“In the ’50s, it was Elvis,” reads the ad on the front page of Billboard. “In the ’60s, it was the Beatles. In the ’90s, it’s . . . Barney.” That’s right. He may not have the musical reputation of a ...
Stephen Bates, 50, a stage conductor and songwriter for the children’s television show “Barney and Friends,” died Wednesday in Chicago of AIDS-related lymphoma. Born Stephen Baltes in Madison, Wis., ...