Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. was a pianist and songwriter from New Orleans, known for the “boogie-woogie” spin he put on the Rhythm and Blues songs he performed and recorded. His touch ...

Out in his own uncategorisable stratosphere, the vocalist and pianist Fats Domino, who has died aged 89, sold astonishing quantities of records from the start of the 1950s until the early 1960s.