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Fats Domino

1928 - 2017

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Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fats Domino has received more than 4,698,985 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Fats Domino is the 261st most popular musician (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,265th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Musician.

Fats Domino is most famous for his rock and roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s.

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  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Fats Domino ranks 261 out of 2,662Before him are Wanda Landowska, Ian Curtis, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Arthur Nikisch, and John Zorn. After him are Friedrich Gulda, Peter Tosh, Sia, Leonid Kogan, Leopold Auer, and Eddie Cochran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Fats Domino ranks 89Before him are Wolfgang von Trips, Marco Ferreri, Gene Sharp, Gaston Thorn, Patrick McGoohan, and Ion Mihai Pacepa. After him are James Earl Ray, Musa al-Sadr, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Cy Twombly, Hans Modrow, and Walter Mondale. Among people deceased in 2017, Fats Domino ranks 75Before him are John Berger, Jake LaMotta, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Chris Cornell, and Albert Speer. After him are Robert Hardy, Karl-Otto Apel, Ljubiša Samardžić, Elsa Martinelli, Anita Pallenberg, and Nicolai Gedda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fats Domino ranks 1,529 out of 18,182Before him are William Lipscomb (1919), John Zorn (1953), Marvin Minsky (1927), William Westmoreland (1914), Steve Ditko (1927), and Peter Weller (1947). After him are Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Beyoncé (1981), Janet Yellen (1946), Dorothy Malone (1924), and Carson McCullers (1917).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Fats Domino ranks 73Before him are Marilyn Manson (1969), Paul Stanley (1952), Mike Portnoy (1967), Sonny Rollins (1930), Art Blakey (1919), and John Zorn (1953). After him are Eddie Cochran (1938), Art Tatum (1909), Sidney Bechet (1897), Beck (1970), Will.i.am (1975), and Dave Mustaine (1961).