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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gene Barge.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gene Barge.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Barge, Gene
  • Crowe, Larry F.
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 51 min., 59 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Saxophonist, music producer and song writer Gene Barge was born on August 9, 1926 in Norfolk, Virginia. After receiving his B.A. degree in music from West Virginia State College in 1950, Barge played with a number of bands including the Griffin Brothers. In 1955, Barge recorded two saxophone instrumentals, "Country" and "Way Down Home," on Chess Records' Checker label. In 1957, Barge played the saxophone on Chuck Willis' pop hit "C.C. Rider." In 1960, he recorded A Night with Daddy G with his band the Church Street Five. Barge and Gary U.S. Bonds co-wrote the pop hit "Quarter to Three," played on Fontella Bass' Rescue Me on the Chess Records label. Barge received a Grammy Award for co-producing Natalie Cole's "Sophisticated Lady." Barge toured with Fats Domino, Bo Diddley and The Rolling Stones. He had roles in many major motion pictures including Under Siege, The Package, and The Fugitive.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Gene Barge
  • Gene Barge
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
994208918
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Gene Barge.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
025159
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2012 January 20.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Saxophonist Songwriter Music Producer.
Added Author
Barge, Gene, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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