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Fats Waller (21 May 1904 - 15 Dec 1943)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (213)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Waller on the Ivories 1943
  2. Favorites 1944 (as "Fats" Waller)
  3. Rediscovered Early Solos 01 Jan 1955
  4. The Real Fats Waller 1959
  5. Smashing Thirds 01 Jan 1968
  6. African Ripples 1969
  7. "Fats" Waller Memorial 1969
  8. 1924-1931 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls Vol. 2 01 Jan 1971
  9. The Vocal Fats Waller 1972
  10. Last Testament His Final Recordings 1972
  11. Black and White Serie Vol. 22 Fats Waller Hitherto Unpublished Piano, Vocal, and Conversation (Volume 2) 1973
  12. Fats Plays, Sings, Alone & With Various Groups 1973
  13. The Fats Waller Legacy 1973
  14. "Inedits" 1973
  15. Ain't Misbehaving 1978
  16. A Legendary Performer 1978
  17. Fats at the Organ 1981
  18. That's Fats! 1983
  19. Fats Waller in London 1984
  20. You Rascal You! 1986
  21. Great Original Performances 1927-1934 1986
  22. The Joint Is Jumpin' 1987
  23. The Complete Fats Waller Volume IV 1987
  24. Ain't Misbehavin' 1988
  25. Fats Waller 16 Top Tracks 1988
  26. Dust Off That Old Pianna 1988
  27. Classic Jazz From Rare Piano Rolls 1988
  28. Piano Masterworks Vol 1 1989
  29. Honeysuckle Rose 1989
  30. The Jazz Collector Edition 1989
  31. Honeysuckle Rose 1989
  32. Music Maestro Please 1990
  33. Ain't Misbehavin' 1990
  34. The Complete Fats Waller 1922-1927 1991
  35. L: The Jazz Singer 1991
  36. Turn On the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos 1991
  37. Fats and His Buddies 1992
  38. The Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1922-1926 1992
  39. The Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1926-1927 1992
  40. Fun With Fats 1992
  41. 'Taint What You Do 1992
  42. The Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1927-1929 1993
  43. Ain't Misbehavin' 1993
  44. Phenomenal Fats 1993
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Ain’t Misbehavin’ 1987 1978 original Broadway cast
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Other

  1. Jazz Giants 1996
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Relationships (10)

Teachers

  1. James P. Johnson
  2. Alex Hill

Collaborator On

  1. R.C.A. Victor All-Stars (31 Mar 1937)

Member Of

  1. Fats Waller and His Continental Rhythm eponymous
  2. Louisiana Sugar Babes
  3. Fats Waller and His Rhythm eponymous
  4. Fats Waller, His Rhythm & His Orchestra eponymous
  5. The Rhythmakers
  6. Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies eponymous
  7. Fats Waller and His Buddies eponymous

Recordings by (480)

  1. Got to Cool My Doggies Now ?:?? (Mar 1923)
  2. Muscle Shoals Blues 3:17 (Apr 1923) studio, 1922-10-21: Okeh matrix 70948-D
  3. Birmingham Blues 3:00 (Apr 1923) studio, 1922-10-21: Okeh matrix 70949-D
  4. Laughin’ Cryin’ Blues ?:?? (May 1923)
  5. Your Time Now ?:?? (May 1923)
  6. Snake Hips ?:?? (Jun 1923)
  7. ’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do ?:?? (Jun 1923)
  8. Papa Better Watch Your Step ?:?? (Jul 1923)
  9. Haitian Blues ?:?? (Aug 1923)
  10. Mama’s Got the Blues ?:?? (Aug 1923) piano roll, 1923-08: QRS matrix 2322
  11. Midnight Blues ?:?? (Aug 1923)
  12. Last Go Round Blues ?:?? (Sep 1923)
  13. You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did ?:?? (Sep 1923)
  14. Clearing House Blues ?:?? (Jun 1924)
  15. Jail House Blues ?:?? (Jun 1924)
  16. Do It Mr. So and So ?:?? (Jun 1924)
  17. Don’t Try to Take My Man Away ?:?? (Jun 1924)
  18. A New Kind of Man With a New Kind of Love for Me ?:?? (Aug 1924)
  19. West Indies Blues ?:?? (Aug 1924)
  20. Squeeze Me ?:?? (Feb 1926) piano roll, 1926-02
  21. 18th Street Strut ?:?? (Mar 1926)
  22. St. Louis Blues 2:53 (Dec 1926) studio, 1926-11-17: Victor matrix 36773-1, organ solo, master take
  23. Lenox Avenue Blues 2:36 (Dec 1926) studio, 1926-11-17: Victor matrix 36774-4
  24. Cryin’ for My used to Be ?:?? (Feb 1927)
  25. If I Could Be With You ?:?? (Mar 1927)
  26. Soothin' Syrup Stomp 2:54 (08 Apr 1927) studio, 1927-01-14: Victor matrix 37357-2
  27. Loveless Love 3:07 (08 Apr 1927) studio, 1927-01-14: Victor matrix 37359-3
  28. Nobody but My Baby ?:?? (Aug 1927)
  29. I’m Coming Virginia ?:?? (Nov 1927)
  30. The Rusty Pail 3:02 (1927) studio, 1927-01-14: Victor matrix 37362-3, master take
  31. Sloppy Water 3:03 (1927) studio, 1927-01-14: Victor matrix 37358-3
  32. I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) 3:09 (Mar 1928) studio, 1927-12-01: Victor matrix 40094-2, solo organ
  33. The Digah’s Stomp 2:55 (Jul 1928) studio, 1927-12-01: Victor matrix 40095-2
  34. Hog Maw Stomp 3:05 (1928) studio, 1927-02-16: Victor matrix 37820-2
  35. Sugar 3:01 (1928) studio, 1927-05-20: Victor matrix 38044-1, instrumental
  36. Handful of Keys 2:48 (03 May 1929) studio, 1929-03-01: Victor matrix 49759-1
  37. Numb Fumblin’ 2:52 (03 May 1929) studio, 1929-03-01: matrix 49762-2
  38. Sweet Savannah Sue 3:02 (Sep 1929) studio, 1929-08-02: Victor matrix 49493-2
  39. Ain’t Misbehavin’ 3:02 (Sep 1929) studio, 1929-08-02: Victor matrix 49492-3, piano solo
  40. Smashing Thirds 3:07 (10 Oct 1930) studio, 1929-09-24: Victor matrix 56710-2
  41. My Feelin’s Are Hurt 3:04 (10 Oct 1930) studio, 1929-09-11: Victor matrix 56126-1
  42. I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling 2:51 (1930) studio, 1929-08-02: Victor matrix 49494-2
  43. Love Me or Leave Me 2:40 (1930) studio, 1929-08-02: Victor matrix 49495-3, master take
  44. I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby ?:?? (Jun 1931)
  45. I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby (And My Baby’s Crazy ’Bout Me) 3:20 (1931) studio, 1931-03-13: Columbia matrix W151417-3
  46. Draggin’ My Heart Around 3:21 (1931) studio, 1931-03-13: Columbia matrix W151418-2
  47. Alligator Crawl 2:42 (26 Dec 1934) studio, 1934-11-16: Victor matrix 86210-1
  48. African Ripples 3:10 (26 Dec 1934) studio, 1934-11-16: Victor matrix 86208-2
  49. Rosetta (Fox Trot) ?:?? (Apr 1935)
  50. Clothes Line Ballet 2:59 (1935) studio, 1934-11-16: Victor matrix 86209-1
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On Recordings (50)

Performer

  1. Sugar 3:01 Fats Waller (1928) solo
  2. Handful of Keys 2:48 Fats Waller (03 May 1929) solo
  3. I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby ?:?? Fats Waller (Jun 1931)

Instruments

  1. Birmingham Blues 3:00 Fats Waller (Apr 1923) piano
  2. Muscle Shoals Blues 3:17 Fats Waller (Apr 1923) piano
  3. Lenox Avenue Blues 2:36 Fats Waller (Dec 1926) pipe organ
  4. St. Louis Blues 2:53 Fats Waller (Dec 1926) pipe organ
  5. Soothin' Syrup Stomp 2:54 Fats Waller (08 Apr 1927) pipe organ
  6. Loveless Love 3:07 Fats Waller (08 Apr 1927) pipe organ
  7. Sugar 3:18 Alberta Hunter (16 Sep 1927) pipe organ
  8. Beale Street Blues 3:17 Alberta Hunter (16 Sep 1927) pipe organ
  9. Won't You Take Me Home 2:47 Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies (Oct 1927) pipe organ
  10. Savannah Blues 2:59 Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies (Oct 1927) pipe organ, piano
  11. Sloppy Water 3:03 Fats Waller (1927) pipe organ
  12. The Rusty Pail 3:02 Fats Waller (1927) pipe organ
  13. He’s Gone Away 2:39 Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies (16 Mar 1928) pipe organ, piano
  14. Please Take Me Out of Jail 2:49 Thomas Waller with Morris's Hot Babies (16 Mar 1928) pipe organ, piano
  15. I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) 3:09 Fats Waller (Mar 1928) pipe organ
  16. Thou Swell 3:01 Louisiana Sugar Babes (28 May 1928) organ, pipe organ
  17. Persian Rug 3:34 Louisiana Sugar Babes (28 May 1928) pipe organ
  18. ’Sippi 3:13 Louisiana Sugar Babes (Jun 1928) organ, pipe organ
  19. Willow Tree 3:25 Louisiana Sugar Babes (Jun 1928) organ, pipe organ
  20. The Digah’s Stomp 2:55 Fats Waller (Jul 1928) pipe organ
  21. When You're With Somebody Else 2:25 Shilkret's Rhyth-Melodists (1928) organ, organ
  22. Nobody Knows (How Much I Love You) 3:05 Andy Razaf (1928) piano
  23. Back in Your Own Back Yard 3:24 Andy Razaf (1928) piano
  24. Hog Maw Stomp 3:05 Fats Waller (1928) pipe organ
  25. Sugar 3:01 Fats Waller (1928) pipe organ
  26. Handful of Keys 2:48 Fats Waller (03 May 1929) solo, piano
  27. Numb Fumblin’ 2:52 Fats Waller (03 May 1929) piano
  28. Sweet Savannah Sue 3:02 Fats Waller (Sep 1929) piano
  29. Ain’t Misbehavin’ 3:02 Fats Waller (Sep 1929) solo, piano, piano
  30. Six or Seven Times 3:25 The Little Chocolate Dandies (Nov 1929) piano
  31. That’s How I Feel Today 3:01 The Little Chocolate Dandies (Nov 1929) piano
  32. Big Business, Part 1 3:40 Ed Green, Billy Higgins and Company (06 Dec 1929) piano
  33. Big Business, Part 2 3:08 Ed Green, Billy Higgins and Company (06 Dec 1929) piano
  34. You've Got to Be Modernistic 3:04 James P. Johnson & His Orchestra (Dec 1929) piano
  35. You Don’t Understand 2:56 James P. Johnson & His Orchestra (Dec 1929) piano
  36. The Minor Drag 2:40 Fats Waller and His Buddies (1929) piano
  37. Harlem Fuss 3:22 Fats Waller and His Buddies (1929) piano
  38. When I’m Alone 3:31 Fats Waller and His Buddies (Feb 1930) piano
  39. My Fate Is in Your Hands 3:06 Gene Austin (Feb 1930) piano
  40. Lookin' for Another Sweetie 3:06 Fats Waller and His Buddies (Feb 1930) piano
  41. St. Louis Blues 3:04 Thomas Waller & Benny Paine (02 May 1930) piano
  42. After You’ve Gone 3:26 Thomas Waller & Benny Paine (02 May 1930) piano
  43. My Feelin’s Are Hurt 3:04 Fats Waller (10 Oct 1930) piano
  44. Smashing Thirds 3:07 Fats Waller (10 Oct 1930) solo, piano, piano
  45. I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling 2:51 Fats Waller (1930) solo, piano, piano
  46. Love Me or Leave Me 2:40 Fats Waller (1930) piano

Vocals

  1. Royal Garden Blues 3:01 Ted Lewis and His Band (Oct 1931)

Credited as (100)

  1. Fats Waller
  2. Fats Waller and Adelaide Hall
  3. Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon
  4. Lee Wiley & Fats Waller
  5. Alberta Hunter & Fats Waller
  6. Fats Waller & Andy Razaf
  7. Fats Waller and Ada Brown
  8. Una Mae Carlisle feat. Fats Waller
  9. Fats Waller and Una Mae Carlisle
  10. Waller
  11. Fats Waller feat. Sara Martin
  12. Ada Brown & Fats Waller
  13. Fats Waller, Benny Carter, Alton Moore, Gene Porter, Irving Ashby, Slam Stewart & Zutty Singleton
  14. Tommy Dorsey, Bunny Berigan, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough and George Wettling
  15. Sara Martin feat. Fats Waller
  16. Fats Waller & Lee Wiley
  17. Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum
  18. Fats Waller & Adelaide Hall
  19. Fats Waller with Eddie Condon and His Band
  20. Fats Waller, Harry Brooks
  21. Thomas Waller
  22. Ted Lewis and His Band with Fats Waller
  23. Fats Waller, Harry Brooks / Dave Wolpe
  24. Adelaide Hall feat. Fats Waller
  25. Fats Waller with Ted Lewis and His Orchestra
  26. Flip Wallace
  27. “Fats” Waller
  28. The Chocolate Dandies featuring Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins, and Rex Stewart
  29. Thomas “Fats” Waller
  30. Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
  31. Fats Waller & Ada Brown
  32. DJ Max W. feat. Fats Waller
  33. A Jam Session at Victor (Berigan, Dorsey & Waller)
  34. Monette Moore & Fats Waller
  35. Gene Austin & Fats Waller
  36. Louis Armstrong / Fats Waller
  37. Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller
  38. Fats Waller with Adelaide Hall
  39. Fats Waller, James P. Johnson & Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds
  40. Fats Waller, Jack Teagarden & Eddie Condon
  41. Alex Hill & Fats Waller
  42. Atom Smith feat. Fats Waller
  43. James P. Johnson & Perry Bradford , with Fats Waller
  44. Fats Waller & Alberta Hunter
  45. "Fats" Waller
  46. Cab Calloway och hans Cotton Club orkester / Thomas “Fats” Waller
  47. Fats Waller, solo piano
  48. A Jam Session at Victor (Berigan/Dorsey/Waller)
  49. Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Fats Waller
  50. Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, Fats Waller
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Works (99)

Wrote

  1. Bessie, Bessie, Bessie
  2. Bouncin’ on a V‐Disc
  3. A Hopeless Love Affair
  4. Ain't-Cha! Glad?
  5. Honey Hush
  6. If It Ain’t Love
  7. Sittin' Up, Waitin' for You
  8. All That Meat and No Potatoes
  9. Outskirts of Town
  10. Off Time
  11. Come on and Stomp, Stomp, Stomp
  12. Hi Ho Silver
  13. Fools
  14. I’m Goin’ Huntin’
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Composed

  1. Honeysuckle Rose (1928)
  2. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1929)
  3. Jitterbug Waltz
  4. St Louis Shuffle
  5. Anita
  6. I Repent
  7. Russian Fantasy
  8. Mon sort est dans vos mains
  9. Grete
  10. Sweet and Slow
  11. Yacht Club Swing
  12. Wild Cat Blues
  13. Stealin’ Apples
  14. Take it from Me (I'm Taking to You)
  15. The Joint Is Jumpin’
  16. Ridin' but Walkin'
  17. When the Nylons Bloom Again
  18. Zonky
  19. Dixie Cinderella
  20. I'm Now Prepared to Tell the World (It's You)
  21. I’m More Than Satsified
  22. Nid mis Problem
  23. Sweet Savannah Sue
  24. Jitterbug Waltz
  25. Alligator Crawl
  26. Jungle Jamboree
  27. Snake Hip Dance
  28. Wringin' an' Twistin'
  29. Find Out What They Like and How They Like It
  30. Angeline
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Lyrics

  1. Wringin' an' Twistin'
  2. Anita
  3. I Repent
  4. I Believe in Miracles
  5. Old Grand Dad
  6. Sweet and Slow
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Links (23)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13900979w
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50024199
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zs35hc
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fats_waller
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1212435
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/101963
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50024199
  8. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=12543
  9. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118628763
  10. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL7210779A

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Waller,_Fats

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/8393693

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/253482
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/620664

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000162762

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909043/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/54334148

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310476

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/20272

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DYWCXTkNqGFZIf67SrWEa
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/15277

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3474

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/569fc5bf-bcb6-4bc5-9a00-bd0d258e34f1