George Barnes

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	Label
Be There at Five	Glenn Osser; Andy Ackers; George Barnes; Phil Kraus; Jack Lesberg; Jimmie Crawford	1956	Mercury
Blues Going Up	George Barnes Quartet	1977	Concord Jazz
Braff/Barnes Quartet Salutes Rodgers and Hart	Ruby Braff - George Barnes - Michael Moore - Wayne Wright	1975	Concord Jazz
Gems	Joe Venuti and George Barnes	1975	Concord Jazz
George Barnes Plays So Good	George Barnes	1978	Concord Jazz
Guitar Galaxies	George Barnes	March 1961	Mercury
Guitar in Velvet	George Barnes and His Octet	September 1957	Grand Award
Guitars, Anyone?	George Barnes & Carl Kress	1964	Carney
Guitars Galore	George Barnes	September 1962	Mercury
Guitars Pure and Honest	George Barnes & Bucky Pizzarelli	1971	A&R [US]
Live at the Concord Summer Festival	Joe Venuti / George Barnes	1977	Concord Jazz
Smoky and Intimate - George Barnes and Carl Kress Present the Remarkable Voice of Flo Handy	George Barnes, Carl Kress, Flo Handy	1964	Carney
Solid Gold Horn	Charles Margulis "The Horn", George Barnes & Art Ryerson	December 1956	Grand Award
The Ruby Braff George Barnes Quartet	The Ruby Braff—George Barnes Quartet	1973	Chiaroscuro
The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet Live at the New School	The Ruby Braff - George Barnes Quartet	1974	Chiaroscuro
The Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet Plays Gershwin	The Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet	1975	Concord Jazz
The Uncollected - 1946	George Barnes and His Octet	1977	Hindsight Records
To Fred Astaire with Love	The Ruby Braff / George Barnes Quartet	1975	RCA Victor
Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs	Tony Bennett – The Ruby Braff George Barnes Quartet	1976	Improv
Town Hall Concert	George Barnes & Carl Kress	1963	United Artists Records
Two Guitars	Carl Kress and George Barnes	1983	Stash Records
Two Guitars and a Horn	George Barnes, Bud Freeman, Carl Kress	1983	Stash Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Around the World	George Barnes and His Music	July 1957	Decca
Flibberty-Gibbet	George Barnes	June 1953	Decca
Goin' to Chicago Blues	Bill Carey and George Barnes and His Chorus and Orchestra	April 1956	Coral
Goody Goodbye	Patti Page and George Barnes Trio	1948	Mercury
(Here Am I) Broken Hearted	Alan Dale with The Ray Charles Singers and orchestra directed by George Barnes	1952	Decca
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me	Georgie Barnes	1940	OKeh
I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry	Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio	November 1947	Mercury
Laughing at Life	George Barnes	1946	Keynote Recordings
No Love, No Nothin'	Martha Lou Harp and George Barnes and His Multi-Rhythms	May 1952	Decca
No Moon at All	Snooky Lanson with George Barnes Quartet	January 1949	Mercury
Quiet - 2 Gibsons at Work	George Barnes Sextet	1946	Keynote Recordings
There's a Man in My Life	Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio	October 24, 1947	Mercury
Tiger Rag	George Barnes	1952	Decca
Twelve O'Clock Flight	Patti Page and The George Barnes Trio	April 1948	Mercury

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Mountain High - Valley Low	The Voices of Dorothy Collins	March 1954	Audivox
Pretty Girl	Don Cherry [US1]	July 1952	Decca
The Guitar Album	various artists	1972	Columbia [US]

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