Fats Domino, who one of the biggest stars of rock and roll in the 1950s and one of the first R&B artists to gain popularity with white audiences, has died. He was born 26 February 1928 in New Orleans where he stayed till he died. He appears to have been a humble, unassuming man which is perhaps why he gained less attention than he should but even Elvis Presley said he stood in awe of him and he was hugely influential on the Beatles amongst others.
He had a Sun Mercury in musical Pisces with his Mercury opposition musical Neptune; with an enthusiastic Venus in Aquarius conjunct Mars in late Capricorn and a lucky, inspirational Jupiter Uranus in Aries. It’s a chart that really needs a birth time to anchor it. Though the harmonics make sense of his talent with an exuberant 7H, usually strong amongst musicians; a determined 11H and a notable super-star 22nd harmonic. His 11H and 22H drew together Jupiter Pluto into a conjunction giving him the confidence and luck to make his mark.
We have a “Blueberry Hill” where I grew up at, and there’s a dance parlour there as well, that was really busy in the 1950’s and 1960’s. So, Fats Domino always was a sentimental favorite in my neck of the wood.
Oh thank you for this.The Fat Man was truly one of a kind.An original.
RIP to a stellar talent in a good person.