Recommended Materials
THE BIG BEAT OF DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
20 of Bartholomew’s milestone productions recorded in New Orleans between 1949 and 1960. Tracks include “Sick and Tired”, “The Monkey”, “Blue Monday”, “I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Someday” and “I Hear You Knocking”. Guest Artists include Chris Kenner, Smiley Lewis, Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino, The Bees, The Spiders, Shirley and Lee, Jewel King, Archibald and Tommy Ridgley. Album produced by Dave Bartholomew.
Capitol/EMI Records #37599, 2002.
THE CHRONOLOGICAL DAVE BARTHOLOMEW, 1947-1950
Part of Melodie Jazz Classics’ Blues & Rhythm series, all recordings from the years 1947 through 1950. Tracks include “Stardust”, “She’s Got Great Big Eyes”, “Dave’s Boogie Woogie”, “Mr. Fool”, “Country Boy”, “Messy Bessie” and “That’s How You Got Killed Before”.
Melodie Jazz Classics, 2001.
NEW ORLEANS BIG BEAT
Dave Bartholomew, the self-proclaimed inventor of the New Orleans "big beat", records his hit songs, including “Jazz Fest in New Orleans”, “Bad News Blues”, “Down at the Zoo”, “I Still Get Jealous”, “I Dream of You” and “The Waltz”.
Landslide, 1998.
THE FATS DOMINO JUKEBOX: 20 GREATEST HITS THE WAY YOU ORIGINALLY HEARD THEM
All tracks recorded in New Orleans between 1950 and 1961. Domino performs the classic Bartholomew-Domino collaborations like “The Fat Man”, “Goin’ Home”, “Going to the River”, “Ain’t it a Shame”, “Poor Me”, “I’m In Love Again” and “Blue Monday”. Also included on the album are “Blueberry Hill” and “Jambalya”. Produced by Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino and Al Young.
Capitol/EMI Records # 37600, 2002.
WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS
Dave Bartholomew, accompanied by the Maryland Jazzband of Cologne, performs “Chinatown, My Chinatown”, “I’m Walking”, “You Always Hurt the One You Love”, “Ain’t That a Shame” and “Walking to New Orleans”.
GHB Records, 1995.