Most Happy Fellows is the
Barbershop quartet
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment, or a cappella. The four voices are: the lead, the vocal part which typically carries t ...
that won the 1977
SPEBSQSA
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop ...
international competition in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
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Lead, Larry Hassler went on to marry the daughter of Baritone Jack Lyon. Tom Wilkie joined the quartet at Bass upon the passing of Ken Hawkinson (1996–2007). Since the 1990s, Matthew Rice became the lion in the Wizard of Oz Package, taking over the bass voice part.
Discography
*''Most Happy Fellows'', AIC Masterworks CD
*''Most Happy Fellows & Chicago News'',
cassette
Cassette may refer to:
Technology
* Cassette tape (or ''musicassette'', ''audio cassette'', ''cassette tape'', or ''tape''), a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback
** Cassette single (or "Cassingle"), a music single in the ...
*''At Ease'', LP/cassette
*''Thanks For The Memories'', LP/cassette
*''We're Off To See The Wizard'', LP/cassette
They also appear on ''Showtime at Seaside'' (1995; cassette) by QCED (Quartet Champions of the Evergreen District).
See also
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Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1930s–present), is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a primarily ...
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Barbershop Harmony Society
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop ...
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List of quartet champions by year
This article lists the Barbershop Harmony Society's international quartet champions by the year in which they won. Quartets can only win once, though up to two members may appear together in another quartet and compete again. In this manner indiv ...
External links
AIC entry(archived)
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Mike Barkley's Monster list
Barbershop quartets
Barbershop Harmony Society
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