"I Want You to Know" is a 1957

Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New O ...

and

Dave Bartholomew David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019) was an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer. He was prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Originally ...

song. Since Domino was on the road touring Bartholomew hired

Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...

to lay down the piano track.Grace Lichtenstein ''Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans'' 1993 p112 "Fats Domino was on the road; Bartholomew needed someone to lay down his piano track for an upcoming recording on which Fats would dub the vocals later. Toussaint obliged and the tune, "I Want You to Know," made the charts in due course. "I played precisely like Fats Domino would have played it," he noted, not a difficult job for him since he regularly practiced note-for-note covers of piano parts..." The other side of the single was "The Big Beat" , which although listed second on the cover, also became a hit. "I Want to Know" was covered by

The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 ...

in 1960 on their album '' It's Everly Time''. It was also covered by the early reggae artist

Millie Small Millicent Dolly May Small CD (6 October 1947 – 5 May 2020) was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who is best known for her 1964 hit " My Boy Lollipop". The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million ...

on her 1965 album ''Millie Small Sings Fats Domino''.

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1957 songs Songs written by Fats Domino Songs written by Dave Bartholomew Fats Domino songs {{1950s-song-stub