The John Barry Seven was a band formed by John Barry in 1957, after he abandoned his original career path of arranging for big bands. ...show more

The John Barry Seven was a band formed by John Barry in 1957, after he abandoned his original career path of arranging for big bands.

Origins

He contacted three musicians with whom he had served in the army and three local musicians and invited them to join his new band. The first line-up was: John Barry (vocals & trumpet), Mike Cox (tenor-sax), Derek Myers (alto-sax), Ken Golder (drums), Fred Kirk (bass guitar), Ken Richards (lead guitar) and Keith Kelly (rhythm guitar). For a short time the JB7 became John Barry & The Seven when he introduced a vibraphone player, John Aris, but by the time the band began recording for EMI (Parlophone) the experiment had been abandoned.

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