Dave Barbour jazz guitarist

Dave Barbour was an American musician. He was a jazz guitarist,song writer and the husband of Peggy Lee for nine years. Barbour was born in May 28, 1912 in New York and started his career in 1935 with Red Norvo band in 1935. His brilliance soon found lots of work as a studio musician and he performed with Artie Shaw (1939),Glen Miller and Woody Herman (1945)

He played with Benny Goodman in 1942,and while a member of the band ,he fell in love with lead singer Peggy Lee,and the pair left to marry in 1943. They then became a song writing team under Johnny Mercer and produced a number of hits.Unfortunatly Barbour became an alcoholic and this eventually split apart their marriage,which ended in 1952.Later Barbour formed his own band and had a best selling version of the peppy song "Mambo Jambo".

Barbours remaining career was far less successful than Lees. His songwriting royalties sustained him,as the tunes he co-wrote with Lee were covered by many bands of the fifties.He died in 1965 in Malibu Beach,California,aged 53.