Song · Van Morrison
“Domino” by Van Morrison
From the album His Band and the Street Choir (1970)
“Domino” by Van Morrison appears on 15 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1997 and 2022. It was first released in 1970 on the album His Band and the Street Choir. Its best result is #192 on the 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #450 of the '70s.
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"Domino" kicks off His Band and the Street Choir, Van Morrison's fourth album, and it's his big-hearted salute to Fats Domino, the New Orleans R&B singer and piano man. Warner Bros. sent it out in October 1970, the first of three singles off the record, and it strutted all the way to number nine on the Hot 100; as of 2021 no Morrison single had climbed higher, not even "Brown Eyed Girl".
He'd been carrying the song around for years. Lewis Merenstein produced three takes in autumn 1968 at Warners Publishing Studio in New York and eight more there in 1969, but the keeper came in spring 1970 at A & R Recording Studios, with Morrison producing himself, Dahaud Shaar assisting, Elliot Scheiner engineering and John Klingberg on electric bass. All that waiting paid off in a groove that swaggers like a man who knows he finally got it right.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 835 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 1997 | 439 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 2002 | 306 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2002 | 497 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2004 | 304 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2009 | 432 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2010 | 216 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2011 | 192 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 193 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2012 | 470 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) | 500 |
| 2014 | 746 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 853 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 235 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 451 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 305 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
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