Performance
Prentiss Barnes
Prentiss Barnes is credited on 7 releases across 12 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2006 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
7
Pressings credited
12
Albums
6
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
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". Mentored by Alan Freed, the group’s doo-wop harmony style achieved great success on the national R&B charts and recorded on Chess Records. Barnes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the Moonglows. He has also been inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, The Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and The Doo Wop Hall of Fame. In 1995, he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Pioneer Award. He was killed in an automobile accident outside Magnolia, Mississippi in 2006.
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Credited work
7 releases · 12 albums · active 1958–2006
- Performance · 10
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Moonglows
- Various
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