
Episode 26: “Ain’t That A Shame” by Fats Domino
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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The Troubles With Domino's Recordings
Early presings of ìAint that a shameî had more thought into the production than was normal at this time. Domino's relative lack of fluency in English is possibly also why he wrote such simple lyrics. Steve Allen, despite having written 8,500 songs by his own count, never wrote one as good as ìAintthat a shameî. As with all black hits at this time, there was a terrible white cover, in this case by Pat Boone.
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