Dave Bartholomew

David Louis Bartholomew 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".

24 December 1918

Born on the same birth day (24 December): Adam Haslett • Charles Harvey Bollman • Clarence Gilyard • David Ragan • Diane Tell • Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky • Fritz Leiber • Ivan Lawrence • Johann Hartmann • John Critchinson • Johnny Gruelle • Jonathan Borofsky • Kaspar Ulenberg • Libby Larsen • Linda Ferga • Mariana of Austria • Mary Ramsey (musician) • Noel Streatfeild • Paal Nilssen-Love • Pernille Fischer Christensen • Qateel Shifai • Ryuji Kato • Shim Hwa-jin • Wilhelm Marstrand • Yıldıray Baştürk

Born in the same month (December 1918): Anatoly Tarasov • Anwar Sadat • Chihiro Iwasaki • Georgios Rallis • James T. Aubrey • Jeff Chandler • José Greco • Kurt Waldheim • Olga Lopes-Seale