About Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction". He was later a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music. In 1963 McGuire, with Randy Sparks (founder of the New Christy Minstrels), co-wrote and sang lead vocal on the band's first and biggest hit single, "Green, Green". McGuire left the Christys in January 1965 after recording the album Cowboys and Indians, although on the 1965 album Chim Chim Cher-ee he sang on the title cut. As a solo folk rock singer in the 1960s, McGuire was best known for his hit "Eve of Destruction" and for "Sins of a Family", both written by P. In 1961 he released his first single, "The Tree", which was not a hit.
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