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- Name: Thomas Wright Waller
- Born: May 21, 1904
- Died: December 15, 1943
- Genre: Jazz
- Origin: New York City
- Active: 1922 - 1943
- Labels: RCA Victor, EMI
- 1970 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee
- 1993 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Career
After playing rent parties and clubs in his late teens, Fats Waller began recording for Victor Records (later RCA Victor) in 1926. His early compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose," became standards. Both songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999 respectively.Despite his premature death from pneumonia in 1943, Waller is considered to be one of the greatest jazz entertainers of all time.Allmusic: Fats Waller Biography His stride style of piano playing influenced many other artists, including Count Basie and Thelonious Monk.
Notable Compositions
- 1919 - "Squeeze Me"
- 1929 - "Ain't Misbehavin'"
- 1929 - "Honeysuckle Rose"
- 1942 - "Jitterbug Waltz"
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sugestão de filme? fats waller has born here, sweded version. :)
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"I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" by Fats Waller from "If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! (Disc One: Fats Waller Sings And Plays Fats Waller)"
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm - All That Meat And No Potatoes - 01:19 PM visit www.RadioTAGr.com/WCBE to TAG this song
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"Love Me Or Leave Me" by Fats Waller from "If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! (Disc Two: Fats Waller: Strictly Instrumental)"
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