Inductee Honors
Fats Domino
"...the real king of rock 'n' roll..." - Elvis Presley
A pioneer in rock and roll music - over 65 milli0n records sold ... "The Fat Man" was considered the first rock and roll single and first to sell over 1 million copies
Lifetime sales - over 110 million
Between 1955 & 1960 - 11 Top 10 pop hits ... 5 records sold over 1 million, certifying gold
4 records named to the Grammy Hall of Fame
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1987)
National Medal of Arts (1998)
No. 25 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004)
Humbling note - "...Even after his success he continued to live in his old neighborhood, the Lower Ninth Ward (New Orleans), until after Hurricane Katrina, when he moved to a suburb of New Orleans..." - Wikipedia
7 albums
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