Card of the Day - 2024-01-25

Victoria Vedetten Parade
Victoria [trade : chocolate : O/S : Belgium] "Star Parade" - first series (1969) 37/200

Here we have Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.pianist, singer and songwriter, born in New Orleans in February 1928.

It is said to have been bandleader Billy Diamond who called him "Fats", in a nice way, comparing him to Mr. Fats Waller. He obviously liked it too, as his first single was "The Fat Man". It sold over a million copies and is regarded as the first true Rock and Roll record, though Mr. Domino himself disputed that, calling it just slightly altered rhythm and blues. 

I bow to the superior knowledge of moviecard.com/VV who describe this set in great detail. They also show the different backs and the album, which is even spiral bound. The wording on the album(s, for there are four different albums) translates to "Sport, Cinema, Television and Teenagers" and the title is grammatically "Parade of Stars". There are some pretty nifty cards in here too, including astronauts and cosmonauts (which are shown on the site, keep scrolling) - though Neil Armstrong comes later as card 800.

Now there is also a checklist, elsewhere on the same site and that splits the cards into series, revealing that though our first set is of 200 cards, in total there were 823 - and that does not include the back variations.