Ken Barnes (writer)
Ken Barnes is a writer, producer, broadcaster, musicologist, film historian, film maker, songwriter and music publisher who in the 1970s worked with Bing Crosby, Peter Sellers and Fred Astaire. In 1974, he convinced Johnny Mercer to record a two-disk collection of Mercer singing Mercer - with Johnny selecting his own favorites.[1] These were the last recordings made by Mercer before his death in 1976.[2] He is also the founder and CEO of The Laureate Company, a music and movie restoration Company.
Commentary
He wrote and delivered the DVD audio commentary on Citizen Kane (1941) and Holiday Inn (1942),[3] starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. The DVD also contains a supplemental documentary A Couple of Song and Dance Men in which he appears with Fred Astaire's daughter, Ava Astaire-MacKenzie.
Works
- Sinatra and the great song stylists (Ian Allan: 1972) ISBN 0-7110-0400-5
- 20 Years of Pop (Kenneth Mason: 1974) ISBN 0-85937-024-0
- The Crosby Years, by Ken Barnes (New York: St. Martins, 1980 ) ( London:Elm Tree Books,1980) ISBN 0-312-17663-5
- Anatomy of a Classic written,produced & directed by Ken Barnes(Film:Universal Home Video)
- A Couple of Song and Dance Men written,produced & directed by Ken Barnes (Film: Universal Home Video)
- Johnny Mercer -The Dream's On Me written by Ken Barnes,executive producer:Clint Eastwood, director:Bruce Ricker (TCM/Warner Home Video. Emmy Nomination 2010 "Best Non Fiction Special"
- "The Sea Dogs" A novel by Ken Barnes (SBPRA:2014) ISBN 978-1-62857-5889-7
References
- ↑ THE JOHNNY MERCER EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES: Ken Barnes Retrieved Jan 28, 2010
- ↑ http://www.johnnymercer.com/KenBarnes.htm
- ↑ Holiday Inn (1942), Special Edition DVD, Universal Studios Home Entertainment #21484