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Encyclopedia > Harry Barris

Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was a American popular singer. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...


Born in New York City, he was a member of the Rhythm Boys, an early 1930s singing trio which included Al Rinker and Bing Crosby, and was Crosby's entry into show business. The group sang several songs in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra film King of Jazz (1930) and recorded both with Whiteman and on their own with Barris on piano. Barris appeared in 57 films between 1931 and 1950, usually as the pianist during party sequences, and composed songs including Mississippi Mud, I Surrender, Dear, and Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams. Crosby's unique runaway success as a single left his early partners feeling a bit like Pete Best of the Beatles must have a generation later, but songwriters Rinker and Barris also carved out careers on their own as well. Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... 1928 Columbia Records label with caricature of Paul Whiteman Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) was a popular american orchestral leader. ... The King of Jazz is a motion picture, starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra (Paul Whitemans nickname was the King of Jazz, hence the films name). ... The Beatles, early 1962: (L-R) Pete, George, Paul and John. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ...


Trivia

Barris was the uncle of game show host and producer Chuck Barris, who was the subject of the George Clooney film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Chuck Barris (born Charles Hirsch Barris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 3, 1929) produced American game shows during the 1960s and 1970s. ... George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, known for his role in the first five seasons of the long-running television drama ER (1994–99), and his rise as an A-List movie star in contemporary American cinema. ... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 drama film directed by George Clooney. ...


Sources

Bing Crosby: The Hollow Man by Donald Shepherd and Robert F. Slatzer
ISBN-13: 978-0523421643


External links

  • Harry Barris in the IMDb

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