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Born in 1904, by the age of twenty Fats was what we would nowadays call a session musician, working in radio and recording studios and theatres.
Fats Waller, the Derby-hatted mountain of jollity seated at the keyboard and spreading good cheer in all directions
The Yacht Club was a 52nd Street nightclub with no known maritime connections. Fats and the Rhythm were great favourites there, and Yacht Club Swing was the tune they played to open and close each set.
The metamorphosis into popular entertainer is said to have occurred at a party given by George Gershwin, a great lover of Harlem's piano, a style characterised by an insistent 'oom-pah' left hand pattern.
Just listen to the 'gloriously off-the-cuff' first piece, Everybody Loves My Baby, which starts off bursting with high spirits and gets hotter and hotter as first the guitar and then trumpet and clarinet join in.
Fats' ability to transform even the most trite popular song into gold led to hundreds of classic recordings, his larger-than-life character and irrepressible humour bursting through, perfectly complimenting the brilliance of the musical performance, creating that unique sound that was Fats Waller. Past Perfect restored recordings preserve the timeless essence of classic tracks while enhancing the audio quality for a richer and more immersive listening experience. Everybody Loves My Baby Cheatin On Me Its A Sin To Tell A Lie When Somebody Thinks Youre Wonderful Youre Gonna Be Sorry Yacht Club Swing The Sheik Of Araby Twenty-Four Robbers Come Down To Earth, My Angel Carolina Shout Smoke Dreams Of You I Wish I Were Twins Got A Bran New Suit Stop Pretending Clarinet Marmalade Dont Let It Bother You Blue, Turning Grey Over You African Ripples My Very Good Friend The Milkman The Curse Of An Aching Heart Shortnin Bread The Jitterbug Waltz Your Feets Too Big Old Grand Dad Aint Misbehavin