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Aliases
George Barnes and His Multi-Rhythms
George Barnes and His Music
George Barnes and His Octet
George Barnes Quartet
George Barnes Sextet
Georgie Barnes
Real name
George Warren Barnes
Born
July 17, 1921
Died
September 5, 1977
Country
United States
Comments
Primarily a swing jazz guitarist, Barnes could play virtually any style of music the situation called for. Barnes claimed he was the first musician to play the electric guitar, giving the year as 1931. Barnes was also a studio musician in New York City and played on hundreds of jingles in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i March 1961 Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i   1963 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
i 1956 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i All of Me George Barnes February 11, 2007 Unverified
i All of Me Ralph Sutton & George Barnes (Ralph Sutton, George Barnes) July 28, 2007 Unverified
i   1975 David Brooks and Marion Bell PRF, David Brooks and Marion Bell with Brigadoon Orchestra conducted by Franz Allers REC,REL
i   September 1957 Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
i   March 1961 Sylvana Mangano [dubbed by Flo Sandon's] BRD, Flo Sandon's e "I Radars" - Orchestra diretta da Federico Bergamini REL
Sampled by The Avalanches [AU]
i 1977 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i July 1957 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i   1975 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Larry Adler, Buddy Ebsen, Vilma Ebsen, Monette Moore PRF
i   1964 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i   1978 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i   1983 Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i 1977 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
i   1975 Bing Crosby BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra REL
i   December 1956 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1963 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i   1963 The Foursome PRF,REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1946 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i September 1957 Shirley Ross
i 1983 Shirley Ross
i 1964 Shirley Ross
i 1964 Eva Puck and Sam White
i 1975 Eva Puck and Sam White
i   1971 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i 1974 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   1975 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i   1975 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1977 Hannah Williams and Company
i 1977 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i   1964 Harland Dixon, Betty Compton, Paulette Winston, Constance Carpenter, Janette Gilmore & Ensemble PRF, George Gershwin REL, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
April 1948 Tony Martin and The Lyttle Sisters with Earle Hagen and His Orchestra
  March 1954 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF
i   September 1957 The Pickens Sisters REC, Art Jarrett & Ginger Rogers BRD
i 1978 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1956 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1975 Samuel Ash, Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb PRF, Meyer Davis and His Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Lou Conrad REC
i   1975 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i   December 1956 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i December 1956 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i May 1952 Friars Society Orchestra
i   1977 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
  1964 Joe Cook and Alice Boulden PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC
Funny World George Barnes, Carl Kress, Flo Handy 1964 Unverified
April 1956 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i 1983 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Bob Chester and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Kathleen Lane
i 1974 The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson)
i 1971 "Pine Top" Smith, Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother, The Rambler Trio featuring Arthur Smith
i   September 1962 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive 1952 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
i 1973 The Beatles
i 1975 Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
i 1978 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i 1971 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i   1983 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
1964 Bobbe Arnst
i Humoresque Joe Venuti and George Barnes 1975 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i 1940 Dolores Valesco
i   1977 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i   1977 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
  1976 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra REC,REL, Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst PRF
i 1983 Bing Crosby
listen on Internet Archive November 1947 The Phil Moore Four
i September 1957 Eva Taylor, Accomp. by Clarence Williams Blue Five
i 1975 Ethel Merman
1964 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i   1975 Joe Venuti's Blue Four REL, Ed Lang REC
i 1977 Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i   1977 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies REC, Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo PRF
i 1975 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
i 1978 Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook
listen on Internet Archive i   1940 Nell Carrington PRF, Campbell and Burr REC
i 1956 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1975 Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i   1975 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive November 1947 Tony Pastor and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Tony Pastor and Rose Mary Clooney
i September 1962 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i December 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   1975 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
  1976 Nat Finston and his Paramount Studio Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sam Coslow REL, Maurice Chevalier, Rolfe Sedan, Bert Roach, Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i December 1956 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i 1956 Al Jolson
i 1974 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i June 1953 Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
i   1975 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 1975 Grace McDonald & Rolly Pickert
i   September 1962 The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i September 1957 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i September 1957 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1983 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i December 1956 (unknown)
i   March 1961 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
i   December 1956 Sebastián Yradier PRF, Cornet Duet REL
i 1946 Hotel Pennsylvania Music - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty
i 1956 Irving Kaufman
i   1973 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i   September 1962 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
i 1973 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Ensemble
i   1956 Maurice Chevalier BRD, Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Roberts REC
i   September 1957 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i   1963 Pickens Sisters REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i 1975 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1975 Jeanette MacDonald
1976 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1971 Nino Rota
i   1975 Jan Garber and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Russ Brown REC, Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
i December 1956 (unknown)
  1976 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i 1974 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
i   1964 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1983 The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
i   1963 Sterling Holloway & Bobbie Perkins PRF, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
i   1975 Sterling Holloway & Bobbie Perkins PRF, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
  1964 Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
i   1975 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i   1978 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i   December 1956 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
listen on Internet Archive May 1952 Alice Faye
January 1949 The King Cole Trio
i Oh, Baby! Joe Venuti and George Barnes 1975 Unverified
i   1975 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i 1973 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
1978 Louis Jourdan
i 1977 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   1974 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1973 Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Sylvia Froos and Frank Luther
i   March 1961 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REL, Raúl Roulien BRD
i   1973 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i 1956 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i September 1957 Don Mayfield and Orchestra
i   1977 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
i   1983 Bing Crosby, Eddie Lang BRD, Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i 1975 Elizabeth Spencer
i 1956 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
i 1974 The Harlem Footwarmers (Duke Ellington)
i 1971 Prince's Band
i 1972 Prince's Band
i September 1962 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
i 1972 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1983 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1964 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i   September 1957 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
i   1977 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday REC, The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
i   September 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Burt Lorin REC
i   September 1962 Cliff Edwards, Brox Sisters, Rounders and MGM Chorus BRD, The Rounders [US1] REC
i   1975 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
i   1977 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i 1974 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1977 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i   1975 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i   September 1957 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i   1963 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1971 Blood, Sweat & Tears
i   1975 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
  1976 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
i 1956 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians
i 1978 Prince's Band
i 1974 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1974 Ethel Waters
i September 1962 Ethel Waters
i 1975 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, The Foursome PRF,REC,REL
1964 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i 1977 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i 1977 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i   1983 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i   1975 Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   July 1957 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
i   1964 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i March 1961 The Champs
i   1978 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i The Eel's Nephew George Barnes, Bud Freeman, Carl Kress 1983 Unverified
i   1977 Original TV Voices (Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl) REL, The Skip-Jacks PRF
i   1964 The Melody Sheiks (Sam Lanin) REC, Eva Puck and Sam White PRF
i   March 1961 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid and Chorus REC, Wini Shaw, Judy Canova and Chorus BRD
i   1975 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
  1976 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1971 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
i 1972 Francis Lai & His Orchestra
October 24, 1947 Muriel Angelus
i   1975 Ginger Rogers BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC
i   1975 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
i 1971 Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
i 1977 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i   1983 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
  1976 Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i   1983 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i   1975 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i   1977 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i   1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1952 Original Dixieland Jass Band
i 1977 Sammy Davis, Jr.
i   September 1962 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
i   1975 Fred Astaire BRD, Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1977 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i 1964 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i   September 1962 Daniel Haynes and the Dixie Jubilee Singers REC,BRD, All Star Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by The Melody Three REL
1976 Ronald Graham
i   1971 Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL
i 1977 Michael Dees
i 1977 Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i 1956 Tom Gerun and His Orchestra - Vocal by Scrappy Lambert
i March 1961 Walter O'Keefe
Who Can I Turn To Now? George Barnes, Carl Kress, Flo Handy 1964 Unverified
i   1977 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
i 1964 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i December 1956 (unknown)
i 1974 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Brown
i 1975 Busby Berkeley and Joyce Barber