Fats Domino - Who Cares - May 2, 1963

Recorded, April 21, 1963 (Thursday)
(w&m: Donald "Don" Eugene Gibson)

Fats' 3rd recording of his 83th recording session (11479).
a-side of ABC-Paramount 10512 b/w "Just A Lonely Man".
45RPM release: December 1963.
First album release: "The Best Of Fats Domino", Artone PAP-242 (H)
Released: September 1966.


RCA-Victor Recording Studio B, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee.

Antoine Domino(v/p) or James Booker(p) with poss.: Herb Hardesty, Boots Randolph(ts), Reggie Hall(org), Roy Montrell(g), Clarence Brown(d) with Bill Justis Orch (unk. s, tp, b, strings and chorus)
Producer: Felton Jarvis
Arranger: Bill Justis
Engineer: Tommy Strong

"Who Cares" had its debut on the Billboard POP-charts on January 4, 1964, just before "the British Invasion". In its 5 week chart-run it peaked at #63.
It debuted on the Billboard R&B-charts on January 11, 1964, reaching #27. It stayed 5 weeks on the charts. He only had 1 R&B hit to go...

more CHARTFACTS:
#82 Cashbox-charts(USA)

There are at least 5 alternate takes of which only 2 saw the day of light.

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