"Blue Monday" is a song, written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew in 1955. It was popularized in a recording by Domino in 1956, on Imperial Records (catalog # 5417), becoming one of the earliest rhythm and blues songs to make the Billboard magazine pop music charts. Fats Domino, born Antoine Dominique (born February 26, 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana), is a classic R&B singer. ... Dave Bartholomew is a musician, bandleader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans, Louisiana throughout the second half of the 20th century. ... See also: 1954 in music, other events of 1955, 1956 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music Events January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called Operation TNT. The label drops the list price on LPs from $5. ... See also: 1955 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music Events Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. ... Imperial Records has been the name of at least three different record labels of the 20th century. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Depending on context, pop music is either an abbreviation of popular music or, more recently, a term for a sub-genre of it. ...

It was included on the 1957 album This Is Fats and the 1959 album Fats Domino sings 12,000,000 Records. It was ranked #5 on a compilation of Domino's 100 greatest recordings on Digital Dream Door (http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists-bio/fatsdomino.html). See also: 1956 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music Events Pat Boone stars in his first two Hollywood motion pictures: Bernadine and April Love Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera), from 1956s Alfred Hitchcock... See also: 1958 in music, other events of 1959, 1960 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music Events January 22 - Buddy Holly records some acoustic demos in his New York City apartment. ...

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song lyric (http://www.ilyric.net/Lyrics/F/Fats-Domino/Blue-Monday.html)