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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,546 posts) Thu May 21, 2020, 10:37 AM May 2020

Fats(Thomas Wright) Waller was born on this date.

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Fats(Thomas Wright) Waller was born on this date. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2020 OP

I "discovered" Fats Waller when I was in college... Rollo May 2020 #1

Rollo

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1. I "discovered" Fats Waller when I was in college...

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Thu May 21, 2020, 11:10 AM

May 2020

And when my mom came to visit one day, she revealed that she had met Fats at a nightclub in DC back in the day. "He was nice" was about all I could get out of her.

LOL.

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