Dave Bartholomew

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Dave Bartholomew (left) performed Fats Domino in Mannheim in 1977

Dave Bartholomew (born December 24, 1918 in Edgard , Louisiana , † June 23, 2019 in New Orleans , Louisiana) was an American rhythm-and-blues and jazz musician , who from the 1950s primarily worked as a producer, arranger and composer was active.

Life

The beginnings

At the age of 15, Bartholomew began learning the trumpet and tuba in New Orleans. With Peter Davis he had the same music teacher as Louis Armstrong before . In May 1942, Jimmie Lunceford fired six people from his famous orchestra and recruited Bartholomew as a trumpeter. Shortly thereafter, Dave was drafted into the army and assigned to a military band there. The band leader Lunceford died in 1947, and his band fell apart. That year, New Jersey- based record label DeLuxe Records was looking for talent in New Orleans clubs, where it came across "Dave Bartholomew & His Sextette". The band, founded in 1946, initially included Meyer Kennedy (guitar), Joe Harris (alto saxophone), Herb Hardesty , Alvin "Red Tyler" , Clarence Holts (tenor saxophone). Later, Earl Palmer (drums), Frank Fields (bass guitar), Ernest McLean (guitar) and Salvador Doucette (piano) off the bench. The latter formation was the personal configuration that a little later formed the studio band in Cosimo Matassa's famous recording studio and the house band for Imperial Records .

Bartholomew's first record then appeared on the DeLuxe label in 1947 with the title She's Got Great Big Eyes . In 1947 King Records took a stake in DeLuxe and then took over the label entirely in February 1951. Bartholomew stayed with DeLuxe until 1950. Bartholomew's biggest hit, the suggestive Country Boy , was also recorded here in February 1950 , subsequently sold 100,000 times and a # 14 on the R&B charts. First contacts to the New Orleans-based label Imperial Records came about when Bartholomew wrote the title 3 × 7 = 21 (Imperial 5055) and Tommy Ridgley's Shrewsbury Blues in one for the R&B singer Jewel King on November 29, 1949 in Matassa's J&M Studios Session recorded. The brass riffs in 3 × 7 = 21 later became Bartholomew's trademark.

The time at Imperial Records

Fats Domino - The Fat Man

Dave Bartholomew first became a talent scout at Imperial Records in December 1949, and later also a producer, arranger and composer. A few days after Jewel King's recording, Bartholomew produced a total of 8 songs in the “J&M Studio” on December 10, 1949 with Fats Domino, which had just been signed by Imperial . This first session lasted almost 6 hours. The Fat Man , written by Bartholomew, with the famous boogie piano intro was selected as its first single . After its release in January 1950, the record developed into one of the rare million- sellers in R&B. A great career began for Domino, which would have been inconceivable without Bartholomew's contributions. From then on, both wrote more than 40 songs together, many of which developed into great R&B hits. The first crossover in June 1952 was Goin 'Home , and later Fats dominoes hit # 2 on the pop charts and the biggest hit of his career (the classic Blueberry Hill in October 1956). The successful collaboration between the two heavyweight musicians lasted until 1963, when Fats Domino left the Imperial Records label and signed with ABC-Paramount . The style of music and the arrangement remained largely unchanged. The recognition value of the pieces performed by Fats Domino in a Creole accent was also high because most of the songs featured an unmistakable boogie piano part, simple accompaniment riffs from the studio band and a tenor saxophone that repeated the basic motif.

Bartholomew himself recorded a variety of records for other labels, which led to disputes with Imperial. Two songs were recorded for Decca Records on May 10, 1951, four songs were recorded for King Records on August 16, 1951 in Cincinnati , and another four songs were recorded on January 22, 1952 in the J&M Studios. The most famous of these is probably his composition (together with Todd Rhodes, who plays piano here) My Ding-A-Ling , composed on January 22nd, 1952 and published on King Records (King 4544) in February 1952. The humorous and ambiguous call and response song later experienced a renaissance as a cover version by other artists. First the Bees picked up the song under the title Toy Bell (Imperial 5314) in December 1954, before Chuck Berry made it immortal as a million seller in September 1972 (Chess 2131).

Bartholomew had acquired a large number of interpreters for Imperial Records. These included Smiley Lewis , Lloyd Price , Shirley & Lee from 1952 , Blanche Thomas from 1955, Earl King , Tommy Ridgley from 1955 , Chris Kenner , Robert Parker from 1957 and Frankie Ford from 1959. He mainly produced and arranged their sessions and composed for them important songs. Bartholomew's productions such as Lawdy Miss Clawdy , One Night (Of Sin) or Witchcraft were covered by Elvis Presley , Stack-A-Lee by Archibald became Stagger Lee at Lloyd Price . Earl King wouldn't have sung Trick Bag or Come On , and Robert Palmer and Jimi Hendrix couldn't have covered those songs. Morning Star was created for Sugar Boy Crawford , Snooks Eaglin took over That Certain Door from Bartholomew's pen and Tommy Ridgley sang the Shrewsbury Blues . Bobby Mitchell took over I Try So Hard , I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (later covered by Fats Domino) and Nothing Sweet As You , Shirley & Lee took over Feel So Good .

When the Imperial Records label was sold to Liberty Records in December 1963, Bartholomew declined to move to Hollywood headquarters and stayed in New Orleans. This also ended his contract with Imperial Records. He then worked briefly for Trumpet Records or Mercury and founded his own label Broadmoor in 1967 , which he ran and liquidated without success. In the 1970s and 1980s he continued to work in the music industry and led his own Dixieland band in New Orleans. In 1991 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer . In 1995 and 1998 the albums Dave Bartholomew and the Maryland Jazz Band and New Orleans Big Beat were released. In 2007 Dave Bartholomew was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame . He celebrated his 100th birthday on December 24, 2018.

plant

Bartholomew himself said that he composed more than 4000 songs. The BMI , according to a total of 462 compositions registered copyright for David Bartholomew. The pieces he published himself have not been particularly successful, so that his immense work as a producer, arranger and composer for other interpreters must be emphasized as his real achievement. For Fats Domino alone, more than 50 singles were created with total sales of around 65 million records, 22 of which were gold-plated.

The Rolling Stone listed Bartholomew together with Fats Domino at number 72 of the 100 best songwriters of all time .

Discography

Singles

As Dave Bartholomew & His Sextets:

  • She's Got Great Big Eyes (And Great Big Thighs) / Bum Mae (DeLuxe 1004), September 1947
  • Star Dust / Dave's Boogie Woogie (DeLuxe 1114), September 1947

As Dave Bartholomew Orchestra:

  • Girt Town Blues / High Society Blues (Deluxe 3217), April 1949
  • Nickel Wine (demo), (Specialty / Regal), 1949
  • Country Boy / Mr. Fool (DeLuxe 3223), February 1950
  • Carnival Day / That's How You Got Killed Before (Imperial 5064), February 1950
  • Messy Bessie / Frantic Chick (Imperial 5089), February 1950
  • 3x7 = 21 / Don't Marry Too Soon (Jewel King with Dave Bartholomew), (Imperial 5055), March 1950
  • Oh Cubanas / Going to Chow (Imperial 5096), recorded on March 23, 1950
  • Poppa Stoppa Theme Song , ( theme song on WNNR-AM Radio New Orleans), recorded March 23, 1950
  • Country Boy Goes Home / Ain't Gonna Do It (Imperial 5069), recorded on March 23, 1950
  • Basin Street Breakdown (previously unreleased; CD Charly 273), 1950
  • Tra La La / Treejim (vocals: Tommy Ridgley), (Decca 48216), recorded on May 10, 1951
  • Sweet Home Blues / Twins (King 4482), recorded on August 10, 1951
  • In The Alley / I'll Never Be The Same (King 4508), recorded on 10./16. August 1951
  • Lawdy Lawdy Lord Part 1 / Lawdy Lawdy Lord Part 2 (vocals: Tommy Ridgley), (King 4523), 1952
  • My Ding-A-Ling / Bad Habit (King 4544), February 1952
  • Who Drank My Beer While I Was in the Rear / Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling (vocals: Tommy Ridgley), (Imperial 5210), December 1952
  • The Golden Rule / Mother Knows Best (King 4559), 1952
  • No More Black Nights / Air Tight (Imperial 5249), September 1953
  • Jump Children / Cat Music (Imperial 5308), December 1954
  • Four Winds / Every Night, Every Day (Imperial 5350), June 1955
  • Shrimp and Gumbo / Old Cowhand from the Blues Band (Imperial 5373), January 1956
  • Would You (If I Loved You Darling) / Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Imperial 5390), July 1956
  • The Shufflin 'Fox / The Monkey (Imperial 5438), April 1957
  • Cinderella / Hard Times (Imperial 5481), December 1957
  • People Are Talking / Yeah Yeah (Imperial 5724), March 1961
  • Junk Man / Hey Hey (Broadmoor 101), 1967

LPs

  • Fats Domino presents Dave Bartholomew and His Great Big Band (Imperial LP 9162), 1961
  • New Orleans House Party - Dave Bartholomew (Imperial LP 9217), 1963

literature

Web links

Commons : Dave Bartholomew  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bill Friskics-Warren: Dave Bartholomew, Mainstay of New Orleans R&B, Dies at 100. In: The New York Times , June 23, 2019 (English). Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  2. ^ John Boven, Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans , 1995, p. 17.
  3. ↑ Jeff Hannusch, The Soul of New Orleans , 2001, p. 29
  4. ↑ Rick Coleman, Blue Monday: Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'n' Roll , 2007, p. 49, ISBN 0-306-81531-1
  5. ^ Rick Coleman, Blue Monday , p. 53
  6. ^ John Boven, Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans , 1995, p. 30.
  7. ↑ Happy 100th birthday, Dave Bartholomew . In: The Advocate , December 24, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2019. 
  8. ^ BMI entry Dave Bartholomew
  9. ↑ The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time. Rolling Stone , August 2015, accessed August 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Bartholomew, Dave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American rhythm and blues and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Edgard , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2019
Place of death New Orleans , Louisiana