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Fats Domino Posed

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Fats Domino Portrait

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Fats Domino

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Fats Domino At Montreux Jazz Festival

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Fats Domino At Montreux Jazz Festival

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Fats Domino At New Orleans Jazz Fest

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Fats Domino Fingers

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Fats Domino Performs On Stage

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Fats Domino

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Home of Fats Domino

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37th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell - Backstage - May 7, 2006

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Patrick McMullan Archives

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New GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Presented To Fats Domino

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Fats Domino: Walkin' Back To New Orleans World Premiere

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New Orleans Film Festival Closing Night - The Big Beat Screening

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