Autographs of Chris Barber
Donald Christopher Barber (17 April 1930 – 2 March 2021) was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit with "Petite Fleur" in 1959. These musicians included the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Barber's band. He provided an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner, and sponsored African-American blues musicians to visit Britain, making Barber a significant figure in launching the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" of the 1960s.
Barber was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on 17 April 1930.
His father, Donald Barber, was an insurance statistician who a few years later became secretary of the Socialist League, while his mother was a headmistress. His parents were left-leaning, his father having been taught by John Maynard Keynes, while his mother became, in Barber's words, "the only socialist mayor of Canterbury". Barber started learning the violin when he was seven years old. He was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School, near Malvern, Worcestershire, to the age of 15, and started to develop an interest in jazz.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Chris Barber (Chris Barber And His Jazz Band BBC Radio Play Music Signed Very Rare) was sold in December 2025 for £519.08 while the cheapest item (SIGNED!! The Chris Barber Jazz And Blues Band Live In '85 Timeless TTD 527 VG+) found a new owner for £0.99 in August 2024. The month with the most items sold (17) was July 2025 with an average selling price of £13.46 for an autographed item of Chris Barber. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2025 with £53.98 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was October 2012. In average, an autographed item from Chris Barber is worth £10.00.
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