Not only was he present at the birth of rock’n’roll, but his ability to straddle R&B and pop led to staggering success. Listen to the best Fats Domino songs.
'Pretzel Logic' became their first US top ten album, propelled by the biggest hit single of their career, 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number.'
The album was, incredibly, already Stevie’s 13th studio release for Motown.
The Greek superstar had career sales estimated at some 60 million records.
The debut LP was released when the Faces frontman was in the unusual situation of trying to launch solo and band careers at the same time.