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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. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...

'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 individual singers may win multiple gold medals. Several men have won two or three gold medals, and one man, Joe Connelly

Joe Connelly (musician)

"Awesome Joe" Connelly is a successful barbershop quartet lead singer, competition judge, and full-time coach for various barbershop quartets...

, has won four. Connelly sang with Interstate Rivals

Interstate Rivals

Interstate Rivals is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1987 SPEBSQSA international competition in Hartford, CT. Formed in 1982, the Rivals won the Cardinal District championship that fall. The next summer at International they placed tenth, followed by sixth, third, second place finishes before...

, Keepsake, PLATINUM

Platinum (quartet)

Platinum is a barbershop quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts , particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same...

, and Old School

Old School (quartet)

Old School is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Kansas City, Missouri.-External links:*...

. Connelly was the first to achieve both the 3- and 4-time International Quartet Champion milestone, and Tony DeRosa is the only to achieve 3 wins in multiple voice parts.

2011 — Old School
Old School (quartet)
Old School is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Kansas City, Missouri.-External links:*...
2010 — Storm Front
Storm Front (quartet)
Storm Front is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2010 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Discography:* Storm Watch * Storm Warning...
2009 — Crossroads
Crossroads (quartet)
Crossroads is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2009 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Anaheim, California...
2008 — OC Times
OC Times
OC Times is a barbershop quartet affiliated with the Barbershop Harmony Society; they received second place silver medals at the International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center on July 7, 2007, and won the International Quartet Championship on July 5, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee...
2007 — Max Q
Max Q (quartet)
Max Q is the barbershop quartet that won the gold medal Barbershop Harmony Society International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center July 7, 2007.The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony....
2006 — Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum
Vocal Spectrum is a barbershop quartet from St. Charles, Missouri. In 2004, Vocal Spectrum won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Collegiate Quartet Contest, and on July 8, 2006, they became International Champions, winning the society's International Quartet Contest...
2005 — Realtime
Realtime (quartet)
Realtime is a barbershop quartet that won the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Championship in 2005. They finished seventh-place the previous year . Lead singer John Newell is the first Australian-born international champion...
2004 — Gotcha!
2003 — Power Play
Power Play (quartet)
Power Play is a barbershop quartet based in Michigan. They were the 2003 Barbershop Harmony Society International Quartet Champion. Each member of the quartet is a member of the Slamka family. Power Play was formed in 1988, and won the Pioneer District quartet championship in the fall of 1989...
2002 — Four Voices
Four Voices
Four Voices is a barbershop quartet based in Tennessee. After winning the SPEBSQSA Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Championship in 1996, Four Voices went on to become international champions in 2002....
2001 — Michigan Jake
Michigan Jake
Michigan Jake was a barbershop quartet that formed in 1995. The quartet borrowed the name from Michigan J. Frog, the singing frog in the 1955 Merrie Melodies short One Froggy Evening....
2000 — PLATINUM
Platinum (quartet)
Platinum is a barbershop quartet, created in 1998 and the 2000 SPEBSQSA international quartet champions. They are famous for their long posts , particularly in their adaptation of the song Be Our Guest and in Clay Hine's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is on Platinum's CD of the same...
1999 — FRED
FRED (quartet)
FRED is a comic barbershop quartet formed in 1990 by members of the Marietta Big Chicken Chorus.Despite their focus on comedy, FRED produces a very refined sound...
1998 — Revival
Revival (quartet)
Revival is a barbershop quartet that won the 1998 SPEBSQSA international competition.Primarily from the San Diego area, Revival is only the second quartet in Barbershop Harmony Society history to make the largest leap from one year to the next to win the gold medal.The quartet was founded in the...
1997 — Yesteryear
Yesteryear (quartet)
Yesteryear is a barbershop quartet that won the 1997 SPEBSQSA international competition.The original version of Yesteryear was formed in February 1984...
1996 — Nightlife
Nightlife (quartet)
Nightlife are a barbershop quartet that won the BHS International Quartet competition in 1996.-Members:Tenor: Rob Menaker Lead: John Sasine Bari: Jeff Baker Bass: Brett Littlefield...
1995 — Marquis
Marquis (quartet)
Marquis is a barbershop quartet that won the 1995 SPEBSQSA international competition. Originating from the Cincinnati-Dayton area, they won the championship less than two years after they formed....
1994 — Joker's Wild
Joker's Wild (quartet)
Joker's Wild is a world champion barbershop quartet formed in 1990 by Dave Kindinger and Mark Green from Columbus, Ohio, and Steve Legters and Stephen Iannacchione from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
1993 — Gas House Gang
Gas House Gang (quartet)
Gas House Gang was a barbershop quartet that won the 1993 SPEBSQSA international competition. They started singing as a group in 1987.The quartet won the International Quartet Championship of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1993...
1992 — Keepsake
1991 — The Ritz
The Ritz (quartet)
The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society (comprising Ohio, West Virginia, and the western half of...
1990 — Acoustix
Acoustix
Acoustix is a Texas-based quartet that won the 1990 International Quartet Championship of SPEBSQSA . They have all, at different times, been members of the Dallas-based Vocal Majority chorus....
1989 — Second Edition
Second Edition (quartet)
Second Edition is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1989 SPEBSQSA international competition.The Second Edition quartet was ironically a second version of The Harrington Brothers. They later split, with David and Doug joining with bass Jamie Meyer and tenor Fred Farrell. They often performed with...
1988 — Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs of Staff (quartet)
Chiefs of Staff is the Des Plaines Illinois based Barbershop quartet that won the 1988 SPEBSQSA international competition.-Discography:* Memories * Solid Gold * Tribute...
1987 — Interstate Rivals
Interstate Rivals
Interstate Rivals is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1987 SPEBSQSA international competition in Hartford, CT. Formed in 1982, the Rivals won the Cardinal District championship that fall. The next summer at International they placed tenth, followed by sixth, third, second place finishes before...
1986 — Rural Route 4
Rural Route 4
Rural Route 4 is the Missouri based barbershop quartet that won the 1986 SPEBSQSA international competition.Calvin's son, Wes Yoder, later replaced Don as the group's tenor until their formal retirement in 1994.-Discography:...
1985 — The New Tradition
The New Tradition
The New Tradition is the California Barbershop quartet that won the 1985 SPEBSQSA international competition. The name refers to an earlier quartet, the Grand Tradition, with the same Lead and Baritone...
1984 — The Rapscallions
The Rapscallions
The Rapscallions, formed just four years earlier by four Bowling Green State University students, amazed the barbershop world when they won the 1984 international quartet championship in St...
1983 — Side Street Ramblers
Side Street Ramblers
Side Street Ramblers is the Dallas-based Barbershop quartet that won the 1983 SPEBSQSA international competition in Seattle.-Discography:* Seems Like Yesterday LP, cassette* Side Street Ramblers LP, cassette* Encore!", CD *Also appear on...
1982 — Classic Collection
Classic Collection
Classic Collection is the barbershop quartet that won the 1982 SPEBSQSA international competition.-Discography:* A Barbershop Album vol. 1 cassette* A Barbershop Album vol...
1981 — Chicago News
Chicago News
Chicago News is the ILL district Barbershop quartet that won the 1981 SPEBSQSA international competition.-Discography:* Latest Edition CD* Special Edition LP, cassette * Have You Heard The News? LP cassette...
1980 — Boston Common
Boston Common (quartet)
Boston Common is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1980 SPEBSQSA international competition at Salt Lake City, Utah.Formed in 1971, they took their name from Boston Common, a well known park. Competing throughout the seventies, they were more popular with audiences than judges. After they...
1979 — Grandma's Boys
Grandma's Boys
Grandma's Boys is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1979 SPEBSQSA international competition.-Discography:* I Had a Dream, Dear LP* Grandma's Boys LP* Tonight LP* Grandma's Boys III LP* When The Toy Soldier Marched On Parade CD...
1978 — Bluegrass Student Union
Bluegrass Student Union
Bluegrass Student Union is the Louisville, Kentucky barbershop quartet who won the 1978 SPEBSQSA International competition. They distinguished themselves by performing at a high level of proficiency on stage and in the recording studio throughout their 33-year career, and by continually improving...
1977 — Most Happy Fellows
Most Happy Fellows
Most Happy Fellows is the Barbershop quartet that won the 1977 SPEBSQSA international competition in Philadelphia.Lead, Larry Hassler went on to marry the daughter of Baritone Jack Lyon.-Discography:*Most Happy Fellows, AIC Masterworks CD...
1976 — Innsiders
Innsiders
Innsiders is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1976 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1975 — Happiness Emporium
Happiness Emporium
Happiness Emporium is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1975 SPEBSQSA international competition.-Discography:* RIGHT FROM THE START * RISE 'N SHINE * NOW & THEN * OH LORD, IT'S HARD TO BE HUMBLE...
1974 — Regents
Regents (quartet)
Regents is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1974 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1973 — Dealer's Choice
Dealer's Choice (quartet)
Dealer's Choice is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1973 SPEBSQSA international competition. They were the first group since 1952 to win the competition their first year entering....
1972 — Golden Staters
Golden Staters
Golden Staters is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1972 SPEBSQSA international competition. The members of the group were:Tenor: Gary Harding,Lead: Milt Christensen,Bass: Mike Senter,Bari: Jack Harding...
1971 — Gentlemen's Agreement
Gentlemen's Agreement (quartet)
Gentlemen's Agreement is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1971 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1970 — Oriole Four
Oriole Four
Oriole Four is a barbershop quartet that won the 1970 SPEBSQSA international competition.The beginning of the Oriole Four, 1970 International champion quartet, was in 1951 outside a Baltimore high school when students Fred King and Jim Grant first met, discovered they had a mutual fondness for...
1969 — Mark IV
MARK IV (Barbershop)
Mark IV is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1969 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1968 — Western Continentals
Western Continentals
Western Continentals is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1968 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1967 — Four Statesmen
Four Statesmen
Four Statesmen is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1967 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1966 — Auto Towners
Auto Towners
Auto Towners is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1966 SPEBSQSA international competition.At the time they won the 1966 SPEBSQSA International Championship , The Auto Towners were composed of Al Rehkop , Glenn Van Tassell , Clint Bostick , and Carl Dahlke...
1965 — Four Renegades
Four Renegades
Four Renegades is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1965 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1964 — Sidewinders
Sidewinders
Sidewinders is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1964 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1963 — Town and Country Four
Town and Country Four
Town and Country Four is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1963 SPEBSQSA international competition. Leo Sisk Larry Autenreith Jack Elder Ralph Anderson...
1962 — Gala Lads
Gala Lads
Gala Lads is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1962 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1961 — The Suntones
The Suntones
The Suntones are a barbershop quartet from Miami, Florida, USA and the 1961 SPEBSQSA international champions. At the time it won gold, the quartet featured Gene Cokeroft as tenor, Bob Franklin as lead, Harlan Wilson as baritone and Bill Cain as bass....
1960 — Evans Quartet
Evans Quartet
Evans Quartet is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1960 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1959 — Four Pitchikers
Four Pitchikers
Four Pitchikers is a Barbershop quartet from Springfield, Missouri, that won the 1959 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1958 — Gay Notes
Gay Notes
Gay Notes is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1958 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1957 — Lads of Enchantment
Lads of Enchantment
Lads of Enchantment is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1957 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1956 — Confederates
The Confederates
The Confederates were a barbershop quartet that performed in the 1950s and 1960s.The group formed in September 1953 at a SPEBSQSA chapter meeting in Memphis, Tennessee...
1955 — Four Hearsemen
Four Hearsemen
Four Hearsemen is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1955 SPEBSQSA international competition.1955 The Four Hearsemen, a champion Barbershop Quartet from Amarillo, Texas. The members were: Wendell Heiny Deane Watson Dwight Elliott Dick Gifford...
1954 — Orphans
Orphans (quartet)
Orphans is a barbershop quartet that won the 1954 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1953 — Vikings
Vikings (quartet)
Vikings is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1953 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1952 — Four Teens
Four Teens
Four Teens is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1952 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1951 — Schmitt Brothers
Schmitt Brothers
Schmitt Brothers is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1951 SPEBSQSA international competition. The quartet consisted of four brothers- Joe, Paul, Francis and Jim Schmitt....
1950 — Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills (quartet)
The Buffalo Bills were a barbershop quartet formed in Buffalo, New York, on September 20, 1947. The original members were tenor Vern Reed, an executive for the Tonawanda Boys' Club, lead Al Shea, who was a city of Buffalo policeman, baritone Herschel Smith, a corporate executive, and bass Bill...
1949 — Mid States Four
Mid States Four
Midstates Four is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1949 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1948 — Pittsburghers
Pittsburghers
For people from the city of Pittsburgh, see List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.Pittsburghers is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1948 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1947 — Doctors of Harmony
Doctors of Harmony
Doctors of Harmony, from Elkhart, Indiana, is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1947 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1946 — Garden State Quartet
Garden State Quartet
Garden State Quartet is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1946 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1945 — Misfits
Misfits (quartet)
Misfits is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1945 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1944 — Harmony Halls
Harmony Halls
Harmony Halls is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1944 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1943 — Four Harmonizers
Four Harmonizers
Four Harmonizers is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1943 SPEBSQSA international competition.This Chicago quartet also competed in the 1941 and 1942 national contests of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. , now known as the Barbershop...
1942 — Elastic Four
Elastic Four
Elastic Four is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1942 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1941 — Chord Busters
Chord Busters
Chord Busters is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1941 SPEBSQSA international competition....
1940 — Flat Foot Four
Flat Foot Four
Flat Foot Four is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1940 SPEBSQSA international competition.Winning Members: Tenor: Johnny Whalen Lead: Britt Stegal Bass: Sam Barnes Bari: Red Elliott AIC Gold History...
1939 — Bartlesville Barflies
Bartlesville Barflies
Bartlesville Barflies is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1939 SPEBSQSA original international competition.Winning Members: Tenor: George McCaslin Lead: Harry Hall Bass: Herman Kaiser Bari: Bob Durand...

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Official list from the Barbershop Harmony Society
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. , is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form. Founded by Owen C...
Official list of Sweet Adelines International
Sweet Adelines International
Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performances. This independent, nonprofit music education association is one of the world's largest singing organizations for women...

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