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Barry Allen was born in 1945 and is 81 years old now.
Birthday: 1945
How Old - Age: 81
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Barry Allen - Biography
Barry Allen Singer Musician Born in Edmonton, Alberta Canada - started his professional career as guitarist in Wes Dakus And The Rebels. While recording with Dakus in New Mexico, producer Norm Petty liked Allen's backing vocals so much he convinced Allen to cut some tunes for a single which most likely featured Wes Dakus & The Rebels as backing band and Norm Petty on keyboards called "Over My Shoulder" b/w "Flame Of Love". It was released on Quality Records in 1965. Allen's recordings with Wes Dakus & The Rebels continued on simultaneously to his solo releases including the 1966 album 'Wes Dakus' Rebels' in the on which he sang lead vocals and played rhythm guitar. Later in 1965 Allen had signed a solo deal with Capitol Records US (Capitol Canada couldn't sign acts directly in the early days) and released two more Norm Petty (Buddy Holly & The Crickets, The Fireballs) produced singles: "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "It's Alright With Me Now". He won a Red Leaf Award (pre-cursor to the Juno Awards) in 1965 for 'Most Promising Male Vocalist'. Both songs were featured on his 1966 Capitol debut album 'Goin' Places' in March 1966. He proved himself again in June 1966 with the 'Lovedrops' LP featuring the title track as a single which reached #4 on the CHUM charts and stayed in the Top-10 for over three months...eventually selling gold. With the 'Lovedrops' album completely mined for singles, Capitol began releasing songs from a US released Wes Dakus's Rebels album for solo songs by each of its members including Stu Mitchell and Dennis Paul. Similarly, they pulled "Armful Of Teddy Bears" and its flipside, "Sad Souvenirs" from this KAPP album as a Barry Allen solo track in late 1966. Despite touring the material with his band Barry Allen and the Southbound Freeway, the failure of this release and another single "I Know You Don't Want Me No More", also in 1967, ended Allen's deal with Capitol that year as a solo artist though he remained with The Rebels until joining The Purple Haze on the back of a new distribution deal with Compo out of Montreal. Compo's Apex label released the band's only single - "I Don't Live Today" b/w "Ticket to Ride" in 1968. The group was short-lived but Allen stayed on with the label for one single in 1969 called "I Don't Know What I'll Do". In 1970 Allen began hosting a Calgary based TV show which led to another solo album deal on MCA in 1971. He toured the record with his new backing band Cheyenne Winter. After being signed to Randy Bachman's Molten Records for a remake of the 1967 Guess Who song "Wednesday In Your Garden", it was suggested he replace Jack Velker in a new band by former 49th Parallel members Dan Lowe and Doran Beattie called Painter. They managed one LP and at least one successful single, "West Coast Woman", on Elektra in 1973 after which founders Beattie and Lowe renamed the group Hammersmith. Allen would move on before the name change. In recent years Allen has run his own recording studio in Edmonton called Homestead Recorders (formerly Larry Wanagas' Bumstead Studio).
