Benny Barnes

Singer and guitar player. Attended school in Beaumont. In late 1950s, recorded and made popular several songs of J. P. Richardson (Big Bopper) -- "Poor Mans Riches" and "Beggar to a King," a later hit was "Token of Love" in 1959. Barnes became one of the biggest properties of Jack Clements and Bill Halls Gulf Coast Recording Company. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.