David Michael Barbour (May 28, 1912 – December 11, 1965)[1] was an American jazz guitarist.
Barbour was born in Long Island, New York, United States.
[1] He found much work as a studio musician and in ensembles with Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday (1937), Artie Shaw (1939), Lennie Hayton, Charlie Barnet (1945), Raymond Scott, Glenn Miller, Lou Holden, and Woody Herman (1949).
While a member of Benny Goodman's orchestra in 1942, Barbour fell in love with lead singer Peggy Lee.
[4][5] Barbour died in 1965 of a hemorrhaged ulcer in Malibu Beach, California, at the age of 53.