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A news item involving Fats Domino was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 26 October 2017.

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Fats Domino

For the Influence section: Chubby Checker, of The Twist fame, derived his stage name from Fats Domino, changing his name from Ernest Evans. 65.92.97.244 (talk) 12:42, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Split Discography

The song/singles chart at the bottom of the article is almost twice as long the entirety of the other regular text above it, it's 2/3 of the whole article, in Wikipedia this kind of disproportion is not normally liked. I can't help but think it may be better standing alone as it's own article. Thoughts? Carlwev (talk) 11:44, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support split - @Carlwev:, discography section takes up more than one third of the page, and should be split to a new article entitled Fats Domino discography. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:39, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dominique

The middle name "Dominique" was added by an IP in 2004, with no edit summary.

A writer to the Foundation disputes the entry.

I checked Friedlander's book Rock And Roll: A Social History (the first reference) but the word is not used.

I am removing it. Feel free to add it back if an RS can be found. Caution Google turn up many references, many traced to a copy from Wikipedia.--SPhilbrick (Talk) 14:47, 21 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Nickname

Anything about how he came to be known as "Fats"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.212.139.102 (talk) 07:15, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Josephine

Is this the same song as My Girl Josephine? In ictu oculi (talk) 02:14, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. There's a nice live version on YouTube. Rothorpe (talk) 02:46, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ethnicity

Fats said in an interview that I heard or read that he was ethnically Indian. He joked how he always had to put on boot black for appearances to appear Negro. French Creole is stated here but that seems to be too general. Can anyone make an authoritative contribution on this? George Slivinsky (talk) 17:31, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder can you remember where you heard or read that? Can't find anything on the net. Not even the joke. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:44, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Death "after a long illness"

This phrase is in the article, but it doesn't seem to be in either of the references. One says "of natural causes" and the other says "no details". Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 17:52, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I read at the time that the Katrina experience "did him in", which suggests nervous collapse. Any confirmation, and is it relevant here? George Slivinsky (talk) 09:15, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Can't find any reliable source that gives "after a long illness". The phrase no longer appears in the article. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:45, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Now I see that the Indy has this. Unclear from where and when they got this. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:48, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting number of children/unsourced information

The fourth paragraph under "Life" had "His large home was roomy enough for his 13 children, but he still preferred to sleep in a hammock outside.". There is no source cited for that statement.
The first sentence of the paragraph is supported with a cited source and gives the number of children as 8. All the sources I found confirm a total of 8 children (alphabetically Adonica, Anatole, Andre, Andrea, Anola, Antoine III, Antoinette & Antonio). I haven't found any information about other children Fats might have fathered outside of his marriage to Rosemary.
I've deleted the entire unsourced sentence. Twistlethrop (talk) 00:16, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree; no source confirmed that. In fact, he had 8 children: https://www.biography.com/people/fats-domino-9276748 Peter K Burian (talk) 01:23, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did he attend the Hall of Fame induction??

The New York Times initially said no, and then revised that.

The Guardian, also a highly reliable source, says he did not attend. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/oct/25/fats-domino-obituary

So far, I have believed the Times and the content says he did attend. But is that source correct? Peter K Burian (talk) 01:48, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I did some more research; this video and article confirm he did attend! http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/10/watch_fats_dominos_1986_rock_r.html Peter K Burian (talk) 01:49, 26 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

English was Domino's first language

According to the booklet from the box set "They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings," English was actually Domino's first language. It states that his father "had moved to New Orleans from Vacherie, Louisiana, a French settlement located upriver on the west bank of the Mississippi. It is perhaps because of his father's background that some biographies have incorrectly stated that Domino's first language was French. His first language is and has always been English, albeit a dialect heavily influenced by Creole patois, which is still heard in the city today." With this information, the Life section should be cleaned up. I'll take a crack at it in a few days if no one objects. Tidewater 2014 (talk) 03:02, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]