"Fats Domino" . . "Ain't That A Shame" . "Gramophone record" . "Songs about New Orleans, Louisiana" . "The Four Seasons (band) songs" . "Bob Crewe" . "Epic Records singles" . . "Vee-Jay Records singles" . "0"^^ . . "%22Ain't That a Shame%22 is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Released by Imperial Records in 1955, the song was a hit for Domino, eventually selling a million copies. It reached #1 on the %22Black Singles%22 chart and #10 on the %22Pop Singles%22 chart. The song is ranked #438 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.The song gained national fame after being re-recorded by white recording artist Pat Boone. Domino's version soon became more popular, bringing Domino's music to the mass market a half dozen years after his first major recording, %22The Fat Man%22.After %22Ain't That a Shame%22, mainstream artists began covering Domino's songs. Teresa Brewer, for instance, performed the Domino rewrite of a folk song called %22Bo Weevil%22.The Four Seasons version hit #22 on the Billboard charts in 1963.According to legend, Pat Boone suggested the title and lyrics be altered to %22Isn't That A Shame%22 to make it more appealing to a broader audience but was dissuaded by his producers. Despite his suggestion being rejected, Boone had his first Billboard number-one single in 1955. Domino complimented Boone's cover of the song. Boone likes to tell the story about a Fats Domino concert and Domino invited Boone on stage. Domino showed a big gold ring and said %22Pat Boone bought me this ring.%22This was the first song that John Lennon learned to play. He later covered it on Rock 'n' Roll." . "1979 singles" . "5714dee725ac0d8aee53fd97" . "false"^^ . "Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients" . "eng" . "false"^^ . . "-0.0227312"^^ . "cb95572e-934d-4835-9eba-0e3808c77315" . "Dave Bartholomew" . . . . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "false"^^ . . "Pat Boone songs" . "1955 singles" . "Epic Records" . "english" . "1963 singles" . "Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe" . "3"^^ . "Fats Domino songs" . "Imperial Records" . "Imperial Records singles" . "Vee-Jay Records" . "1955 songs" . "Songs written by Fats Domino" . . "Songs written by Dave Bartholomew" . "Cheap Trick songs" . "Ain't That A Shame" . "-1.09412"^^ .