Autographs of Fats Waller
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999. Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with: when in financial difficulties he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own. More about Fats Waller
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Waller was the seventh child of 11 (five of whom survived childhood) born to Adeline Locket Waller, a musician, and Reverend Edward Martin Waller, a trucker and pastor in New York City. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to playing the organ at his father's church four years later. His mother instructed him in his youth, and he attended other music lessons, paying for them by working in a grocery store. Waller attended DeWitt Clinton High School for one semester, but left school at 15 to work as an organist at the Lincoln Theater in Harlem, where he earned $32 a week. Within 12 months he had composed his first rag. He was the prize pupil and later the friend and colleague of the stride pianist James P. Johnson. Waller also studied composition at the Juilliard School with Carl Bohm and Leopold Godowsky. His mother died on November 10, 1920, from a stroke due to diabetes. Read even more about Fats Waller at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Fats Waller
The most expensive item with a signature of Fats Waller (Fats Waller Legendary Jazz Pianist Genuine Hand Signed Autographed Photo) was sold in May 2015 for £260.00 while the cheapest item (KEITH SMITH An Album of LOUIS ARMSTRONG & FATS WALLER Music, Signed HJ107) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2013 with an average selling price of £67.93 for an autographed item of Fats Waller. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2015 with £260.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Fats Waller is worth £49.99.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
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 | (SIGNED) LOUIS ARMSTRONG & FATS WALLER MUSIC• LP Vinyl • HJ107 • EX/EX | £11.99 | |
| FATS WALLER - JAZZ PIANIST - AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD PHOTO. | £49.99 | |
| FATS WALLER ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. JAZZ | £53.88 | |
| FATS WALLER original SIGNED AUTOGRAPH original JAZZ 1920s music USA blues soul | £49.99 | |
| FATS WALLER SIGNED AUTOGRAPH | £250.00 | |
| FATS WALLER,Ain't Misbehavin', original signed autograph 5x3 photo card ! | £82.00 | |
| George Melly sings Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' signed on cover by George Mel | £4.20 | |
| Keith Smith (7) - An Album Of Louis Armstrong & Fats Waller Signed By Band | £8.99 | |
| KEITH SMITH An Album of LOUIS ARMSTRONG & FATS WALLER Music, Signed HJ107 | £0.99 | |
| Neville Dickie Fats Waller Revival Band autographed CD signed | £1.00 | |