2 hours agoI die at the age of 100 rock pioneer Dave Bartholomew
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Rock pioneer Dave Bartholomew, who has worked closely with Fats Domino and composed the only song No. 1 of Chuck Berry, “My Ding - A-Ling”, dead at the age of 100, said his family. He celebrated his 100th birthday on December 24th last year after a career [...]
He celebrated his 100th birthday on December 24th of last year, following a career that included admission to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
His body just surrendered. Dad was 100 years old and six months old. The time had come”, said his son Dave Bartholomew Jr. to the Associated Press. He left behind his wife, eight children, and 25 grandchildren, writes KOHA Ditore.
Inspired by Louis Armstrong, Bartholomew (from New Orleans) began performing trumpets at the age of five and began working in the big-band in the years of yet30s, raising to the position of band leader and organizer. In the following decade, he began his partnership with Domino, which made the singer and pianist a name familiar with hits, including “Aint That a Shame”, “Im Walking” etc. In their initial period of 14-year co-operation between 1949 and 1963, they achieved more than 100 songs that were included in the balllists.
We never actually sat down to write anything. He and I just performed”, Bartholomew said in 2010. I remember once at Love Again, they went out and someone said, "Don't let the dog bite you. (Don't let the dog bit you.) So we went back and put her in the song. ”
His material was sung by Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson, Pat Boone, and many others, while he too had a number of singles hit, the most successful of which was “Cuntry Boy”, which reached 14th place in R&B toplist in 1950.
