George Barnes
George Warren Barnes (July 17, 1921– September 5, 1977) was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was also a conductor and arranger of music, and became the youngest ever for NBC when he was hired by them in that role at the age of seventeen. At this age he was considered a great player by many musicians including Tommy Dorsey, and Jimmy McPartland. Barnes also later became a recording engineer. During his career Barnes recorded with singers Mel Tormé, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Patti Page, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine and Johnny Mathis among many others. He was an inspiration and influence to the musician Roy Clark and guitarists Herb Ellis and Merle Travis, among others. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 277 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-020156 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | Just like Jesse James | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | BS-020157 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | Reefer head woman | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | BS-020158 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | Gillum's windy blues | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | BS-020159 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | New "Sail on little girl" | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | BS-020160 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | Sweet, sweet woman | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | BS-020161 | 10-in. | 3/14/1938 | Boar hog blues | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0780 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | Ain'tcha tired of makin' me blue | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0781 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | I'm gonna get tight | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0782 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | Canned heat | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0783 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | Standing room only | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0784 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | Don't hand me that line | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0785 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | Bug dance | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0786 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | (I know my baby loves me) in her own peculiar way | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D7VB-0787 | 10-in. | 8/11/1947 | The Nashville jump | Chet Atkins ; Colorado Mountain Boys | String band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-2035 | 10-in. | 12/12/1949 | I've got my tears in my ears (from lyin' on my back in my bed while I cry over you) | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Columbia | WC2753 | 10-in. | 9/22/1939 | Chiselin' mama | Sweet Violet Boys | String band, with male vocal solo and male group vocal | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Columbia | C3373 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Get hot or go home | The Prairie Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Columbia | C3374 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Booley wooger | The Prairie Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, electric guitar | |
Atlantic | 1884 | 10-in. | 2/24/1956 | Corrine, Corrina | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 1885 | 10-in. | 2/24/1956 | Lipstick, powder and paint | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 1886 | 10-in. | 2/24/1956 | Rock a while | Joe Turner | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 2338 | 10-in. | 2/9/1957 | The game of love (a-one and a-two) | LaVern Baker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 2339 | 10-in. | 2/9/1957 | Learning to love | LaVern Baker ; Quincy Jones | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 2340 | 10-in. | 2/9/1957 | Humpty dumpty heart | LaVern Baker | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Atlantic | 2930 | 10-in. | 1/22/1958 | Jump for joy | Howard Biggs' Orchestra ; Joe Turner | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barnes, George," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104930.
Barnes, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104930.
"Barnes, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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