1. Christopher Barron Gross, best known as Chris Barron was born on February 5,1968 and is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Spin Doctors.
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Chris Barron's uncle was Lennie Sogoloff, who owned jazz club Lennie's on the Turnpike in Peabody, Massachusetts.
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Chris Barron spent his childhood in the Bronx and Rye, New York, and later moved to Australia for over three years when he was eight years old.
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Chris Barron studied music theory as an elective course in middle school.
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When his family returned to the United States, Chris Barron attended Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey, the same school as John Popper, and the two became close friends.
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Chris Barron attended Bennington College in Vermont for one year.
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On May 17,1999, just two weeks before the release of the band's album Here Comes the Bride, Chris Barron woke up unable to talk.
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Chris Barron lost his voice due to a rare acute form of vocal cord paralysis that severely affected his ability to talk, let alone sing.
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Chris Barron's voice came back in early 2000, at which point he began performing with his band and the Give Daddy Five.
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Chris Barron undertook what he calls "a journeyman songwriting experience," composing tunes with Blues Traveler's John Popper and with former BMI executive Jeff Cohen.
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In 2012, Chris Barron took part in the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with The Canoes.
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In 2017, Chris Barron released Angels and One Armed Jugglers to positive reviews.
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Chris Barron then married actress Lindsay Nicole Chambers, the lead in the Broadway tour of Kinky Boots on February 14,2012.