Jimmy Reed, songwriter

Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed (September 6, 1925 - August 29, 1976[1]) was an American blues singer notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the field of electric blues, as opposed to the more acoustic-based sound of many of his contemporaries. His lazy, slack-jawed singing, piercing harmonica and hypnotic guitar patterns were one of the blues most easily identifiable sounds in the 1950s and 1960s.


"Ain't That Lovin' You Baby"
Words and Music by Jimmy Reed
Performed by Elvis Presley


"Shame, Shame, Shame"
Words and Music by Jimmy Reed
Performed by Willie Green


"Baby What You Want Me To Do"
Words and Music by Jimmy Reed
Performed by Elvis Presley


"Bright Lights, Big City"
Words and Music by Jimmy Reed
Performed by Jerry Lee Lewis


"Ain't No Big Deal"
Words and Music by Jimmy Reed
Performed by Jimmy Reed

Dave Bartholomew, songwriter

Dave Bartholomew (born 24 December 1920, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America) is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century. Bartholomew has been active in many musical genres, including rhythm & blues, big band, swing music, rock and roll, New Orleans jazz, Dixieland. Although many artists have recorded Bartholomew's songs, his partnership with Fats Domino produced some of his greatest successes. In the mid 1950s they wrote more than 40 hit songs for their record label, Imperial Records, including two songs that reached Number One on the Billboard rhythm and blues charts "Goin' Home" and "Ain't That a Shame". He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


"Ain't That A Shame"
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew and Antoine "Fats" Domino
Performed by Fats Domino



"One Night With You"
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King, and Anita Steiman
Performed by Elvis Presley


"My Ding-a-Ling"
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew and Sam Rhodes
Performed by Chuck Berry


"I Hear You Knocking"
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King
Performed by Dave Edmunds


"Monkey Speaks His Mind"
Words and Music by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King
Performed by Dave Bartholomew

Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, songwriters

Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 9 February 1939, Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music with his partner and wife, Cynthia Weil.

Weil (born October 18, 1940, New York) was trained as an actress and dancer but soon demonstrated a songwriting ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann whom she would eventually marry. Together, Mann & Weil became one of the most important songwriting teams during the emergence of rock and roll.


"Who Put The Bomp?"
Words & Music by Barry Mann & Gerald Goffin
Performed by Barry Mann


"Kicks"
Words & Music by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Performed by Paul Revere & The Raiders


Saturday Night at the Movies
Words & Music by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Performed by The Drifters


"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
Words & Music by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Performed by The Righteous Brothers


"Here You Come Again"
Words & Music by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Performed by Dolly Parton


"Somewhere Out There"
Words & Music by James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Performed by Fievel Mousekewitz (Phillip Glasser)