Normally, I wouldn't post such an obscure obit here. But the guy who wrote or co-wrote some of Fats Domino's biggest 50s hits - including "Ain't That A Shame" and "I'm Walkin'"- not only lived a long life but had some bizarre stories to tell about how those iconic songs were composed. 

Check this out from the linked article about the passing of Dave Bartholomew:

"Actually, we never sat down to write anything. He and I just played," Bartholomew told The Times-Picayune in 2010. "I remember one time on 'I'm in Love Again,' we went outside and somebody said, 'Don't let the dog bite you.' So we come back and put that in the song."

I love inside stuff like that and I'll remember it the next time I hear that tune. Among his other hits - "My Ding -a-Ling" which scandalously was Chuck Berry's first #1 hit in the U.S. 

A hundred years is a pretty good run in anyone's songbook, even for someone you may have never heard of before.

Dave Bartholomew, co-wrote 'Ain't That a Shame," dies at 100