Oriole Four is a barbershop quartet that won the 1970 SPEBSQSA international competition.

Oriole Four
GenresBarbershop
MembersBob Welzenbach – tenor
Jim Grant – lead
Fred King – baritone
Don Stratton – bass

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

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  1. ^ a b "1970 – Oriole Four". Association of International Champions. December 28, 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "The Mike Douglas Show – Season 8 Episode 57". Metacritic. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (September 5, 2008). "Frederick Hyland King". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
Preceded by SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions
1970
Succeeded by