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Fats Domino performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 6, 2001, photo by Clayton Call/Redferns

Seven Decades of Fats Domino

February 1, 1998 by: Rick Coleman

What do you give to Fats Domino—The Fat Man who has everything? In celebration of his 70th birthday on February 28th, here are some simple tributes to remind everyone that Fats' (who is still going strong) performances and his songs are forever young.

HE CUTS THROUGH THE CRAP

70. He is one of the main reasons we don't have to listen to crap like Pat Boone anymore.

69. Fats got the last laugh on the (deservedly) much-maligned ...

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