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Prentiss Barnes (April 12, 1925 – October 1, 2006) was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1950s. Barnes was born in Magnolia, Mississippi. He sang bass for the legendary vocal group The Moonglows which had such hits as "Sincerely" and "The Ten Commandments of Love".
Harvey Fuqua tat sich zunächst mit Danny Coggins und Prentiss Barnes zusammen, um mit ihnen ein Gesangs-Trio zu gründen, wenig später holte er auch Bobby Lester, mit dem er schon früher musikalisch zusammengearbeitet hatte, in die Band.
- vermutlich 1957
- Harvey Fuqua
- 1951 als The Crazy Sounds
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Early years
Fresh from a stint in the U.S. Army, two friends, Harvey Fuqua and Bobby Lester, formed a duo in 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. In 1951, Fuqua moved to Cleveland and formed the Crazy Sounds with the singers Danny Coggins and Prentiss Barnes.Lester joined them later. In 1952, while performing at a Cleveland club, the Crazy Sounds auditioned for the club's management. They soon got in contact with the radio host Alan Freed, who upon hearing them became the group's manager. In 1953...
Success
Their first Chess single, "Sincerely", led by Lester, reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart and the top 20 of the pop chart. The song was later a crossover success in a cover version by the McGuire Sisters. In 1955, the band picked the guitarist Billy Johnson to be their fifth member after Wayne Bennett left the group following their engagement at the Apollo Theater. That same year, the group had another R&B hit with "Most of All", followed by a more modest success with "We Go Togethe...
Spinoff groups
In 1959, Lester began a solo career. That same year, Harvey Fuqua, following the advice of another Chess artist, Bo Diddley, worked with the Marquees, where Fuqua first met Marvin Gaye. Relocating the group from their hometown of Washington, D.C., to Chicago, Fuqua soon brought Chuck Barksdale into the group after Barksdale's group, the Dells, was temporarily on a break following a car crash involving one of its members. Fuqua renamed the group Harvey and the New Moonglows. In April 1959, Fuq...
The Moonglows' singing style is known as "blow" harmony, based on the technical method used by the backing vocalists. The Moonglows were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Famein 2000. The group are mentioned in Paul Simon's 1983 song "René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War".
Bobby Lester, vocals (1953–1958)Alexander "Pete" Walton (or Graves), vocals (1953–1958)- 1951–1960, 1964–1968, 1971–1972, 1979–1980,1983-1986, 1990s-2000s
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
5. Okt. 2006 · Prentiss Barnes, 81, who sang with the Moonglows, a rhythm and blues group of the 1950s and ‘60s, died Saturday in a car accident in Mississippi. In his heyday, the bass singer performed such...
9. Sept. 2018 · With little initial success, the group split up with Fuqua and Lester joining Danny Coggins and Prentiss Barnes to create a new group, Crazy Sound. In 1952 they were recognized by pioneer Cleveland Rock and Roll DJ Alan Freed who helped sign them to the Champagne Records label which he owned and managed. They renamed themselves the Moonglows in ...
October 15, 2006, New York, New York), and Prentiss Barnes (b. April 12, 1925, Magnolia, Mississippi—d. October 1, 2006, near Magnolia). The Moonglows were discovered in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952 by legendary disc jockey Alan Freed. Lester sang lead, Fuqua was the alternate lead, Graves the first tenor, and Barnes the bass.
Prentiss Barnes, singer: born Magnolia, Mississippi 12 April 1925; twice married (two children); died near Magnolia 1 October 2006. The doo-wop group the Moonglows are best known in Britain for...
