1959
I'M READY * FATS DOMINO * LONDON 8865 * UK
With 65 million units sold Fats Domino was second only in sales to Elvis Presley during the 1950s, his very first release for Imperial The Fat Man, a song about drugs that had to be 'cleaned up' for release, is said by some to have sold a million, it also gave him his stage and recording name.
See also Ain't That A Shame