Fats Domino Concert for UNICEF (aka Legends Of Rock n Roll) November 17, 1988
It was 1988, November 17th to be excact. The place: Rome, Italy. It was Fats day off from a long (fiveweek) European tour and he flew to Rome with some of his band members (Herb Hardesty, Fred Kemp, Lee Allen, Jimmy Moliere and Ervin Charles a. o. ) to play an allstar concert to raise money to vaccinate African children for UNICEF. Fats, wearing a pink sport coat and white trousers performs I m Ready and Blueberry Hill to feature on the DVD. What s not in it (and that s a real shame ) are The Fat Man, My Girl Josephine and I m In Love Again. Broadcasted in april 1989 (at that time Roger Lewis was back in the band. He was abscent for 5 years) and videotaped by Cinemaxtv it was a great performance, before 10, 000 fans. It was a starstudded evening including the WHO S WHO of Soul and (Rhythm ) Blues: B. B. King, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley and James Brown. Jerry Lee is
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