Editor’s Note: Elijah Wald is a musician and writer whose books include “Escaping the Delta,” “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “Dylan Goes Electric.” The views expressed in this ...

Fats Domino, the piano-playing prodigy with lightning-fast fingers whose pioneering sound blended rock with rhythm and blues, has died. He was 89. Domino, a native of New Orleans, died at a private ...