Ain't It a Shame

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Written by: Dave Bartholomew, Domino
Produced by: Bartholomew
Released: July '55 on Imperial
Charts: 13 weeks
Top spot: No. 10

In the summer of 1955, "Ain't It a Shame" became Domino's first pop smash, after a string of R&B hits in the early 1950s. Pat Boone's white-bread cover (retitled "Ain't That a Shame") reached Number One, but as Jerry Wexler put it, "Fats Domino is still the thing. Who cares about what's his name with the white buck shoes?"

Appears on: The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol)

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