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Fats Waller

Fats Waller
Image: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Fisher, Alan, photographer. · Public domain · source

Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the stride style were widely influential among musicians. A popular performer in the Jazz Age and swing era, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Coleman HawkinsNovember 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969
  2. Count BasieAugust 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984
  3. Dmitry Borisovich KabalevskyDecember 17, 1904 – February 14, 1987
  4. Fats Waller (this page)May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943
  5. Glenn MillerMarch 1, 1904 – 1944
  6. Luigi DallapiccolaFebruary 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975

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