Richard Barnes (musician)

Richard Barnes (born 9 July 1944) is a British singer who saw limited chart success in the early 1970s.

[2] His professional music career started with The Quiet Five in 1964, where he played bass guitar and sang vocals.

[5] A compilation album was released in August 2007 by RPM Records, under the title of Take To The Mountains.

The track listing was as follows: Barnes played the disciple Peter in the original London production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palace Theatre in 1972.

[2][7][8] He has continued working as an actor in various TV and musical theatre roles, including in the BBC's Count Dracula (1977), Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979), The Winds of War (1983) and the 1990 UK tour of Chess as Freddie Trumper.