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Tier 2 · legacy legend
Prentiss Barnes
Person · male · United States · born 1925 · died 2006
American singer
Also known as 普倫迪斯·巴恩斯
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1920s
2000s
Biography
English biography136 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370999457
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.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Prentiss Barnes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 1 | 0.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Moonglows(band) | — | present | bass vocals,original |
| The Moonglows(band) | — | present | bass vocals,original |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c293800-a90e-42a1-adcf-20aa5a6d05b3discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c293800-a90e-42a1-adcf-20aa5a6d05b3core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240567seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentiss_Barnesbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentiss_Barnes
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — rank #111
75px | | Prentiss Barnes, Harvey Fuqua, Peter Graves, Billy Johnson, and Bobby Lester. | 6 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999) | Paul Simon
Tier rule: legacy lists: hof
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q7240567 · MusicBrainz: 3c293800-a90e-42a1-adcf-20aa5a6d05b3
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