The New Orleans rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, known for songs like Ain't That A Shame and Blueberry Hill, was instrumental in the genre’s rise.
He released his first record, ‘Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino’, in 1955 and quickly became one of America’s biggest selling stars.
The Associated Press reports that the pianist died of natural causes at 3:30am on Tuesday, according to Mark Bone, the chief investigator of the Jefferson Parish coroner’s office.
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