Fred Barton

Fred Barton (born October 20, 1958) is an American composer, lyricist, director, actor, singer, arranger, conductor, and pianist who made his New York debut in 1982 as co-creator-arranger-performer-pianist in the original company of the long-running revue Forbidden Broadway, appearing in the New York, Los Angeles and Boston productions for 2,000 performances, and on the cast album for DRG Records. In 1985 the show won a Drama Desk Award.Forbidden Broadway ran for 27 years off-Broadway, and won a special Tony Award in 2006.

Early life

Barton grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, the son of prominent radar scientist David K. Barton and Ruth Barton. His mother's family included generations of musicians, including her first cousin Paul Desmond, the jazz saxophonist.

He has a B.A. in Music from Harvard University, where he wrote numerous musical comedies and revues with collaborator Andy Borowitz, including the Hasty Pudding Theatricals's 130th annual production, "A Thousand Clones." Barton has a Master's degree in Film and Television Music from the University of Southern California, where he won the annual Harry Warren Award in that field.

Fred Barton (politician)

Fred Barton (1917–17 December 1963) was a British socialist politician.

Barton joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and was elected chairman of the Stretford Trades Council. By 1944, he was the chairman of the Manchester Federation of the ILP, and was the party's second choice to contest the Manchester Rusholme by-election after Fenner Brockway, but neither accepted the opportunity, and Robert Edwards stood instead.

At the 1950 UK general election, Barton stood for the party in Newcastle upon Tyne He then stood for the party at the Ormskirk by-election, 1951

Barton was elected as chairman of the ILP in March 1951. While chairman, he campaigned against apartheid in South Africa and the Korean War.

In April 1954, Barton was succeeded as chairman by Annie Maxton. Later in the year, he resigned from the ILP and joined the Labour Party. At the 1955 UK general election, he was the unsuccessful Labour candidate in Stretford, taking 39.1% of the vote, and in 1959, he took 40.4% in Middleton and Prestwich. He became the Liverpool district organiser of the Tobacco Workers' Union. In the run-up to the 1964 UK general election, he was the Labour Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Liverpool Kirkdale, but he died suddenly in late 1963 of a thrombosis.