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Southland U.S.A.
Fats is back
"FATS"
"Sleeping on the Job"
"Japan Reprise Recordings"
"Christmas is a special day"

The musicians were:

  • Fats Domino; vocals, piano
  • Roy Montrell, guitar
  • Clarence Brown, drums
  • Herbert Hardesty, sax, trumpet
  • Reggie Hall, organ
  • Recording studio: A
 
The STUDIO recordings
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1966 "Southland U.S.A."

 Mercury 21065 (mono)
Mercury 61065 (stereo)
Recorded in March 1966 but never released
(only a few promotional copies)

Side 1:<

  1. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
  2. Deep in the heart of Texas
  3. Way down yonder in New Orleans
  4. St.Louis Blues - Cotton Fields
  5. What's that you got
  6. Don't play with my heart

Side 2:

  1. Alabamy sound
  2. Walking to New Orleans
  3. Basin Street Blues
  4. Cotton Fields
  5. It's never too late
  6. I had the blues for New Orleans
 Mercury 72463 RCK45VG
I left my heart in San Francisco
Done got over

Mercury 72485
What's that you got
It's never too late
1968 Fats is back
 The LP was released in 1968 on Reprise 6304; and later in Great Britain in July 1970 on Valiant VS 107
An excellent album produced by Richard Perry

Side 1:

  1. My old friend (Zompa/DeCaesar)
  2. I'm ready (rerecorded) (Robichaux/King/Durand)
  3. So swell when you're well (Booker)
  4. Wait till it happens to you (Domino/Bartholomew)
  5. I know (written by Barbara George,her original version was a hit in 1961 )
  6. Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney)

Side 2:

  1. Honest papas love their mamas better (Zompa/DeCaesar)
  2. Make me belong to you (Taylor/Vera)
  3. One for the highway (Domino)
  4. Lovely Rita (Lennon/McCartney)
  5. One more song for you (Zompa/DeCaesar)

4 singles were released from the "Fats is back" session.
In 1968:
a.Honest papas love their mamas better (Reprise RS 20696)
(7 weeks in the Dutch charts, highest position #13)
b.One for the highway

a.Lady Madonna (Reprise RS 20763)
(it touched for 2 weeks the Billboard Hot 100,stayed only on #100)
b.One for the highway

a.Lovely Rita (Reprise RS 0775)
(7 weeks in the Dutch charts, highest position #18)
b.Wait till it happens to you

In 1969:
a.Everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey (Reprise RS 20810)
b.So swell when you' re well

in 1970 2 singles were released:
a.Have you seen my baby (Reprise R0891)
b.Make me belong to you

a.New Orleans ain't the same (Reprise R0944)
b.Sweet Patootie
1970 FATS
 The LP "Fats" was recorded in 1970 and released in 1971 on Reprise RS 6439
It was produced by Dave Bartholomew.

Side 1:

  1. I'm going to cross that river
  2. Big mouth
  3. It's a sin to tell a lie (Bill Mayhew)
  4. Wait till it happens to you
  5. I'm going to help a friend
  6. The lady in black

Side 2:

  1. Another mule (Domino)
  2. When you're smiling (Fisher/Goodwin/Shay)
  3. These old shoes
  4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price)
  5. Work my way up steady

All titles are written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, except track no. 3, 7, 8 and 10

  
1978 Sleeping on the Job
LP "Sleeping on the job" recorded in 1978 in the SeaSaintStudio, producer Fats Domino;
released in Europe on the Antagon label, ALP 3215 (for Europe)
Sonet SNTF 793 (for the U.K., released in May 1979)
in the Holland and Belgium on Killroy
Fats released the album on his own label F.D.Records in the USA in 1980, called "Fats Domino 1980" with two extra songs "If I get rich" and "My old time used to be".

Side 1:

  1. Sleeping on the job (Domino/Boskent)
  2. After hours/
  3. When I lost my baby(I almost lost my mind) (Parrish/Hunter)
  4. Something about you baby (Domino/R.Hall)
  5. Move with the groove (Domino)

Side 2:

  1. Any old time (J.Rodgers)
  2. Shame on you (Domino/R.Hall)
  3. I just can't get New Orleans off my mind (Domino)
  4. The girl I love (new version)(Domino/Bartholomew)
  5. Love me (Domino/R.Hall)
Musicians:
vocal & piano: Fats Domino; electric organ: Reggie Hall; tenor sax: Lee Allen; guitar: Roy Montrell and Ronald Johnson; electric bass: Tony Broussard and Roy Montrell; drums: Joe "Smokey" Johnson and Herman Ernest III.
  
1980 CD-Whiskey Heaven
   The Japanese CD "The Reprise Story" includes some tracks not found on the Reprise LP's , so were the titles "New orleans ain't the same" and "Sweet patootie" released as a single by Reprise in 1970 (Reprise R 0944).  "Have you seen my baby" was a-side of a single, on the b-side "Make me belong to you" (from the Fats is Back session).

Fats performed in 1980 as bar-singer in the film "Anywhich way you can" with Clint Eastwood and Clyde, the Orang-Utan. The single "Whiskey heaven" , recorded in the studio, was released the same year. On the b-side "Beers to you" by the Texas Opera Company.

 
1993 Christmas is a special day
aka "Christmas Gumbo"

 The CD "Christmas is a special day", released in 1993 on label The Right Stuff  T2-27753 / EMI  7243 8 27753 2 4. Produced by FATS himself.
  1. Christmas is a special day (Domino)
  2. I told Santa Claus (Domino)
  3. Jingle bells (arr. Wardel Kazen)
  4. I'll be home for Christmas (Kent/Gannon/Ram)
  5. Silver bells (Livingston/Evans)
  6. Frosty the snowman (Nelson/Rollins)
  7. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (Marks)
  8. Blue Christmas (Hayes/Johnson)
  9. Silent night (arr.)
  10. White Christmas (arr.)
  11. Please come home for Christmas (Brown/Redd)
  12. Amazing graze (trad.)
The musicians are:

Fats Domino - vocal and piano, electric piano

guitar: Leo Williams
drums: Clarence Brown, Ernst Fontenot, Joseph Johnson
horns: Stacy Cole, Carl Boulin, Elliot Callier, Herbert Hardesty, Anadee Castanel, Frederic Kemp
bass: Ervin Charles

Two singles were released:

Christmas is a special day / Please come home for Christmas (The Right Stuff S7-18216) in 1994.

Frosty the snowman / Every heart is home at Christmas (The Right Stuff S7-19768) in 1997.
1985 My Toot Toot

   The single "My toot toot" was released in 1985 on the Magnum force label MFS-004. That song was made very popular by another performer, but this duet with Doug Kershaw is very nice. On the b-side "Diggy liggy lo" not with Fats, but with Rusty Kershaw.