Fats Domino and the charts

[Airwings]

It's claimed that out of the 50s rock & roll singers, Fats Domino is second to Elvis when it comes to the number of hit songs at the charts. How is that possible? Was Domino such a popular performer, more so than Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard?

 

[ЯɘvlveR]

i don't really have a frame of reference for it, but it wouldn't shock me. i think he was making records before some of those guys.

Domino released five gold (million-copy-selling) records before 1955.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino

that's before some of those guys even had deals.

 

[Airwings]

How do one define a "hit song"? I wouldn't call it a hit just because the single was among the 100 best selling ones at one point. But I guess some people do.
Then let's praise Fats Domino as the second biggest rock & roll singer of all time