Barry Allen (musician)

Barry Allen is an award-winning Canadian rock musician and record producer/engineer. His career in music began as a guitarist and backup singer for Wes Dakus. In the early 1960s, he was discovered by producer Norman Petty, who arranged for Allen to record solo albums. In 1965, Allen signed with Capitol Records, where he recorded two singles and his debut album; that year, he won the Gold Leaf Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.

In 1966, the title track from his second album, Lovedrops, went gold. In 1967, he recorded two more singles; however, sales figures were not to Capitol's liking, and he was released from his contract. In 1970, he released a third album, this time via MCA Records.

Shawn Nagy's Super Oldies label reissued Allen's original material along with unreleased tracks on a two-CD set "Clovis Collection" in 2012, with a CD Release Concert reuniting Barry with Stu Mitchell, Dennis Paul & Gerry Dere of "The Rebels" in their first show together in over 20 years. A stereo reissue of "Goin' Places" was released in 2013, followed by "Love Drops" in 2016.

Singles

(Rankings from RPM Magazine)

Easy Come, Easy Go ......................... #14 (1965)

It's Alright With Me Now ...................... #12 (1965)

Love Drops ......................................... #10 (1966)

Turn Her Down .................................... #22 (1966)

Armful of Teddy Bears ......................... #32 (1967)

I Know (You Don't Want Me Anymore)... #68 (1967)

A Wednesday In Your Garden .............. #91 (1970)

External links

• Biography of Barry Allen at the Canadian Pop Encyclopedia
• Biography of Barry Allen at AllMusic
• Barry Allen CD release from SuperOldies.com