While not a household name, the New Orleans legend helped create rock 'n' roll by working on R&B hits by such names as Smiley Lewis, Huey "Piano" Smith, Shirley and Lee, Lloyd Price and, most of all, ...

As anyone who has heard his 1954 classic composition “Blue Monday” can tell you, the late Dave Bartholomew wasn’t fond of the beginning of the work week. Yet the trumpeter, songwriter, record producer ...

Rock pioneer Dave Bartholomew, who worked closely with Fats Domino and wrote Chuck Berry's only No. 1, “My Ding-A-Ling,” died at the age of 100, his family said. “His body simply broke down. Daddy was ...