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Dave Bartholomew
12+ albums
bluesrhythm and bluesNew OrleansNew Orleans Bluesnew orleans rhythm and blues
about
Dave Bartholomew (David Louis Bartholomew, Edgard, Louisiana, U.S.A., December 24, 1918 - June 23, 2019) was an influential American musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Although he never had a hit under his own name, he is considered one of the founding fathers of the rock n roll sound, and his musical productions and compositions are familiar the world over through his work with such local talent as Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis and covers performed by such artists as Elvis Presley, Dave Edmunds , Elvis Costello, Little Richard, Shirley & Lee, Chris Kenner, Lloyd Price and Dr. John Bartholomew has been active in many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, big band, swing music, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz and Dixieland. Although many musicians have recorded Bartholomew's songs, his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid 1950s they wrote more than forty hits for Imperial Records, including two songs that reached Number One on the Billboard R&B chart "Goin' Home" and "Ain't That a Shame". He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. He first learned to play the tuba but the trumpet later became his main instrument after his parents moved to New Orleans in 1933 where he played in local jazz and brass bands including Papa Celestin's, as well as Fats Pichon's on a M
top songs
albums
The Big Beat Of Dave Bartholomew: 20 Milestone Dave Bartholomew Productions 1949-1960
Carnival Day / Cat Music
New Orleans Finest the Dave Bartholomew Essential Collection, Vol. 1
The Best Of
In the Alley
The Best of Dave Bartholomew
A Country Boy
Dave Bartholomew's Pyramid
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Jukebox Mambo
1947-1950
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Rush
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Soul Jazz Records Presents New Orleans Funk 4: Voodoo Fire In New Orleans 1951-75