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    • Apr 30, 1960
    Fats Domino records "Walking To New Orleans" at the J&M Studio in New Orleans. The pop hit is ranked among the 500 greatest singles in country music history in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 31, 1969
    Elvis Presley begins a historic four-week run at Las Vegas' International Hotel with his first live show since 1961. In the audience are Liberace, Herb Alpert, Dick Clark, Cary Grant, Fats Domino, Burt Bacharach, Pat Boone and Paul Anka
    Feb 15, 1971
    Hank Williams Jr. records Fats Domino's "Ain't That A Shame" in Nashville with vocal support from The Mike Curb Congregation
    Aug 1, 1973
    "American Graffiti" debuts in theaters. Many of the movie's pop and rock songs have found, or will find, new life in country music. Among the songs remade in country are "Chantilly Lace," "Only You (And You Alone)," "Johnny B. Goode," "Ain't That A Shame" and "Crying In The Chapel." It also features two songs by Buddy Holly
    Aug 13, 1973
    MCA releases the "American Graffiti" soundtrack, featuring numerous songs that have--or will--become country hits, including "Ain't That A Shame," "Chantilly Lace," "Crying In The Chapel," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Only You (And You Alone)"
    Nov 17, 1980
    Warner/Viva releases the "Any Which Way You Can" soundtrack, featuring David Frizzell & Shelly West, Glen Campbell, Gene Watson, Ray Charles & Clint Eastwood, Fats Domino, Johnny Duncan, Jim Stafford and Cliff Crofford
    Dec 12, 1980
    The Clint Eastwood movie "Any Which Way You Can" debuts. It includes a role for Jim Stafford, who's featured on the soundtrack alongside Ray Charles, Gene Watson, Johnny Duncan, Fats Domino, Glen Campbell and David Frizzell & Shelly West
    Apr 2, 1982
    The movie "Diner" opens, with a soundtrack that includes Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't," plus Eddie Cochran, Dion, Jimmy Reed and Fats Domino, among others
    Jan 23, 1986
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds The Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly, Alan Freed, Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Sam Phillips in its inaugural ceremony
    Jun 4, 1986
    Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles take part as a two-day shoot begins for the Cinemax special "Fats Domino & Friends" at Storyville Jazz Hall in New Orleans
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