Saturday, February 16, 2013

Record #0263: I’m In Love Again / My Blue Heaven – FATS DOMINO



Imperial X5386 (original) USA, Mar. 1956
Words & Music by:  Side A – Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew; Side B – George Whiting, Walter Donaldson
Musicians: Fats Domino (vocals and piano), Ernest McLean (guitar), Frank Fields (bass), Lee Allen (tenor sax), Herb Hardesty (tenor sax), Buddy Hagans (tenor sax on side B), Clarence Ford (alto sax, possibly also on side B), Cornelius Coleman (drums), Earl Palmer (possibly replaced Coleman on drums on side A), unknown female chorus on side B
Recording sessions: Produced by Dave Bartholomew at J&M Studio, New Orleans, LA, Side A –Oct. 15, 1955; Side B – Dec. 23, 1955
Highest chart positions:  Side A – US #3, US R&B #1, UK #12; Side B – US #19, US R&B #5

With such a strong flip side, this could have easily been a “double A-sided” single.

Domino will be 85 in ten days from today.

List price:  Very Good+ is $12.50, Near Mint is $25

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