Birth name Richard Barnes Role Singer Name Richard Barnes | Years active 1967–1976 Occupation(s) Singer, bassist Genres Pop music | |
Born 9 July 1944 (age 79)
Surrey, England ( 1944-07-09 ) Albums Take to the Mountains, Richard Barnes Similar People Tony Hazzard, The Quiet Five, I Profeti, Kris Ife, Kincade | ||
Richard Barnes (born 9 July 1944 in Surrey, England) is a British singer who saw limited chart success in the early 1970s.
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. Barnes released a solo album on Philips Records in 1970, which was produced by Gerry Bron, 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. Both hits were written by Tony Hazzard.
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:
- "Take to the Mountains" (Hazzard)
- "Woman, Woman" (Glaser, Payne)
- "Maria Elena" (Hazzard)
- "Take My Hand for a While" (Saint Marie)
- "Your Song" (John, Taupin)
- "The Way I Feel" (Hazzard)
- "High Flying Electric Bird" (Brown, Mullen)
- "London" (McKuen)
- "I Think I'm Getting Over You" (Cook, Greenaway)
- "Hard Headed Woman]" (Stevens)
- "Mama" (Hazzard)
- "It's Getting Better" (Mann, Weil)
- "Homeward Bound" (Simon)
- "Live Till You Die" (Rhodes)
- "Maybe" (Nilsson)
- "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Ife, Wirtz)
- "Could We Start Again Please" (Lloyd Webber)
- "Coldwater Morning" (Diamond)
- "Wandering" (Taylor)
- "Go North" (Hazzard)