Ain’t This a Countdown: Ain’t That a Shame

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When I announced this adventure in bad grammar I’m sure this is one of the first songs that popped into your mind. Since I always do the first portion alphabetically you didn’t have to wait long…just for me to get through the other songs that start with “ain’t.” Sing along!! Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Of course! We can’t make it through a countdown like this without this oft-covered rock classic! Here’s an interesting tidbit from Picky Wedia: reportedly, when Elvis met Fats Domino, he called Fats “the real king of rock and roll.” Rightfully so, too: among the songs debated and disputed by music historians to be “the first rock and roll record” is Domino’s 1949 hit “The Fat Man.” Fats (real name: Antonio…Creole, not Italian) had a pretty important co-writer, too: Dave Bartholomew, who, among other things, gave us “I Hear You Knockin’” and “My Ding-a-Ling.” Together they wrote a number of great classics, including this one and “I’m Walkin’.” And there’s a version for just about any taste: Hank Williams Jr. covered it. There’s the famous Cheap Trick rendition (that takes 20 minutes to end with all those solos ). There’s even a hapless, hopeless white-bread version by Pat Boone. The only thing they don’t have is a grammatically correct rendition (“Isn’t That a Shame”). Truthfully, that’s no shame at all. Ain’t That a Shame Written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew Recorded by Fats Domino Released as a single, 1955 You’re the one to blame: