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Fat poppa, show stoppa!

May 14th, 2008 in Personalities, Radio radio by lpcoverlover | 8 Comments

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FAT DADDY presents greatest oldies from the kingdom.

Baltimore. The 1960’s. 6:00 AM. Anywhere near a radio and WINN. Paul “Fat Daddy” Johnson, the “300-pound King of Soul” speaks soul jive, his outrageous monologues roll forth with gospel-like fervor.” “Hear me now,” he hisses into the mike. “Up from the very soul of breathing. Up from the orange crates. From the ghetto through the suburban areas comes your leader of rhythm and blues, the expected one – Fat Daddy, the soul boss with the hot sauce. Built for comfort, not for speed. Everyone loves a fat man! The Fat Daddy show is guaranteed to satisfy momma. I’m gonna go way out on a limb on this one, Baltimore. Fat poppa, show stoppa.”

Ringing bells give way to several pulses of the organ followed by the recorded voice of a young girl saying, “lay it on me, Fat Daddy, lay it on me.”

“Fat Daddy, your king, and I’ve got soul for you. This is for all the foxes wakin’ up this morning. Here’s a soul kiss for ya, mmmmmmmmh! From the lips of the high priest, from the depth of a fat man’s soul…”

Fat Daddy was only 40 when he died in Los Angeles in 1978. Esquire, Cashbox, and Billboard have acclaimed him as one of the top five R&B disc jockeys in America, while Record World magazine called him simply the No. 1 soul man in the nation.

Here some sound clips of Fat Daddy at www.artweb.org

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  1. #1 Belle says:
    May 17th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    behold the burger king!

  2. #2 Fred Murray says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 am

    Great album! He is great missed. What an original! I have a personally autographed copy. I knew Fat Daddy before he became a DJ. He used to be an usher at the old Met Theater in Baltimore.

  3. #3 Don Lehnhoff says:
    March 10th, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    I was in the process of updating my website, poking around, and I came across your homage to Paul \Fat Daddy\ Johnson. I also saw that you had linked to my material at artweb.org. It’s sad that there’s so little out there on him or any of his peers in Baltimore radio. Anyway, that artweb link is dead.

    When I get the construction done you’ll find my Fat Daddy stuff at http://www.baltimorejam.org/Media/Radio/fatdaddy.html (hopefully within 30 days)

    It was great to read your post on Fat Daddy. Thanks.

  4. #4 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
    March 12th, 2010 at 1:00 am

    “Fat Daddy was only 40 when he died in Los Angeles in 1978”.

    According to F.D.A., most margarines are processed using a method called hydrogenation, which results in unhealthy trans fats…
    So, Fat Daddy might have lived longer if he had flavored his SOUL food with “REAL” butter” rather than… Ta-Ta-Ta-TAAAH! “PARKAY”

    Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.

  5. #5 Way Back Now! Lets Go... says:
    March 12th, 2010 at 10:38 am

    NOT Parkay but Imperial Margarine. DOH!

  6. #6 ~Red x Baron~ says:
    March 13th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    His arteries were sadly clogged with… Mazzola corn oil?

  7. #7 Don Lehnhoff says:
    August 29th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    My stuff on Fat Daddy is now at:
    http://www.baltimorejam.org/Media/Radio/FatDaddy/fatdaddy.html

  8. #8 Scotty G. says:
    August 30th, 2010 at 8:21 am

    Built for comfort, not for speed!

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