voc, g, *1927 US, Detroit
Singer / Musician of Blues and Folk
A.k.a. Barbara Jean Spillman
Barbara Dane (born May 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American folk, blues and jazz singer and guitarist. Jazz critic Leonard Feather called her "Bessie Smith in stereo," and after she opened for him in 1959, Louis Armstrong exclaimed "Did you get that chick? She's a gasser!" and invited her to appear with him on national television's Timex Jazz show. She toured the East Coast with Jack Teagarden, played Chicago with Art Hodes, Roosevelt Sykes, Little Brother Montgomery, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon and others, and appeared on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show as a solo guest artist. Other national TV work included The Steve Allen Show, Bobby Troop's Stars of Jazz, Playboy Penthouse, PM East/West and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. In the early 1960s she founded Sugar Hill, San Francisco.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs | Barbara Dane | 2018 | Compil. |
Throw It Away... | Barbara Dane With Tammy Hall | 2016 | Album |
Livin' With The Blues Plus On My Way | Barbara Dane | 2013 | Compil. |
If You Don't Come (You Better Call) / I'm On My Way | Patience Valentine / Barbara Dane | 2012 | Single |
Live! at the Ash Grove: New Years Eve 1961-62 | Barbara Dane | 2004 | Album |
What Are You Gonna Do When There Ain't No Jazz? | Barbara Dane | 2002 | Album |
Sometimes I Believe She Loves Me | Barbara Dane & Lightnin' Hopkins | 1996 | Album |
When We Make It Through | Barbara Dane | 1982 | Album |
I Hate The Capitalist System | Barbara Dane | 1973 | Album |
FTA! Songs Of The GI Resistance | Barbara Dane | 1970 | Album |
Barbara Dane And The Chambers Brothers | Barbara Dane and The Chambers Brothers | 1966 | Album |
Sings The Blues With 6 & 12 String Guitar | Barbara Dane | 1964 | Album |
On My Way | Barbara Dane | 1962 | Single |
When I Was A Young Girl | Barbara Dane | 1962 | Album |
On My Way | Barbara Dane | 1962 | Album |
I'm On My Way / Go 'Way From My Window | Barbara Dane | 1960 | Single |
Livin' With The Blues | Barbara Dane | 1959 | Album |
A Night At The Ash Grove (An Evening Of Coffee-House Music) | Bud And Travis, Barbara Dane, Rolf Cahn, Lynn Gold | 1958 | Album |
Trouble In Mind | Barbara Dane | 1957 | Album |
Folk Concert | Hoyt Axton, Barry McGuire, Barbara Dane, Travis Edmonson, Josh White, The Travelers Three, The Shenandoah Trio, Rod McKuen | Compil. | |
See, See Rider | Barbara Dane | Single |