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American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943)
Moment: Thomas 'Fats' Waller". NFL.com. Retrieved August 2, 2025. Shipton 2002, p. 8. Waller, Maurice; Calabrese, Anthony (2017). Fats Waller. University
Fats_Waller
American football player (born 1992)
Darren Waller was born in Landover, Maryland, to Dorian and Charlena Waller. He has a sister, Deanna. His great-grandfather was jazz pianist Fats Waller. He
Darren_Waller
1962 studio album by Jimmy Smith
"Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller) – 5:31 "Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:37 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Waller) – 3:44 "Lulu's
Plays_Fats_Waller
1943 American all-Black musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone
Nicholas Brothers in arguably the screen's most bravura dance sequence, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham and her dancers, and Dooley Wilson. Stormy Weather
Stormy_Weather_(1943_film)
Style of jazz piano music
Prominent stride pianists include James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Fats Waller, Luckey Roberts, and Mary Lou Williams. Stride employed left hand techniques
Stride_(music)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up fats in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fats or FATS may refer to: More than one type of fat, one of the three main macronutrients, along with
Fats
1957 studio album by Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller is a seventh studio album by blues, R&B and jazz singer Dinah Washington released on the Emarcy label, and reissued
Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
Dinah_Washington_Sings_Fats_Waller
1977 film by David Lynch
their studio was soundproofed. The soundtrack features organ music by Fats Waller and includes the song "In Heaven", written and performed for the film
Eraserhead
American pianist and composer (1894–1955)
influence on Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, and Fats Waller, who was his student. According to Hound Dog, the 2009 biography of the
James_P._Johnson
1982 soundtrack album by various
represented in the movie's music and sound effects. When Splet played Lynch Fats Waller-esque pipe organ numbers as soundtrack material, Lynch was immediately
Eraserhead_(soundtrack)
1926–29 662 Willie "The Lion" Smith 1925–37 663 Louis Jordan 1940–41 664 Fats Waller 1922–26 665 Pete Johnson 1939–41 666 Duke Ellington 1936–37 667 Erskine
Chronological Classics discography
Chronological_Classics_discography
1978 musical revue
after the song by Fats Waller (with Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf), "Ain't Misbehavin'". The musical is a tribute to the music of Waller (1904–1943), who
Ain't_Misbehavin'_(musical)
1955 studio album by Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars
Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute to the Immortal Fats Waller by Louis Armstrong and His All-Stars is an album by the American musician Louis Armstrong, released
Satch_Plays_Fats
1929 jazz standard and racial protest song
So) Black and Blue" is a 1929 jazz standard protest song, composed by Fats Waller and Harry Brooks, with lyrics by Andy Razaf. It was originally published
Black and Blue (Fats Waller song)
Black_and_Blue_(Fats_Waller_song)
Jazz song composed by Stuff Smith
more clearly than in the conduct of Fats Waller." In response to Anslinger's calls for "swing band" arrests Waller decided to record "If You're a Viper
If_You're_a_Viper
1929 song composed by Fats Waller
Earl Hines (1937) Louis Armstrong (1938), Satch Plays Fats (1955, Columbia Records) Fats Waller, with Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden (recorded live
Honeysuckle_Rose_(song)
1978 studio album by Jay McShann
A Tribute to Fats Waller is a solo album by pianist Jay McShann that was recorded in 1978 and first released by the Canadian Sackville label as an LP
A_Tribute_to_Fats_Waller
American pianist and singer (1928–2017)
Rollin' with Fats Domino (1956) Fats Domino Rock and Rollin' (1956) This Is Fats Domino! (1956) Here Stands Fats Domino (1957) This Is Fats (1957) The Fabulous
Fats_Domino
American actress
40 years. Ryan's first role on Broadway was in Ain't Misbehavin', a Fats Waller-influenced musical revue that debuted in 1978. She is well known for
Roz_Ryan
American jazz pianist, composer, educator (born 1975)
"Fats Waller dance party", originally commissioned by Harlem Stage. It became the basis of a 2014 release, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller, dedicated
Jason_Moran_(musician)
1929 stride jazz/early swing song
(No. 16). Fats Waller (instrumental version, No. 17). Waller re-recorded the song with vocals for the 1943 movie Stormy Weather. Waller's recording[which
Ain't_Misbehavin'_(song)
Italian artist and filmmaker (born 1958)
at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It is Igort's most popular book to date. Fats Waller followed, an imaginative biography of one of the most popular Jazz musicians
Igort
American jazz pianist (1922–2001)
Missouri. He was a stride pianist in the tradition of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. Sutton was born in Hamburg, Missouri, United States, the son of Earl
Ralph_Sutton
Song
been recorded by many artists, notably Fats Waller (1939) and the Ink Spots. The song became associated with Waller, who ad-libbed his own lyrics such as
Your_Feet's_Too_Big
2008 film by Michel Gondry
Hodges as Miss Falewicz's friend who was later cast as Fats' birth mother in the Fats Waller movie August Darnell as a Passaic West Coast Video Employee
Be_Kind_Rewind
1961 box set by Fletcher Henderson
Bailey, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Edgar Sampson, Joe Smith, and Fats Waller. Waller allegedly sold several tunes to Henderson in exchange for a dinner
A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story
A_Study_in_Frustration:_The_Fletcher_Henderson_Story
"Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" is a 1932 song composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf. It was recorded by Louis Armstrong in March 1932. In 1957
Keepin'_Out_of_Mischief_Now
Coal, composed by Fats Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf. It was popularized by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra in 1933. Waller's 1934 recording of
List_of_1920s_jazz_standards
1943 Merrie Melodies cartoon
music, and World War II, and features a caricature of jazz musician Fats Waller as an anthropomorphic cat. The short's centerpiece is a fantasy sequence
Tin_Pan_Alley_Cats
Henderson recording lists the songwriters as "Fats Waller/Jo Trent/Paul Whiteman" as "Whiteman, Waller and Trent". Paul Whiteman recorded the song on
Whiteman_Stomp
American songwriter (1894–1969)
featured in the Chicago revue Clowns In Clover. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," but sold the rights
Jimmy_McHugh
American songwriter (1888–1975)
family. Dream Dust (1938), writer MrIncredibleFox (6 February 2013). "Fats Waller-Louisiana Fairytale". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19 – via
Haven_Gillespie
American musician (1949–2023)
developed and called "rural folk piano"; stride piano, primarily inspired by Fats Waller and Teddy Wilson; and his primary interest, New Orleans rhythm and blues
George_Winston
Fats, Fats Waller, Fuel 2000, 2004, 2:23 Truckin', Fats Waller, Proper Sales & Dist., 2004, 3:00 The Best of Fats Waller: Jazz Forever, Fats Waller,
Viper's_Drag
1943 American musical
Early to Bed is a musical produced by Richard Kollmar with music by Fats Waller, and lyrics and book by George Marion Jr. The comic farce takes place
Early_to_Bed_(musical)
American singer (born 1978)
also segued into television and stage work. Most notably, he starred as Fats Waller in a national tour revival of Ain't Misbehavin', which spawned a Grammy-nominated
Ruben_Studdard
American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)
1944 in the Thomas Waller Lodge No. 49 in California. The lodge was named after fellow Prince Hall mason and jazz musician Fats Waller. Cole joined the
Nat_King_Cole
Greer and banjo player Elmer Snowden and met his idol James P. Johnson, Fats Waller who had begun to make a name for himself with his piano rolls and Willie
1920s_in_jazz
Song
Mitchell Parish and J. Fred Coots, and was originally popularized by Fats Waller. Waller's version opens with him playing a four-bar solo piano lead-in to
Louisiana_Fairy_Tale
Musical
songs by artists such as W. C. Handy, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Eubie Blake, and Big Maybelle and skits peppered with bits of bawdy
Black_and_Blue_(musical)
1935 song
become a standard of the Great American Songbook. It was popularized by Fats Waller, who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame. It is one of several
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
I'm_Gonna_Sit_Right_Down_and_Write_Myself_a_Letter
American jazz band
Armstrong and Harlem stride style jazz legend Thomas "Fats" Waller. "I started playing [Fats Waller's] 'Your Feet's Too Big' on the piano and Elizabeth joined
The_Hot_Sardines
Musical artist
four of eight sides with Sid Jacobs on bass on a memorial album for Fats Waller, with Earl Hines recording the other four, for Signature Records: How
Nat_Jaffe
Stride piano music competition
won the contests he engaged in, beating out such notable pianists as Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Albert Ammons, Harry
Cutting_contest
a 1929 jazz standard. The music was composed by Fats Waller, with lyrics by Andy Razaf. Fats Waller recorded the song for Victor Records (catalog No
Blue_Turning_Grey_over_You
Song
Jimmie Lunceford, followed within the same year by Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Adelaide Hall, Harry James, and Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The "shim
'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
'Tain't_What_You_Do_(It's_the_Way_That_You_Do_It)
Scottish jazz trombonist and singer (1915–1997)
occasionally recording with US jazz musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller and Benny Carter during their visits to London. According to the Penguin
George_Chisholm_(musician)
when entertainers such as Bessie Smith, Florence Mills, and Fats Waller headlined. (Fats Waller had been hired as the organ player of the theater when he
Lincoln_Theatre_(Harlem)
1932 song by The Boswell Sisters
Old Yazoo is a 1932 song written by Fats Waller and released by the Boswell Sisters. The song highlights characteristic features of Boswell arrangements:
Old_Yazoo
Storløkken James Taylor Charles Thompson Akiko Tsuruga Paul Wagnberg Dan Wall Fats Waller Robert Walter Walter Wanderley Baby Face Willette Reuben Wilson Lyman
List_of_jazz_organists
Type of social occasion
Little Brother Montgomery, James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and Fats Waller, although rent parties also featured bands as well. The OED also gives
Rent_party
New jazz melodies based on the chords of existing compositions
ISBN 978-0-472-11413-9. Varden, Stuart (23 January 2015). "Fats Navarro Discography". Fats Navarro Discography. Retrieved 14 January 2024. Hamilton, Andy;
List_of_jazz_contrafacts
American jazz musician
"boogie-to-Bach repertoire" and claimed he was being hailed as "the new Fats Waller". He recorded several tracks for the Combo label in the mid-1950s, including
Rozelle_Gayle
Single by Thomas "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
Waltz" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller. Initially recorded the same year by his jazz combo, Fats Waller and His Rhythm, it has been performed
Jitterbug_Waltz
1930 song by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say Fats Waller was the composer, but that he sold the rights to the song. It was introduced
On the Sunny Side of the Street
On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street
American jazz pianist (1909–1956)
influences on Tatum: Growing up, Tatum drew inspiration principally from Fats Waller and James P. Johnson, who exemplified the stride piano style, and to
Art_Tatum
1936 American jazz song
American jazz song composed by Chu Berry with lyrics by Andy Razaf. Pianist Fats Waller turned the tune into a 1936 novelty hit, which was subsequently recorded
Christopher Columbus (jazz song)
Christopher_Columbus_(jazz_song)
1955 single by Somethin' Smith and the Redheads
Robertson on the 78 rpm record Champion 40106, and later popularized by Fats Waller on Victor 25342 and re-issued on Victor 20-1595. It was recorded in French
It's_a_Sin_to_Tell_a_Lie
Traditional song
Jawharp in Blues and Folk Music (1968) Lawrence Tibbett[citation needed] Fats Waller 1959 - Dave Brubeck 1961 - Frances Faye Richard White[citation needed]
Shortnin'_Bread
2014 studio album by Jason Moran
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller is an album by Jason Moran paying tribute to pianist/composer Fats Waller which was released on the Blue Note
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
All_Rise:_A_Joyful_Elegy_for_Fats_Waller
American musician from Los Angeles (born 1989)
before World War II and influenced by Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson. According to Will Friedwald in The Wall Street Journal, Paxton is "virtually
Jerron_"Blind_Boy"_Paxton
American blues singer (1884–1955)
1922. Through the 1920s she toured and recorded with such performers as Fats Waller, Clarence Williams, King Oliver, and Sylvester Weaver. She was among
Sara_Martin
Song
Clarence Willams, Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller, Tampa Red, Louis Jordan, Jimmie Noone, Champion Jack Dupree, Louis Prima, Fats Domino, John Fogerty, Dr. John
You_Rascal_You
American screenwriter
one Broadway musical revue: 1943's Early to Bed with music by Thomas "Fats" Waller. Collaborating with Karl Farkas, Marion wrote the libretto for Hungarian
George_Marion_Jr.
1926 song by Donald Heywood and Will Cook
is credited with popularizing it. Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, pianist Fats Waller (with Fletcher Henderson) and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra featuring Bing
I'm_Coming_Virginia
1979 studio album by Hank Jones
Misbehavin' is an album by pianist Hank Jones featuring tunes associated with Fats Waller recorded in 1978 for the Galaxy label and released in 1985. Allmusic
Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones album)
Ain't_Misbehavin'_(Hank_Jones_album)
1957 compilation album (live) by Fats Waller
A Handful of Keys is an album of live performances by jazz pianist Fats Waller & His Rhythm, the only authorized live performances of the musician. It
Handful_of_Keys_(album)
Musical artist
jazz musicians of his day. Mathisen's main source of inspiration was Fats Waller, both his piano play and his singing, but the later years of his career
Leo_Mathisen
1937 American jazz quintet single
an authentic jam session between five American jazz musicians—pianist Fats Waller, trombonist Tommy Dorsey, trumpeter Bunny Berigan, guitarist Dick McDonough
A_Jam_Session_at_Victor
Group of music publishers and songwriters in New York City
Arlen, Irving Berlin, George M. Cohan, Dorothy Fields, Scott Joplin, and Fats Waller. Songwriters who became established producers of successful songs were
Tin_Pan_Alley
1938 Silly Symphony cartoon
Little Jack Horner in a big musical sequence featuring Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, and Stepin Fetchit. Others who appear are Wallace Beery, Clark Gable
Mother_Goose_Goes_Hollywood
Street in Soho, London
musician Ike Hatch, was at No 23 from 1934 until 1939. The Mills Brothers, Fats Waller and The Ink Spots performed there. The Northern end runs under the three
Kingly_Street
attempt at recording it in 1937. The musical Early to Bed, with songs by Fats Waller, premieres at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on 24 May, before moving
1943_in_jazz
American jazz trumpeter (1920–1962)
his professional music career performing in New York City and joined Fats Waller's backup band in the late 1930s. Following that, in 1938, Guy succeeded
Joe_Guy_(musician)
Song
"I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" is a popular song with music by Fats Waller and Harry Link and lyrics by Billy Rose, published in 1929. In 1929, right
I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
I've_Got_a_Feeling_I'm_Falling
American drummer
Fats Waller. Born Wilmore Jones in Roanoke, Virginia, he worked with Fletcher Henderson from 1934 to 1936, then recorded and toured with Fats Waller from
Slick_Jones
1928 song by Harry Warren and Mort Dixon
Quartet in 1952. Others who performed the song include the Mills Brothers, Fats Waller, Billy Costello, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Nat Gonella, Gene
Nagasaki_(song)
American jazz organist (1928–2005)
of natural causes. While the electric organ had been used in jazz by Fats Waller, Count Basie, Wild Bill Davis and others, Smith's virtuoso improvisation
Jimmy_Smith_(musician)
Jazz club in New York City
Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Willie Bryant; vocalists Adelaide Hall, Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway,
Cotton_Club
American jazz singer, songwriter, and bandleader (1907–1994)
He established himself as a vocalist, singing "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller. While Calloway was performing in the revue, the Missourians asked him
Cab_Calloway
American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924–1963)
clubs as Dave's Café and the Downbeat Room of the Sherman Hotel (with Fats Waller). She was playing at the Three Deuces, a jazz club, when a friend took
Dinah_Washington
American violinist (1917–1994)
career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King
Papa_John_Creach
Song performed by James P. Johnson
that became a test-piece for contemporary pianists: Duke Ellington and Fats Waller learned it note for note from the QRS Records piano roll Johnson recorded
Carolina_Shout
American politician, journalist, publisher, businessman, military leader and diplomat
lyricist Andy Razaf. (Razaf's frequent collaborator, musician Fats Waller, was no relation.) Waller was born to slavery in New Madrid County, Missouri. At the
John_L._Waller
American artist, opera singer, and composer
seen as the lead singer of Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party. Notable live performances with the Fats Waller Dance party include the Newport Jazz Festival’s
Lisa_E._Harris
American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Change Is Gonna Come" from the Sam Cooke song of the same name are on a wall of the Contemplative Court, a space for reflection in the Smithsonian's National
Sam_Cooke
Song performed by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
good night and part. The song was an immediate hit with the version by Fats Waller being the most popular. Other hit versions in 1938 were by Sammy Kaye
Two_Sleepy_People
American songwriter
Don Baker) has been recorded by many artists, including The Ink Spots, Fats Waller, The Chords, Brendan Bowyer and Glenn Miller (vocal: Ray Eberle). Wikiquote
Eddie_Lane_(songwriter)
1940s US musical film shorts
"Honeysuckle Rose" sung by Fats Waller in a 1941 Minoco Production soundie (video) Ain't Misbehavin' (soundie with Fats Waller) at IMDb MacGillivray and
Soundie
American jazz musician
Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Steve Smith, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Fats Waller, and Lawrence Welk, mostly playing lead trumpet. From 1974 to 1976 he
Lin_Biviano
American girl group
1993 Chet Atkins Little Richard Thelonious Monk Bill Monroe Pete Seeger Fats Waller 1994 Bill Evans Aretha Franklin Arthur Rubinstein 1995 Patsy Cline Peggy
Salt-N-Pepa
1979 studio album by Clark Terry
music on Fats Waller. Terry is joined by pianist Oscar Peterson and the singer Johnny Hartman. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller) – 5:41
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry album)
Ain't_Misbehavin'_(Clark_Terry_album)
Neighborhood in New York City
Robinson, W. E. B. Du Bois, Lena Horne, and many jazz musicians such as Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie. St. Albans is located in Queens Community
St._Albans,_Queens
British actor (born 1989)
musical revue of the life of Fats Waller. The Guardian described it as 'an immensely likable romp through the songs of Fats Waller that is an escapist slice
Tyrone_Huntley
Danish musician
pioneer of jazz and bandleader for Shirley Bassey, Josephine Baker, and Fats Waller among many others. Lington is the grandfather of saxophonist Michael
Otto_Lington
American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Luckey Roberts. Later, in New York, he took advice from Will Marion Cook, Fats Waller, and Sidney Bechet. He began to play gigs in cafés and clubs in and around
Duke_Ellington
Musical artist
influence for Fats Waller, having actually talked the shy, reluctant Waller into considering a performing career. Davis pushed Waller to compose seriously
Joe_Davis_(music_publisher)
Musical artist
and Meshell Ndegeocello in the “Fats Waller Dance Party: Small’s Paradise, paying tribute both to the spirit of Waller and to a club he played in Harlem
Leron_Thomas
Film
dead bodies appear around Lollypop Jones. The film features songs by Fats Waller and Andy Razaf. An alternative description of the plot says the film
Midnight_Menace_(1946_film)
American musician (1896–1981)
Johnson had begun working with Fats Waller, often contributing lyrics to Waller's music. Johnson's first song with Waller was "I'm "Goin Huntin", written
J._C._Johnson
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