Fats Waller

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Real Name:
Thomas Wright Waller
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American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer (born 21 May 1904 in Harlem, New York, USA - died 15 December 1943 in a Santa-Fé-Express near Kansas City, Missouri, USA (bronchial pneumonia).

One of the most popular jazz performers of his era.

Thomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos ("Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues") were recorded on October 1922 in Race Records when he was 18 years old.

He was the prize pupil, and later friend and colleague, of stride pianist James P. Johnson. Fats Waller was the son of a preacher and learned to play the organ in church with his mother. Overcoming opposition from his clergyman father, Waller became a professional pianist at 15, working in cabarets and theaters. In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it.

Waller contracted pneumonia and died on a cross country train trip near Kansas City, Missouri on December 15, 1943, after making a final recording session with an interracial group in Detroit that included white trumpeter Don Hirleman. He was on his way back to Hollywood for more film work, after the smash success of "Stormy Weather". Coincidentally, as the train with the body of Waller stopped in Kansas City, so stopped a train with his dear friend Louis Armstrong on board.

Thomas "Fats" Waller was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Sites:
fatswaller.org, songhall.org, Wikipedia, adp.library.ucsb.edu
Aliases:
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In Groups:
Cloverdale Country Club Orchestra, Eddie Condon And His Band, Fats Waller & His Continental Rhythm, Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Fats Waller And Friends, Fats Waller And His Big Band, Fats Waller And His Buddies, Fats Waller And His Orchestra, Fats Waller's Jam School, Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra, Jack Teagarden And His Orchestra, Jimmy Johnson And His Orchestra, Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds, Louisiana Sugar Babes, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, R.C.A. Victor All-Stars, Ted Lewis And His Band, The Chocolate Dandies, The Little Chocolate Dandies
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P 75 Hot Piano — Fats Waller Earl Hines / "Fats" Waller* / Duke Ellington / Jelly-Roll Morton* Earl Hines / "Fats" Waller* / Duke Ellington / Jelly-Roll Morton* - Hot Piano (Album, Comp) Victor P 75 US 1941 Sell This Version
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P 131 This Is The Army — Fats Waller Irving Berlin – Brad Reynolds (2), Harvey Harding, "Fats" Waller*, The Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra Irving Berlin – Brad Reynolds (2), Harvey Harding, "Fats" Waller*, The Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra - This Is The Army ‎(4xShellac, 12", Album) Victor P 131 US 1942 Sell This Version
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P 109, P-109 Waller On The Ivories — Fats Waller "Fats" Waller* Waller On The Ivories (Album) Victor P 109, P-109 US 1942 Sell This Version
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WPT 8 Fats Waller "Fats" Waller Plays And Sings (Comp, EP, Album, MiniAlbum) RCA Victor WPT 8 US 1951 Sell This Version
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RLP 1022 The Amazing Mr. Waller (Vol. 2: Jivin' With Fats) — Fats Waller Fats Waller The Amazing Mr. Waller (Vol. 2: Jivin' With Fats) Riverside Records RLP 1022 US 1953 Sell This Version
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RLP 1021 The Amazing Mr. Waller (Vol. 1: Fats At The Organ) — Fats Waller Fats Waller The Amazing Mr. Waller (Vol. 1: Fats At The Organ) (Comp) Riverside Records RLP 1021 US 1953 Sell This Version
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FFLP 1010 "Fats" Waller* "Fats" Waller And His Rhythm ‎(10", Mono) La Voix De Son Maître FFLP 1010 France 1953 Sell This Version
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RLP 1010 Rediscovered Solos — Fats Waller Fats Waller Rediscovered Solos Riverside Records RLP 1010 US 1953 Sell This Version
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DLP1056 Rhythm And Romance — Fats Waller 'Fats' Waller* Rhythm And Romance ‎(10", Mono) His Master's Voice DLP1056 UK 1954 Sell This Version
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LVA-3035, LVA 3035 Young Fats Waller - Early Piano Solos — Fats Waller Fats Waller Young Fats Waller - Early Piano Solos (Comp) "X", "X" LVA-3035, LVA 3035 US 1955 Sell This Version
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RLP 12-103 Rediscovered Early Solos — Fats Waller Fats Waller Rediscovered Early Solos (Comp) Riverside Records RLP 12-103 US 1955 Sell This Version
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QFLP 4003 Oggi Jazz — Fats Waller Thomas "Fats" Waller* Oggi Jazz ‎(10") La Voce Del Padrone QFLP 4003 Italy 1955 Sell This Version
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130.247 Fats Waller — Fats Waller Fats Waller Fats Waller (Comp) RCA 130.247 France 1957 Sell This Version
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430 208 Standard, Standard 430 208, A 430.208 Fats Waller Vol. 3 — Fats Waller Fats Waller Fats Waller Vol. 3 (Comp) RCA, RCA 430 208 Standard, Standard 430 208, A 430.208 France 1960 Sell This Version
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22 + 23 Thomas 'Fats' Waller — Fats Waller Thomas 'Fats' Waller* Thomas 'Fats' Waller (Album) Ristic Records 22 + 23 UK 1965 Sell This Version
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SR67-96288 Fats Waller Originals — Fats Waller Fats Waller Fats Waller Originals (Comp, Album) Calendar Records (2), Calendar Records (2) SR67-96288 New Zealand 1967 Sell This Version
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AR/LP 12012 On The Air — Fats Waller Fats Waller On The Air (Album) Ariston Records AR/LP 12012 Italy 1970 Sell This Version
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OJC-20015 La Herencia de Fats Waller — Fats Waller Fats Waller La Herencia de Fats Waller ‎(LP, Mono) Opus Jazz OJC-20015 Argentina 1970 Sell This Version
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BLP-1005Q 1924-1931 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls Vol. 2 — Fats Waller Thomas 'Fats' Waller* 1924-1931 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls Vol. 2 (Comp) Biograph BLP-1005Q US 1971 Sell This Version
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741.062 1927 Volume 2 — Fats Waller Fats Waller With Morris's Hot Babies Fats Waller With Morris's Hot Babies - 1927 Volume 2 (Comp) RCA 741.062 France 1972 Sell This Version
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QSR 2438 Last Testament 1943 — Fats Waller Fats Waller Last Testament 1943 (Album) Alamac Record Company QSR 2438 US 1972 Sell This Version
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CJS 842 50,000 Killer-Watts Of Jive — Fats Waller Fats Waller 50,000 Killer-Watts Of Jive (Album, Comp) Ember Records CJS 842 UK 1973 Sell This Version
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LDM 30212 Fats Waller "Inedits" ‎(LP, Album) Vogue LDM 30212 France 1973 Sell This Version
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SR 10057 The Undiscovered Fats Waller — Fats Waller Fats Waller The Undiscovered Fats Waller ‎(LP, Album) Stanyan Record Co. SR 10057 US 1973 Sell This Version
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30 JA 5104, JA 5104 Original Sessions 1943 — Fats Waller Fats Waller Original Sessions 1943 ‎(LP) Musidisc, Musidisc 30 JA 5104, JA 5104 France 1975 Sell This Version

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