- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDavis Bartholomew
- Nickname
- Dave Bartholomew
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- David Bartholomew was born on December 24, 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 June 23, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- SpousesPearl (divorced)Rhea Douse(? - June 23, 2019) (his death, 8 children)
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998.
- Inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
- Founded Broadmoor Records in New Orleans, LA.
- He grew up in New Orleans, LA, where his father had a barber shop. He studied trumpet with Peter Davis, who had taught Louis Armstrong. In his teens he played in Dixieland bands and performed on Mississippi riverboats. He was drafted into the Army during WWII; he played trumpet in a military band. He returned to New Orleans afterwards and formed his own orchestra.
- He was a New Orleans (LA) trumpeter, songwriter, arranger and producer who was a mentor for Fats Domino. His arrangements utilized big-band jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans parade bands and country music.
- [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.
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