“I Miss You So” by Fats Domino - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1961Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s

TJR says

Released January 1961. Unusually for Fats there are only 5 of his originals and 7 covers on this one. Many of the covers continue to dig deep into the showtune well that he’s so fond of with “I Miss You So” (The Cats and The Fiddle, 1939), “Ain’t That Just Like A Woman” (Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, 1946), “Once In A While” (Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, 1937), “I Hear You Knockin’” (Smiley Lewis, 1955), “Isle Of Capri” (Lew Stone and his Band, 1934), “Easter Parade” (Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb in stage production As Thousands Cheer, 1933), and “I’ll Always Be In Love With You” (Morton Downey, 1929). None of the covers are a patch on his own tunes – the enchanting “It Keeps Rainin’” steals the show and a couple in the Rock n Roll ballad style shine brightly – “What A Price” (fantastic) and “Fell In Love On Monday” (really good). He’s still got it… but I wish he’d cut down on the Broadway angle…

The Jukebox Rebel
27–Jan–2012

Tracklist
A1 [02:16] 6.2.png Fats Domino - I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) Rock n Roll Ballad
A2 [02:43] 8.4.png Fats Domino - It Keeps Rainin’ (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Robert Guidry) Pop Ballad
A3 [02:36] 6.5.png Fats Domino - Ain’t That Just Like A Woman (Claude Demetrius, Fleecie Moore) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A4 [02:27] 4.8.png Fats Domino - Once In A While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) Pop Ballad
A5 [01:54] 6.4.png Fats Domino - I Hear You Knockin’ (Pearl King, Dave Bartholomew) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A6 [02:14] 5.6.png Fats Domino - Isle Of Capri (Wilhelm Grosz, Jimmy Kennedy) Pop
B1 [02:20] 8.4.png Fats Domino - What A Price (Antoine Domino, Jack Jessup, Murphy Maddux) Rock n Roll Ballad
B2 [01:34] 5.0.png Fats Domino - When I Was Young (Antoine Domino) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B3 [01:55] 7.2.png Fats Domino - Fell In Love On Monday (Antoine Domino) Rock n Roll Ballad
B4 [01:47] 6.5.png Fats Domino - My Bleeding Heart (Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) Rock n Roll Ballad
B5 [02:25] 5.9.png Fats Domino - Easter Parade (Irving Berlin) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
B6 [01:55] 6.7.png Fats Domino - I’ll Always Be In Love With You (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam Stept) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
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