Oriole Four
Barbershop quartet
Oriole Four | |
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Genres | Barbershop |
Members | Bob Welzenbach – tenor Jim Grant – lead Fred King – baritone Don Stratton – bass |
Oriole Four is a barbershop quartet that won the 1970 SPEBSQSA international competition.
The quartet began in 1958 and became sufficiently well known to garner a guest appearance on television's nationally syndicated The Mike Douglas Show in November 1968.[1][2] After first qualifying for international competition in 1959, it was in Atlantic City in 1970 that the Oriole Four finally won SPEBSQSA's gold medal.[1] The following year, baritone Fred King directed the Chorus of the Chesapeake to its second international championship, held in New Orleans.[3]
References
- ^ a b "1970 – Oriole Four". Association of International Champions. December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "The Mike Douglas Show – Season 8 Episode 57". Metacritic. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (September 5, 2008). "Frederick Hyland King". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
Preceded by Mark IV | SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions 1970 | Succeeded by Gentlemen's Agreement |
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