Richard Barnes (musician)

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Richard Barnes
Birth nameRichard Barnes
Born (1944-07-09) 9 July 1944 (age 80)
Surrey, England
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer, actor, bassist
Years active1967–1976 (singer/musician)

Richard Barnes (born 9 July 1944) is a British singer who saw limited chart success in the early 1970s. [1] He has also worked as an actor. [2]

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Career

His professional music career started with The Quiet Five in 1964, where he played bass guitar and sang vocals. The group broke up around 1967. [3] Barnes released a solo album on Philips Records in 1970, which was produced by Gerry Bron, [4] and scored two chart hits in the UK Singles Chart that same year. His first hit, "Take to the Mountains" reached number 35 in May 1970, and "Go North" peaked at number 38 in November. In the Dutch charts "Take to the Mountains" reached number 15. [1] Both hits were written by Tony Hazzard. [5]

A compilation album was released in August 2007 by RPM Records, under the title of Take To The Mountains. It featured tracks recorded by Barnes between 1969 and 1974. The track listing was as follows:

  1. "Take to the Mountains" (Hazzard)
  2. "Woman, Woman" (Glaser, Payne)
  3. "Maria Elena" (Hazzard)
  4. "Take My Hand for a While" (Saint Marie)
  5. "Your Song" (John, Taupin)
  6. "The Way I Feel" (Hazzard)
  7. "High Flying Electric Bird" (Brown, Mullen)
  8. "London" (McKuen)
  9. "I Think I'm Getting Over You" (Cook, Greenaway)
  10. "Hard Headed Woman" (Stevens)
  11. "Mama" (Hazzard)
  12. "It's Getting Better" (Mann, Weil)
  13. "Homeward Bound" (Simon)
  14. "Live Till You Die" (Rhodes)
  15. "Maybe" (Nilsson)
  16. "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ife, Wirtz)
  17. "Could We Start Again Please" (Lloyd Webber)
  18. "Coldwater Morning" (Diamond)
  19. "Wandering" (Taylor)
  20. "Go North" (Hazzard) [5] [6]

Acting work

Barnes played the disciple Peter in the original London production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palace Theatre in 1972. [2] [7] [8]  He has continued working as an actor in various TV and musical theatre roles, including in the BBC's Count Dracula (1977), Doctor Who : Nightmare of Eden (1979), The Winds of War (1983) and the 1990 UK tour of Chess as Freddie Trumper. [9] [10] [11]   

Discography

Albums

YearAlbum Record Label
1970Richard Barnes Philips Records
1976Tony Hazzard and Richard Barnes Warner Bros. Records

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart
position		 Record Label B-side Album
UK
1968"Woman, Woman"55 [upper-alpha 1] Columbia Records "The Princess and the Soldier"
"Look Away"–"Mr. Inbetween"
1970"Take to the Mountains"35 Philips Records "But It's Now I Need Your Love"Richard Barnes
"Go North"38"So Will I"
1971"Coldwater Morning"– Bronze Records "Suddenly I Know"
1973"Take to the Mountains"
(re-release)		–"I'll Never Tell You"Richard Barnes
"Could We Start Again Please?"–"I'm So Sad"
1976"Fox on the Run"
(with Tony Hazzard)		– Warner Bros. Records "Warning Lights"Tony Hazzard and Richard Barnes

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References

  1. ↑ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 43. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. 1 2 "Our Theatre Royal Nottingham". Ourtheatreroyal.org. 1986-07-14. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Quiet Five". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  4. ↑ "Richard Barnes - Richard Barnes (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  5. 1 2 Mark Deming (2007-08-27). "Take to the Mountains - Richard Barnes | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  6. ↑ "Take to the Mountains - Richard Barnes - Share your experience". Cd.ciao.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  7. ↑ "Original London Cast (1972)". Jesuschristsuperstarzone.com.
  8. ↑ "Richard Barnes Discography". Castalbums.org.
  9. ↑ "Richard Barnes". Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Richard Barnes". Aveleyman.com.
  11. ↑ "Production of Chess | Theatricalia". Theatricalia.com.
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