David Bartholomew(1918-2019)

Music Department
Soundtrack

David Bartholomew was born on 24 December 1918 in Edgard, Louisiana, USA. He is known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Gangster Squad (2013) and Road House (1989). He was married to Pearl and Rhea Douse. He died on 23 June 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win total

Photos5

Known for

The Blues Brothers

7.9

Soundtrack

1980

Gangster Squad

6.7

Soundtrack(as Dave Bartholomew)

2013

Road House

6.7

Soundtrack(as Dave Bartholomew)

1989

Rush

8.1

Soundtrack(as Dave Bartholomew)

2013

Credits

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Music Department

The Climb
6.7
- composer: song "Ain't That a Shame"
- 1997
Status Quo: The Anniversary Waltz - Part One
6.8
Music Video
- song: "I Hear You Knocking"
- 1990

Soundtrack

Marty Supreme
7.5
- performer: "Carnival Day"
- writer: "Carnival Day", "The Fat Man" (as Dave Bartholomew, as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2025
The Umbrella Academy
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "Ain't That a Shame"
- 2024
Road House
6.2
- writer: "Before I Grow Too Old" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2024
Young Sheldon
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "I'm Walkin'"
- 2024
Till
7.2
- writer: "Ain't That a Shame" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2022
Causeway
6.6
- writer: "Blue Monday" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2022
The Bukharan
8.7
Short
- writer: "I Hear You Knocking"
- 2021
Licorice Pizza
7.1
- writer: "My Ding-A-Ling (Live at Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco)" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
6.6
- writer: "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday", "Let the Four Winds Blow" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2021
9-1-1: Lone Star
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Ain't That a Shame"
- 2021
Lovecraft Country
7.1
TV Series
- writer: "Ain't That a Shame"
- 2020
Jirí Suchý: Recitál 1964/2019
TV Special
- music: "Hluboká vráska (Going to the River)"
- 2019
The Irishman
7.8
- writer: "I Hear You Knocking", "The Fat Man" (as Dave Bartholomew)
- 2019
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
8.3
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Dear Mary"
- 2018–2019
Silicon Valley
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "The Monkey"
- 2018

Personal details

Official sites
- BMI
- Encyclopedia
Alternative name
- Dave Bartholomew
Height
- 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Born
- December 24, 1918
- Edgard, Louisiana, USA
Died
- June 23, 2019
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Spouses
Other works
Single: "My Ding-a-Ling" (Imperial Records).
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998.

Quotes
[on advising the head of Imperial Records not to release his now-iconic arrangement of "Blueberry Hill" sung by Fats Domino] I said, "Man, you're crazy. That's a nothing song." Two weeks later, Lew [Lew Chudd, head of Imperial Records] called me and said, "From now on, you keep making those 'nothing songs'." We had just shipped three million. That was unheard of during that time period. He said, "Go downtown and pick out any kind of car you want for your bonus." I went out and got the biggest Eldorado Cadillac I could find.