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Chris Barber

1930 - 2021

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Donald Christopher Barber (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959. These musicians included the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Barber's band. He provided an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner, and sponsored African-American blues musicians to visit Britain, making Barber a significant figure in launching the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" of the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Barber is the 1,332nd most popular musician (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 3,624th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,214th in 2019) and the 223rd most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chris Barber ranks 1,332 out of 3,175. Before him are Roger Taylor, Timbaland, Fazıl Say, Alan Wilson, Enrique Santos Discépolo, and Sonny Stitt. After him are Tor Aulin, Jakub Jan Ryba, Veronika Dudarova, Ziggy Marley, Buckethead, and India Arie.

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Among people born in 1930, Chris Barber ranks 395. Before him are Hector Bianciotti, John Alcott, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Little Walter, Liviu Librescu, and Egon Bondy. After him are Morgana King, Jean Tabary, Elmira Minita Gordon, Tony Madigan, Shel Silverstein, and Jiří Skobla. Among people deceased in 2021, Chris Barber ranks 372. Before him are Sanpei Shirato, Janet Moreau, Cornelius Sim, Robert Marchand, Patrick Juvet, and Kees de Jager. After him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Abdelhamid Brahimi, Elmira Minita Gordon, Alex Cord, and Art Metrano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Barber ranks 3,625 out of 8,785. Before him are Lilian Gibbs (1870), Geoff Lees (1951), Archibald Geikie (1835), Mike Parkes (1931), Harold Mahony (1867), and Ron Atkinson (1939). After him are Winston Graham (1908), W. D. Ross (1877), Dorian Yates (1962), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), Cherie Blair (1954), and George Finlay (1799).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Barber ranks 223. Before him are Neil Murray (1950), Bernard Sumner (1956), Michael Moran (1948), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Lee Kerslake (1947), and Roger Taylor (1960). After him are Jason Bonham (1966), Clifford Curzon (1907), Sophie (1986), John Steel (1941), John Mayhew (1947), and Nigel Kennedy (1956).

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