I'm Walkin'

The single was Fats Domino's third release in a row to reach number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart, where it stayed for six weeks. The single also continued Fats Domino's crossover appeal when "I'm Walkin'" peaked at number four on the pop singles chart.^[1] The song was featured in The Blues Brothers movie, during the scene in which the orphanage kids help spread the word of the band's revival concert.

Notable cover versions

Later in 1957, Ricky Nelson performed the song on an episode of his parents' show, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. Ricky Nelson's version was released as a single, which reached number four on the pop singles chart and number ten on the R&B charts.^[2] Nelson's version was released on Verve Records label with the B-side being "A Teenager's Romance". After a couple of Verve singles, Nelson also recorded for Imperial Records, the same label Domino was on at the time.^[3]
In 1961, the song re-charted as one of three songs in the "New Orleans Medley" by session drummer Earl Palmer. The record reached #108 in the Music Vendor survey.
In 1975, J. D. Crowe & The New South covered this song on their album J. D. Crowe & The New South
In 2007, the song was covered by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the tribute album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard).

Uses in media

Domino's version is heard in a 2016 TV commercial for Fitbit Alta.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 167.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 426.
↑ Ricky Nelson interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Blue Monday" by Fats Domino	Billboard R&B Best Sellers in Stores number-one single March 23, 1957 - April 22, 1957 (six weeks)	Succeeded by "School Days" by Chuck Berry

Ricky Nelson

James Burton Richie Frost Gene Garf James Kirkland

Studio albums	Ricky Rocks (1957) Ricky Nelson (1958) Ricky Sings Again (1959) Rick Is 21 (1961) Rick Sings Nelson (1970) Rudy the Fifth (1971) Garden Party (1972) Windfall (1974) All My Best (1985)

Live album	In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 (1970)

Singles	"I'm Walkin'" "A Teenager's Romance" "You're My One and Only Love" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" "Be-Bop Baby" "Stood Up" "Waitin' in School" "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" "Believe What You Say" "Poor Little Fool" "Lonesome Town" "I Got a Feeling" "It's Late" "Never Be Anyone Else But You" "Just a Little Too Much" "Sweeter Than You" "I Wanna Be Loved" "Young Emotions" "Travelin' Man" "Hello Mary Lou" "A Wonder Like You" "Everlovin'" "Young World" "Summertime" "Teen Age Idol" "It's Up to You" "Fools Rush In" "For You" "The Very Thought of You" "There's Nothing I Can Say" "She Belongs to Me" "Life" "Garden Party" "Dream Lover"

Related articles	Discography Gunnar Nelson Kristin Nelson Matthew Nelson Nelson

Fats Domino

Studio albums	Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino (1955)

Tribute albums	Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (1996) That's Fats: A Tribute to Fats Domino (2007)

Songs	"The Fat Man" "Ain't That a Shame" "I'm in Love Again" "Blueberry Hill" "Blue Monday" "I'm Walkin'" "I Want You to Know" "Walking to New Orleans" "My Girl Josephine" "It Keeps Rainin'" "Red Sails in the Sunset"

Related	Discography

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