Artist: Fats Domino
Author: Antoine Domino/Dave Bartholomew
Label: Imperial
Year: 1955
Spelled out as Ain't It A Shame on the original labels. Pat Boone who's white cover outsold the original and living in a parallel world, had better named his version Isn't That A Shame.
Covers:
Pat Boone [n°1 US, following up Bill Haley at the top of the charts; Fats Domino's comment: This man bought me this ring with this song; see also: I'm Walkin']
John Lennon [one of the first songs, if not the first song he learned to play, through his mother Julia on banjo, who probably only knew the Pat Boone hitversion]
Paul McCartney [on his Russian lp]
Not to be confused with Lloyd Price's hit Ain't It A Shame ('53). N°1 R&B, top 10 US.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)