Biography

New York-born Thomas "Fats" Waller was an astonishingly inventive stride piano player and one of the great showmen of jazz. In addition to his own enormously successful career, he also worked with such greats as Fletcher Henderson, Jack Teagarden, and Lee Wiley. As Waller gained greater popularity in the 1930s--having already written hits such as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose"--his vocal shtick and outrageous mugging almost overshadowed his instrumental genius. But his skill at the keyboards (he was also a gifted organist) was always in evidence, filling all his work with an infectious exuberance. The popular 1979 Broadway Musical AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' brought his rollicking compositions to a new generation.

Top Tracks

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• (i'm Gonna See You) When Your Troubles Are Just Like Mine

• (i'm Gonna Sit Right Down And) Write Myself A Letter

• 12th Street Rag

• A Good Man Is Hard To Find

• A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid

• African Ripples

• Ain't Misbehavin'

• Alligator Crawl

• Alligator Crawl (piano Solo)

• Anything That Happens Just Pleases Me

• Beat It Out

• Black Maria

• Black Raspberry Jam

• Blue Turning Grey Over You

• Buckin' The Dice

• Carolina Shout

• Christopher Columbis

• Christopher Columbus

• Clearing House Blues

• Come Down To Earth, My Angel

• Dallas Blues

• Dark Eyes

• Darktown Strutters' Ball

• Do It Mr. So-and-so

• Do It! Mister So And So

• Dream Man

• Everybody Loves My Baby

• Fat And Greasy

• Fats Waller Stomp

• Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues

• Floatin' Down To Cotton Town

• Fractious Fingering

• Functionizin'

• Geechee

• Got A Bran' New Suit

• Handful Of Keys

• Harlem Fuss

• He's Gone Away

• Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister

• Hold Tight (want Some Sea Food, Mama)

• Hold Tight (want Some Seafood, Mama)

• Honey Hush

• Honeysuckle Rose

• I Ain't Got Nobody

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

• I Got Rhythm

• I Wish I Were Twins

• I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby

• I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby (and My Baby's Crazy 'bout Me)

• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

• In The Gloaming

• It's A Sin To Tell A Lie

• I've Got My Fingers Crossed

• Jail House Blues

• Loafin' Time

• Loungin' At The Waldorf

• Love Me Or Leave Me

• Lulu's Back In Town

• Mamacita

• Marie

• Messin' Around With The Blues

• My Very Good Friend The Milkman

• My Very Good Friend, The Milkman

• Nagasaki

• Nero

• Numb Fumblin'

• One In A Million

• Pantin' In The Panther Room

• Please Take Me Out Of Jail

• Rump Steak Serenade

• Serenade For A Wealthy Widow

• Shortnin' Bread

• Sister Kate

• Smashing Thirds

• Soothin' Syrup Stomp

• Spring Cleaning (getting Ready For Love)

• Squeeze Me

• St Louis Blues

• St. Louis Blues

• Star Dust

• Stompin' The Bug

• Stop Beatin' 'round The Mulberry Bush

• Sugar

• Sugar Rose

• Sweet Sue

• Sweet Sue, Just You

• Swingin' Them Jingle Bells

• 'tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do

• Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do

• 'taint Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do

• 'tain't What You Do (it's The Way You Do It)

• Tea For Two

• The Flat Foot Floogie

• The Girl I Left Behind Me

• The Jitterbug Waltz

• The Joint Is Jumpin'

• The Minor Drag

• The Sheik Of Araby

• There'll Be Some Changes Made

• Turn On The Heat

• Undecided

• Viper's Drag

• Waiting At The End Of The Road

• When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful

• Won't You Get Off It, Please?

• Won't You Take Me Home?

• You Must Be Losing Your Mind

• Your Feet's Too Big

• You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew

• You're Slightly Less Than Wonderful

Discography

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• The Amazing Mr. Waller, Vol. 2: Jiving with Fats Waller

  1954

• The Amazing Mr. Waller, Vol. 1

  Riverside Records

  1954