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When H.B. Barnum shaped the Dootones in LA, CA, in 1954, he was a practiced pro. Four years previous, at age 12, he documented as Pee Wee Barnum for Imperial Information and was a self-taught piano prodigy who got made an appearance in concerts around L.A. The initial members were …

Manufacturer and arranger H.B. Barnum continues to be among the unsung giants of well-known music, collaborating using a who’s who of works spanning from Frank Sinatra to Puff Daddy. Delivered Hidle Dark brown Barnum in Houston on July 15, 1936, he gained a countrywide amateur talent competition at age four, …