Darktown Strutters Ball

artist:Fats Domino

, writer:Shelton Brooks

Chords:

 {t:Darktown Strutters Ball}
{artist:Fats Domino}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Gv8BXzm6I 
{c:  }
[G7] 

I'll be [C] there to getcha in a taxi honey 
[D7] Better be ready 'bout half past eight 
[G] Now baby don't be late 
I [C] wanna be there when the band starts [G] playing  
 
[C] Remember when we get there honey 
[D7] Two-step I'm gonna have them all 
Gonna [F] dance out of both of my [D7] shoes 
When they [C] lay the Jelly Roll [A7] Blues 
[D7] Tomorrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutter's [C] Ball [G7]

{sos}
I'll be [C] there to getcha in a taxi honey 
[D7] Better be ready 'bout half past eight 
[G] Now baby don't be late 
I [C] wanna be there when the band starts [G] playing  
 
[C] Remember when we get there honey 
[D7] Two-step I'm gonna have them all 
Gonna [F] dance out of both of my [D7] shoes 
When they [C] lay the Jelly Roll [A7] Blues 
[D7] Tomorrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutter's [C] Ball [G7]
{eos}
I'll be [C] there to getcha in a taxi honey 
[D7] Better be ready 'bout half past eight 
[G] Now baby don't be late 
I [C] wanna be there when the band starts [G] playing  
 
[C] Remember when we get there honey 
[D7] Two-step I'm gonna have them all 
Gonna [F] dance out of both of my [D7] shoes 
When they [C] lay the Jelly Roll [A7] Blues 
[D7] Tomorrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutter's [C] Ball [G7]

{sos}
I'll be [C] there to getcha in a taxi honey 
[D7] Better be ready 'bout half past eight 
[G] Now baby don't be late 
I [C] wanna be there when the band starts [G] playing  
 
[C] Remember when we get there honey 
[D7] Two-step I'm gonna have them all 
Gonna [F] dance out of both of my [D7] shoes 
When they [C] lay the Jelly Roll [A7] Blues 
[D7] Tomorrow night at the [G7] Darktown Strutter's [C] Ball

Song Info

Title: Darktown Strutters Ball

Artist: Fats Domino

Writer: Shelton Brooks

Song Types: Jazz, Pop

Key: C

Info: Antoine "Fats" Domino was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on the 26th of February 1928.  When he was a 7 year old kid, he learned piano from his ,much older, brother-in-law Harrison Verrett. His piano playing was influenced by boogie woogie pianists like Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and his triplet piano style came from Little Willie Littlefield, who,by the way,lives in the Netherlands.

His first record was "The Fat man", recorded in 1949 and became a R & B hit in 1950 and a gold record in 1953. His cooperation with the bandleader Dave Bartholomew resulted in an almost endless chain of R & B and Top 100 hit records. He also played the piano on Lloyd Price's millionseller "Lawdy miss clawdy." Fats performed in 4 Rock & Roll movies, "The girl can't help it, "Shake rattle and rock", "Jamboree" and "The Big beat." This ended in 1963 with "Red sails in the sunset," by than Fats recorded for ABC-Paramount and the cooperation with Dave had ended.  In the period 1949-1960 he had 23 million sellers, not less than 17 were co-written with Dave Bartholomew.

In 1955, with the arrival of Rock & Roll, Fats became also popular with the white audience starting with "Ain't that a shame." Lew Chudd, the owner of Imperial Records sold his record company to LIBERTY in 1963. At that time success faded a little and Fats signed a contract with ABC-Paramount, were he had a couple of hits. Later, in 1965, he had a very good live album on MERCURY and a couple of albums on REPRISE and SONET.

"Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. There are many variations of the title, including "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just "Strutters' Ball".

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Darktown Strutters Ball

artist:Fats Domino

, writer:Shelton Brooks

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