and a new arranger (Bill Justis); Domino’s long-term collaboration with producer/arranger/frequent co-writer Dave Bartholomew, who oversaw virtually all of his Imperial hits, was seemingly at an end. Jarvis and Justis changed the Domino sound somewhat, notably by adding the backing of a countrypolitan–style vocal chorus to most of his new recordings.” There are a few great tracks here, but there’s no doubt I preferred the Imperial vault-digging…

The Jukebox Rebel
27–Jan–2012

A1	[02:16] Fats Domino - When I’m Walking (Let Me Walk) (Antoine Domino) Pop
A2	[02:24] Fats Domino - I Got A Right To Cry (Joe Liggins) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A3	[02:16] Fats Domino - There Goes My Heart Again (Antoine Domino) Pop
A4	[02:06] Fats Domino - Just A Lonely Man (Antoine Domino) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A5	[02:35] Fats Domino - Red Sails In The Sunset (Hugh Williams, Jimmy Kennedy) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A6	[02:29] Fats Domino - Bye Baby, Bye Bye (Antoine Domino) Pop
B1	[02:09] Fats Domino - Forever, Forever (Jerry Smith) Pop
B2	[02:55] Fats Domino - I’m Livin’ Right (Charles Singleton) Pop
B3	[02:10] Fats Domino - Can’t Go On Without You (Antoine Domino, Dorothy Randazzo) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B4	[02:23] Fats Domino - Land Of 1,000 Dances (Chris Kenner) Pop
B5	[02:27] Fats Domino - Song For Rosemary (Antoine Domino) Pop Ballad
B6	[02:13] Fats Domino - Tell Me The Truth, Baby (Antoine Domino) Blues / Rhythm n Blues

ratings by TJR