Dave Bartholomew - The 50's Singles

Album: The 50's Singles
Size: 75,7 MB
Time: 32:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: R&B
Art: Front

1. Messy Bessie (2:25)
2. Can't Take It No More (1:57)
3. Good News (2:10)
4. Honky Tonk Trumpet (1:59)
5. Love No More (2:36)
6. Poppa Stoppa Theme Song (1:59)
7. Somebody New (2:21)
8. In The Evening (2:33)
9. People Are Talking (2:04)
10. Frantic Chick (2:19)
11. Barrel House (2:19)
12. Country Boy Comes Home (2:40)
13. Goin' To The River (2:16)
14. Carnival Day (2:48)

Dave Bartholomew was the multi-talented figure behind a majority of classic New Orleans R&B of the '50s and the self-proclaimed inventor of the "Big Beat." Bartholomew had over 4,000 songs in his enormous catalog and was responsible for arranging and producing timeless records by Shirley & Lee, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis, and especially Fats Domino. Bartholomew was born in Edgard, Louisiana, on December 24, 1918. His first instruments were tuba and trumpet. He fronted several bands in the Crescent City before being drafted into the army. His military time brought scoring and arranging experience, which came in handy following World War II.

After his stint in the service, Bartholomew returned to New Orleans and put together a group of musicians that would comprise the bedrock of R&B in the city, including saxophonists Alvin "Red" Tyler, Lee Allen, and drummer Earl Palmer. This became the band that backed up the majority of solo talent traveling through New Orleans. Bartholomew led his first studio session under his own name in 1947 for Deluxe, but the label went out of business shortly thereafter and the sessions went unnoticed. In 1949, Bartholomew met Lew Chudd who was forming a new label, Imperial Records. Chudd hired Bartholomew as house arranger, bandleader, and talent scout, and he immediately started cranking out numerous hits through the '50s for Fats Domino, Shirley & Lee, Smiley Lewis, Earl King, Chris Kenner, Tommy Ridgely, Frankie Ford, Robert Parker, and a host of others.

Bartholomew stayed with Imperial until the hits dried up in the mid-'60s, followed by short stays at Trumpet, Mercury, and his own Broadmoor label. In the '70s and '80s, he took various behind-the-scenes musical jobs while living off his many song royalties and formed a Dixieland jazz band that continues to play around the Crescent City. The '90s found Bartholomew being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and releasing two discs: Dave Bartholomew & the Maryland Jazz Band in 1995 and New Orleans Big Beat three years later. Dave Bartholomew died in Metairie, Louisiana on June 23, 2019 at the age of 100. /Biography by Al Campbell, AllMusic

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Dave Bartholomew - Blues & Rhythm Series 5055: The Chronological Dave Bartholomew 1950-1952

Size: 195 MB
Time: 60:11
File: FLAC
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Basin Street Breakdown (2:45)
02. Pyamid (2:32)
03. Messy Bessy (3:00)
04. Nickle Wine (2:37)
05. Tra-La-La (2:32)
06. Teejim (2:38)
07. In The Alley (2:45)
08. Sweet Home Blues (2:38)
09. Bad Habit (2:51)
10. Twins (2:53)
11. The Golden Rule (3:05)
12. High Flying Woman (2:39)
13. I'll Never Be The Same (2:48)
14. Mother Knows Best (2:39)
15. Stormy Weather (2:53)
16. Lawdy Lawdy Lord - Part 1 (2:30)
17. Lawdy Lawdy Lord - Part 2 (2:41)
18. My Ding-A-Ling (2:15)
19. Teachin' And Preachin' (2:02)
20. Bouning The Googie (1:59)
21. Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear (2:51)
22. Little Girl Sing Ding-A-Ling (2:01)
23. Country Gal (2:24)

This is the second installment from the Classics R&B label chronicling 23 recordings (four previously unreleased) of New Orleans bandleader, arranger, and producer Dave Bartholomew. 1950-1952 found Bartholomew recording with the Todd Rhodes Band, the Royal Kings, and on a Decca session that included New Orleans vocalist Tommy Ridgely. Shortly after these sessions, Bartholomew would begin his long association as Fats Domino's producer for the Imperial label. ~Al Campbell

The Chronological Dave Bartholomew 1950-1952

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Dave Bartholomew - Blues & Rhythm Classics 5002: The Chronological Dave Bartholomew 1947-50

Size: 139 MB
Time: 50:42
File: FLAC
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Stardust (2:36)
02. She's Got Great Big Eyes (2:58)
03. Dave's Boogie Woogie (2:54)
04. Bum Mae (2:34)
05. Mr. Fool (2:56)
06. Country Boy (2:59)
07. High Society Blues (2:45)
08. Girt Town Blues (3:01)
09. Carnival Days (2:47)
10. That's How You Got Killed Before (2:33)
11. Messy Bessie (2:24)
12. Going To Chow (2:41)
13. Poppa Stoppa Theme Song (1:58)
14. Ain't Gonna Do It (2:34)
15. Country Boy Goes Home (2:40)
16. Ah Cubanas (2:37)
17. Frantic Chick (2:18)
18. Good Jax Boogie (2:43)
19. Tijim (2:35)

Part of Classics' chronological series, 1947-1950 collects many of New Orleans trumpeter/vocalist Dave Bartholomew's early sides recorded well before his legendary association writing songs for '50s rock icon Fats Domino. Fitting nicely into the postwar jump blues style, Bartholomew actually came out of the New Orleans brass band tradition. Although his big fat trumpet sound can be directly linked to such influences as Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge, his idiosyncratic penchant for bending notes is actually more reminiscent of guitar legends like Guitar Slim and T-Bone Walker. Included here are such bluesy and raucous tunes as "Mr. Fool," "That's How You Got Killed Before," and "Poppa Stoppa Theme Song," which has to go down as the hippest radio show theme since "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid." ~Matt Collar

The Chronological Dave Bartholomew 1947-50

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VA - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2: Gumbo Ya Ya

Size: 156.6+154,1+169,9+175,6 MB
Time: 65:37+64:33+71:27+73:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: R&B, Rock & Roll
Art: Front & Back

CD 1: One Night
01. Dave Bartholomew - Four Winds (2:25)
02. Smiley Lewis - One Night (2:20)
03. Fats Domino - I Can't Go On (2:15)
04. Fats Domino - Bo Weevil (2:10)
05. Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp And Gumbo (2:08)
06. The Spiders - Witchcraft (2:40)
07. Lloyd Price - Woe Ho Ho (2:24)
08. Little Richard - Miss Ann (2:20)
09. Smiley Lewis - She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker (2:29)
10. Roland Cook - Tell Me Baby (2:40)
11. Roland Cook - Hear My Plea (2:16)
12. Bobby Marchan - Chickee-Wah-Wah (2:20)
13. Bobby Marchan - Don't Take Your Love From Me (2:21)
14. Fats Domino - When My Dreamboat Comes Home (2:21)
15. Little Richard - Lucille (2:28)
16. Little Richard - All Around The World (1:57)
17. Little Richard - Shake A Hand (2:54)
18. Smiley Lewis - Mama Don't Like It (2:39)
19. Bobby Charles - Laura Lee (2:13)
20. Little Richard - Jenny Jenny (2:07)
21. Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (2:14)
22. Little Richard - Baby Face (2:18)
23. Little Richard - By The Light Of The Silvery Moon (2:11)
24. Little Richard - Send Me Some Lovin' (2:22)
25. Sugar Boy Crawford - She's Got A Wobble (When She Walks) (2:15)
26. Fats Domino - I'm Walkin' (2:06)
27. Tommy Ridgley - When I Meet My Girl (2:11)
28. Bobby Marchan - Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain (2:20)

CD 2: Rockin' Pneumonia
01. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (2:16)
02. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Pt. 2) (2:23)
03. Charles 'Hungry' Williams - Darling (2:21)
04. Charles 'Hungry' Willians - So Worried (2:15)
05. Lee Allen - Walkin' With Mr. Lee (2:26)
06. Lee Allen - Tic Toc (2:36)
07. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie (2:22)
08. Shirley & Lee - Rockin' With The Clock (2:39)
09. Eddie Bo - Walk That Walk (1:50)
10. T.V. Slim - Flatfoot Sam (2:14)
11. Paul Gayten - Tired Of Cryin' (2:57)
12. Paul Gayten - Just One More Chance (2:03)
13. Bobby Mitchell - I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday (2:06)
14. Allen Toussaint - Java (1:57)
15. Little Booker - Teenage Rock (1:53)
16. Jerry Byrne - Lights Out (1:55)
17. Paul Gayten - Windy (1:47)
18. Joe Tex - You Little Baby Face Thing (2:26)
19. Art Neville - Zing, Zing (2:04)
20. Art Neville - Cha Dooky-Doo (2:42)
21. Eddie Bo - Oh, Oh (2:29)
22. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Don't You Just Know It (2:33)
23. Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns - Don't You Know Yockomo (2:28)
24. Jimmy Clanton & His Rockets - Just A Dream (2:32)
25. Art Neville - What's Going On (2:03)
26. Art Neville - Arabian Love Call (2:25)
27. Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Lovin' (1:42)
28. Jimmy Clanton - A Letter To An Angel (2:53)

CD 3: Sea Cruise
01. Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise (2:47)
02. Frankie Ford - Roberta (2:28)
03. Eddie Bo - I Love To Rock 'n' Roll (2:27)
04. Lee Allen - Creole Alley (2:30)
05. Huey Smith & His Clowns - Would You Believe It (I Have A Cold) (2:22)
06. Joe & Ann - Gee Baby (2:52)
07. Frankie Ford - Alimony (2:25)
08. Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (2:24)
09. Earl King - Everybody's Carried Away (2:17)
10. Johnny Adams - I Won't Cry (2:20)
11. Alvin 'Red' Tyler - Snake Eyes (2:30)
12. Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning (3:21)
13. Fats Domino - Be My Guest (2:05)
14. Charles Brown - Educated Fool (2:22)
15. Professor Longhair - Go To The Mardi Gras (2:56)
16. Joe Jones - You Talk Too Much (2:34)
17. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Pts. 1 & 2) (4:28)
18. Jessie Hill - Whip It On Me (2:22)
19. Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - For Crying' Out Loud (2:35)
20. Lee Dorsey - Lottie Mo (2:39)
21. Aaron Neville - Over You (2:18)
22. Frankie Ford - What's Goin' On (2:02)
23. Frankie Ford - Chinese Bandits (2:04)
24. Ernie K. Doe - Mother-In-Law (2:29)
25. Fats Domino - Walking To New Orleans (2:02)
26. Roy Montrell - Mudd (2:39)
27. Aaron Neville - Show Me The Way (2:33)
28. Big Boy Miles - New Orleans (2:22)

CD 4: It Will Stand
1. Aaron Neville - Even Though (Reality) (2:40)
02. Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine (2:08)
03. Irma Thomas - Cry On (2:30)
04. Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (1:59)
05. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - But I Do (2:23)
06. Ernie K. Doe - Ta-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta (2:43)
07. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - You Always Hurt The One You Love (2:31)
08. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Lonely Street (2:14)
09. Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros - Peanut Vendor (2:09)
10. Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros - Junk Village (2:33)
11. Fats Domino - Let The Four Winds Blow (2:04)
12. Irma Thomas - It's Too Soon To Know (3:38)
13. Aaron Neville - Let's Live (2:41)
14. Chris Kenner - Something You Got (2:52)
15. Ernie K. Doe - I Cried My Last Tear (2:15)
16. Ernie K. Doe - A Certain Girl (2:48)
17. Diamond Joe - Moanin' And Screamin' (Pts. 1 & 2) (6:44)
18. Willie Harper - New Kind Of Love (2:20)
19. Joe Barry - I'm A Fool To Care (2:22)
20. Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya (2:28)
21. The Showmen - It Will Stand (2:18)
22. The Showmen - Country Fool (1:55)
23. Joe (Mr.G) August - Everything Happens At Night (2:36)
24. Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi (2:15)
25. The Del-Royals - Always Naggin' (2:43)
26. Jessie Hill - Oogsey Moo (2:47)
27. Barbara George - I Know (2:22)
28. Barbara George - Something You Got (2:45)

A staggering 112 song collection of music recorded by the person who put New Orleans on the musical map and helped launch the careers of many famous artists.

Cosimo Matassa recorded nearly all the New Orleans R & B and Rock 'N' Roll classics that emanated from one of his four recording studios during the Crescent City's golden age.

Encompassing artists like Little Richard, Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Art Neville, Huey 'Piano' Smith and many more, this 4CD compilation is bursting with monster hits that shaped the music of today.

The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 Part 1
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Dave Bartholomew - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5169: The Chronological Dave Bartholomew 1952-1955

Size: 144 MB
Time: 51:45
File: FLAC
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Kiss Me Baby (1:46)
02. Got You On My Mind (1:46)
03. Snatchin' Back (2:49)
04. No More Black Nights (2:41)
05. Air Tight (2:46)
06. Stardust (2:02)
07. You Got A Time (2:38)
08. That'll Get It (2:36)
09. Love Is So Low Down (2:38)
10. Texas Hop (2:39)
11. When The Saints Go Marching In Boogie (2:34)
12. The Ice Man (2:38)
13. Jump Children (2:25)
14. Cat Music (2:06)
15. Another Mule (2:26)
16. Every Night Every Day (2:30)
17. Shout Sister Shout (2:26)
18. I Want To Be With Her (2:05)
19. An Old Cowhand From A Blues Band (2:28)
20. Can't See For Looking (2:27)
21. Four Winds (2:23)
22. Would You (2:15)
23. Shrimp And Gumbo (2:05)

David Louis Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 – June 23, 2019) was an American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer. He was prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Originally a trumpeter, he was active in many musical genres, including rhythm and blues, big band, swing music, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz, and Dixieland. In his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was cited as a key figure in the transition from jump blues and swing to R&B and as "one of the Crescent City’s greatest musicians and a true pioneer in the rock and roll revolution."

Many musicians have recorded Bartholomew's songs, but his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid-1950s they wrote more than forty hits for Imperial Records, including the Billboard number one pop chart hit "Ain't That a Shame". Bartholomew's other hit songs as a composer include "I Hear You Knocking", "Blue Monday", "I'm Walkin'", "My Ding-A-Ling", and "One Night". He was a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

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Various - Risque Blues Vols. 1 & 2

A blues collection designed for the over 18s only! Here for your listening pleasure are fifty examples of what were once known as "party" records. Since the dawn of the cylinder, semi pornographic songs were an integral part of the pleasure to be derived from the audio experience. It's parental guidance all the way! There's lots of euphemisms and metaphors on display so it doesn't take much imagination to figure them out. Whichever way you cut it this dirty blues pie is chock full of double entendre with a side order of just plain bad language. Great stuff!

Album: Risque Blues Vol. 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:25
Size: 149.8 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul
Year: 1975/1998
Art: Front

[2:10] 1. Bull Moose Jackson - Big Ten Inch Record
[2:58] 2. Roy Brown - Cadillac Baby
[2:52] 3. Fluffy Hunter - The Walkin' Blues
[2:40] 4. Wynonie Harris - I Like My Baby's Pudding
[2:34] 5. The Swallows - It Ain't The Meat
[2:46] 6. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Work With Me Annie
[2:31] 7. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
[2:12] 8. Dave Bartholomew - My Ding-A-Ling
[2:50] 9. Pete 'guitar' Lewis - Chocolate Pork Chop Man
[2:35] 10. Lucky Millinder - Silent George
[2:36] 11. Esther Phillips - Saturday Night Daddy
[2:38] 12. Wynonie Harris - Sittin' On It All The Time
[2:45] 13. The Four Jacks - Sure Cure For The Blues
[2:37] 14. Roy Brown - Shake 'em Up Baby
[2:44] 15. Todd Rhodes - Rocket 69
[2:36] 16. The Lamplighters - Salty Dog
[2:11] 17. Drivers - Smooth, Slow And Easy
[2:31] 18. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Sexy Ways
[2:52] 19. Wynonie Harris - Keep On Churnin'
[2:47] 20. Lil Greenwood - Grandpa Can Boogie Too
[2:32] 21. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Pedal Pushin' Papa
[2:49] 22. Roy Brown - Boogie At Midnight
[2:47] 23. Wynonie Harris - Lolly Pop Mama
[2:33] 24. Tiny Bradshaw - I'm A Hi-Ballin' Daddy
[2:07] 25. Orville Fats Noel - Ride, Daddy, Ride

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Album: Risque Blues Vol. 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:43
Size: 148.2 MB
Styles: R&B, Soul
Year: 1975/1998
Art: Front

[2:55] 1. Dorothy Ellis - Drill, Daddy, Drill
[2:33] 2. The Swallows - Bicycle Tillie
[3:04] 3. Wynonie Harris - I Want My Fanny Brown
[2:31] 4. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - Can't Do Sixty No More
[2:47] 5. Bull Moose Jackson - I Want A Bowlegged Woman
[2:25] 6. Roy Brown - Butcher Pete Pt. 1
[2:38] 7. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Annie Had A Baby
[2:51] 8. Esther Phillips - Ring-A-Ding Doo
[2:37] 9. Todd Rhodes - Your Daddy's Doggin' Around
[2:26] 10. Wynonie Harris - Wasn't That Good
[2:44] 11. Fluffy Hunter - My Natch'l Man
[2:33] 12. Little Willie John - Leave My Kitten Alone
[2:37] 13. The Four Jacks - The Last Of The Good Rocking Men
[2:43] 14. Wynonie Harris - Triflin' Woman
[2:38] 15. Lonnie Johnson - Jelly Roll Baker
[2:46] 16. The Swallows - Roll, Roll, Pretty Baby
[2:40] 17. Roy Brown - Rockin' At Midnight
[2:43] 18. The Sharps & Flats - I Knew He Would
[2:24] 19. Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine
[2:37] 20. Hank Ballard - The Coffee Grind
[2:18] 21. Little Esther And Little Willie Littlefield - Turn The Lamps Down Low
[2:38] 22. Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Mountain Oysters
[1:57] 23. Billy Ward & The Dominoes - You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
[2:14] 24. Wynonie Harris - Shake That Thing
[2:10] 25. The 5 Royales - You Didn't Learn It At Home

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Dave Bartholomew - A Country Boy

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:57
Size: 135.0 MB
Styles: R&B, New Orleans blues
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. Country Boy
[2:12] 2. My Ding-A-Ling
[2:27] 3. Lawdy Lawdy Lord, Pt. 1
[2:51] 4. Stormy Weather
[2:12] 5. Tee-Nah-Nah
[2:44] 6. Carnaval Day
[2:48] 7. Bad Habit
[2:42] 8. In The Alley
[2:35] 9. Sweet Home Blues
[3:02] 10. The Golden Rule
[2:50] 11. Twins
[2:33] 12. Nickel Wine
[2:36] 13. Mother Knows Best
[2:36] 14. High Flying Woman
[2:32] 15. Ain't Gonna Do It
[2:56] 16. Mr. Fool
[2:41] 17. Basin Street Breakdown
[2:29] 18. Pyramid
[2:45] 19. I'll Never Be The Same
[2:56] 20. Messy Bessy
[2:41] 21. Good Jax Boogie
[2:37] 22. Lawdy Lawdy Lord, Pt. 2

Dave Bartholomew proved himself to be a man of many talents: bandleader, trumpet player, songwriter, producer, arranger, talent scout, businessman, and more. He was also a recording artist, scoring one national R&B hit (“Country Boy,” which went to #14) in 1950. However, it was in his nonperforming roles that Bartholomew had the greatest impact on popular music. One of the key architects of the New Orleans sound, Bartholomew served as a major behind-the-scenes figure in the transition from jump blues and big-band swing to rhythm & blues and rock and roll in the postwar era. In particular, he will forever be revered for his work with Fats Domino, one of the Crescent City’s greatest musicians and a true pioneer in the rock and roll revolution.

Bartholomew brought Domino to Imperial Records in 1949 and collaborated with him as a songwriter, producer and arranger until 1963 (except for a year-long business-related hiatus in 1951). The records they made together introduced the big beat of New Orleans to the world. While Bartholomew’s work with Domino dominates his resume, that charmed association is only part of the story. The list of acts that Bartholomew worked with over the decades is a who’s-who of New Orleans rhythm & blues, including Smiley Lewis, Lloyd Price, Shirley & Lee, Earl King, Roy Brown, Huey "Piano" Smith, Chris Kenner, Robert Parker, Frankie Ford, James Booker, Jewel King, Bobby Mitchell, James “"Sugar Boy"” Crawford, Pee Wee Crayton and Tommy Ridgley. Beyond his work with Domino, two of the biggest records in which he played a major role were Smiley Lewis’s "I Hear You Knockin’" (written by Bartholomew) and Lloyd Price’s "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (with Domino on piano), which was the top R&B hit of 1952.

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