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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 17, 1930
Died
March 2, 2021
Place of Birth
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Chris Barber
0.1 Popularity
Biography
Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber (born 17 April 1930) is a British jazz musician, best known as a bandleader andtrombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singerOttilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and vocalist/banjoist 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 Chris Barber's band. His providing an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner makes Barber a significant figure in the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" of the 1960s.
Known For
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Himself
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
2019
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Self
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
2016
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Self - Band Leader
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
2007
7.5
Self
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
2003
7.3
Self
Red, White and Blues
2003
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Self - Guest
Ready Steady Cook
1994
8.0
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
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4.7
Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Übermut im Salzkammergut
1963
6.5
Self - trombone
Momma Don't Allow
1956
6.8
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Credits
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
as Himself
2019
0.0
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
as Self
2016
0.0
🎬
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
as Self - Band Leader
2007
0.0
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
2003
7.5
Red, White and Blues
as Self
2003
7.3
Ready Steady Cook
as Self - Guest
1994
0.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
🎬
Übermut im Salzkammergut
as Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
1963
4.7
Momma Don't Allow
as Self - trombone
1956
6.5
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8