Long before I started collecting singles obsessively, my mum, dad and three older sisters bought them regularly so my house was full of them even before I was born. I learned to stack them and play them when I was about four and I haven’t stopped doing that to this day. One of my favourites as a four year old DJ was this. And with Fats Domino’s death this week at the age of 89, I gave it a spin for the first time in years and on hearing it again, I noticed something that had never occurred to me before. This was recorded in 1959 and – just listen to those offbeats – I think Fats unwittingly invented ska and reggae.
God, I loved this record.

- Coffee and ca...29th May 2015
- My daughter t...28th May 2015
- It'll never h...26th May 2015
- "Peter Kay's"...24th May 2015
- For Denis….23rd May 2015
- My wife was c...22nd May 2015
- The worst sor...17th May 2015
- Chuka chucks ...16th May 2015
- I never go to...15th May 2015
- 70th annivers...10th May 2015
- Tories win th...9th May 2015
- Look…..7th May 2015
- RIP Errol Bro...6th May 2015
- Isn't he drea...3rd May 2015
- All Hail The ...28th Apr 2015 prev next