Dave Bartholomew ~ Songwriter, Producer, Artist~
A Partial list of songs written or co-written by Dave Bartholomew 1949 # ? The Fat Man - Fats Domino 1955 #10 Ain't That A Shame - Fats Domino 1955 # 1 Ain't That A Shame - Pat Boone 1955 # 2 I Hear You Knockin - Gale Storm 1955 # 2 I Hear You Knockin - Smiley Lewis 1956 # 3 I'm In Love Again - Fats Domino 1956 # 5 One Night - Elvis Presley 1957 # 4 I'm Walkin - Ricky Nelson 1957 # 4 I'm Walkin - Fats Domino 1957 #23 Wait And See - Fats Domino 1957 # 5 Blue Monday - Fats Domino 1957 # 8 Valley of Tears - Fats Domino 1958 # 6 Whole Lotta Loving - Fats Domino 1959 #17 I'm Gonna Be A Wheel - Fats Domino 1960 #14 My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino 1960 # 6 Walkin To New Orleans - Fats Domino 1961 #15 Let The Four Winds Blow - Fats Domino 1972 # 1 **My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry 1979 #35 *Ain't That A Shame - Cheap Trick * a remake of the 50s era classic ** written in the 50s but not recorded until 1972	Rock and Roll Legends Fats Domino & Ricky Nelson performing a Dave Bartholomew classic
Dave Bartholomew was the multi-talented figure behind a majority of classic New Orleans R&B hits of the '50s. He was also the self-proclaimed inventor of the "Big Beat". The contributions he made are Immeasurable although most people will never mutter his name. As Talent Scout, Producer, Band Leader, Trumpet Player, and Songwriter he was a driving force in the New Orleans music scene. A few of his timeless production credits include recordings "Let The Good Times Roll" by Shirley & Lee, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price, and almost all of the Fats Domino recordings. As Co-writers the Domino/Bartholomew duo scored more than 70 chart hits over a 13 years period. It was in 1949, Bartholomew met Lew Chudd who was forming a new label, Imperial Records. Chudd hired Bartholomew as house arranger, bandleader, and talent scout. It was shortly after this that he made the acquaintance of another delta area music man, Antoine "Fats" Domino. With Domino He produced and co-wrote , "The Fat Man," and hit immediate pay-dirt as the single reached sales of one million plus. Bartholomew, with the Imperial label, began cranking out numerous hits through the '50s for Fats as well as Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Earl King, Chris Kenner, Tommy Ridgely, Frankie Ford, Robert Parker, and a host of others. Other artists who have recorded Dave Bartholomew's songs, include Gale Storm, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Ricky Nelson, Chuck Berry, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Hank Williams Jr, Bob Seger, The Thunderbirds, Dave Edmunds, Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, Joe Cocker and George Benson, to name a few. You'll also hear his songs in several motion picture soundtracks including "The Blues Brothers", "American Graffiti", and "The Girl Can’t Help It." Staying with Imperial until the hits dried up in the mid-'60s, he then had short stays at Trumpet, Mercury, and his own Broadmoor label. Dave Bartholomew continued to work in the background for the next 25 years and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Now semi-retired, The Dave Bartholomew Big Band still shows up occasionally at music festivals here and abroad.
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