Let's Play Fats Domino

All songs written by Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino, except where noted.

Side one:

1. "You Left Me" – 2:02
2. "Ain't It Good" – 2:38
3. "Howdy Podner" – 2:09
4. "Stack & Billy" – 2:00
5. "Would You" (Victor A. Augustine, Domino, and Pearl King) – 1:58
6. "Margie" (Con Conrad and J. Russel Robinson) – 2:15

Side one Vinyl Lovers re-release bonus track:

7. "You Done Me Wrong" (Domino) – 2:10

Side two:

7. "Hands Across the Table" (Jean Delettre and Mitchell Parish) – 1:57
8. "
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   by Bartholomew and Domino) – 2:23
9. "Ida Jane" (Domino) – 2:14
10. "Lil' Liza Jane" (Countess Ada de Lachau, with new lyrics by Bartholomew and Domino) – 1:51
11. "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day" (Bartholomew, Domino, and Roy Hayes) – 2:02
12. "I Want to Talk You Home" (Domino) – 2:15

Side two Vinyl Lovers re-release bonus track:

14. "So Long" – 2:10

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes from the Vinyl Lovers re-release:

• Fats Domino – vocals and piano, except on "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day" (vocals only)

"You Left Me" (recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and December 1953)

• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Billy Diamond – bass guitar
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Robert “Buddy” Hagans – tenor saxophone
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"Ain't It Good" (recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and December 1953)

• Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Billy Diamond – bass guitar
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"Howdy Podner" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between October and November 1955)

• Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty or Buddy Hagans – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Clarence Ford – alto saxophone
• Ernest McLean – guitar

"Stack & Billy" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957)

• Lee Allen or Clarence Ford or Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Ernest McLean – guitar

"Would You" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957)

• Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar
• Earl Palmer – drums

"Margie" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 1958)

• Red Callender or Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Clarence Ford – baritone saxophone
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"You Done Me Wrong" (recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and December 1953)

• Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Robert “Buddy” Hagans – tenor saxophone
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"Hands Across the Table" (recorded in Los Angeles, California, October 1958)

• Red Callender or Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – baritone saxophone
• Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"When the Saints Go Marching In" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and November 1958)

• Cornelius Coleman or Earl Palmer – drums
• Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Clarence Ford – tenor saxophone
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – baritone saxophone
• Ernest McLean – guitar
• Allen Toussaint – piano

"Lil' Liza Jane" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and November 1958)

• Cornelius Coleman or Earl Palmer – drums
• Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Clarence Ford – tenor saxophone
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – baritone saxophone
• Ernest McLean – guitar

"I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between June and November 1958)

• Cornelius Coleman or Earl Palmer – drums
• Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Wendell Duconge – alto saxophone
• Clarence Ford – tenor saxophone
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Plas Johnson – baritone saxophone
• Ernest McLean – guitar

"Ida Jane" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 25, 1956)

• Justin Adams – guitar
• Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
• Dave Bartholomew – trumpet
• Herb Hardesty – tenor saxophone
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Ernest McLean – guitar
• Charles Williams – drums

"I Want to Talk You Home" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 1958)

• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Jimmie Davis – bass guitar
• Clarence Ford – saxophone
• Buddy Hagans – saxophone
• Roy Montrell or Walter "Papoose" Nelson – guitar

"So Long" (recorded at Cosimo Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana, between October and November 1955)

• Lee Allen or Herb Hardesty or Buddy Hagans – tenor saxophone
• Cornelius Coleman – drums
• Frank Fields – bass guitar
• Clarence Ford – alto saxophone
• Ernest McLean – guitar

References