Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 17, 1930
Died
Mar 02, 2021
Place of Birth
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Credits
13 titles
Chris Barber
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
Filmography
Rock Island Line: The Song That Made Britain Rock
Himself
North of Blue
Additional Soundtrack
Jim Carter: Lonnie Donegan and Me
Self
Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Self - Band Leader
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And Friends: 70th Birthday Concert
Self
Red, White and Blues
Self
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
European Grand Prix 1964
Self
Übermut im Salzkammergut
Self - Chris Barber's Jazzband (uncredited)
Look Back in Anger
Original Music Composer
Momma Don't Allow
Self - trombone
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self