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Tables of Contents for Fats Waller
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Michael Lipskin
Acknowledgments
xix
1864--1904 The Background of the Waller Family
1
10
1914--1919 Fats Discovers Harlem Nightlife
11
6
1919 The Death of Fats' Mother
17
8
1920--1922 Fats Meets James P. Johnson and Willie The Lion Smith
25
10
1922--1924 Fats Marries Edith
35
14
1923--1924 Fats and the Music Publishers
49
6
1924--1926 Fats Meets His Second Wife and Captain Maines
55
14
1927--1928 Fats Writes Keep Shufflin'
69
12
1928--1929 Fats Writes Load of Coal
81
12
1930--1931 Fats Becomes a Recording Regular for RCA
93
12
1932--1933 Fats Goes to Work for WWL
105
18
1934--1936 Fats Makes It to the Top as a Composer and Recording Artist
123
18
1937--1943 Buster Shepherd Remembers the Good and the Bad Times
141
8
1940--1943 Fats at His Peak as a Recording Artist and Songwriter
149
14
Maurice Remembers His Father
163
12
1943 The Death of Fats
175
56
Recording Dates and Personnel
185
24
Fats Waller's Published Songs
209
4
Fats Waller's Unpublished Songs
213
4
Fats Waller's Piano Rolls
217
2
Song Arrangements
219
12
Index
231