1961 Top Ten Barbershop Quartets

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[@5226-p1e]

i would love nothing more than just a live stream playing nothing but hours and hours on end of barbershop quartet music, but only the oldies music, none of the new stuff that exists nowadays where they sing more recent songs.

[@Ben10r]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1685">28:05</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1700">28:20</a>!! What a swipe!

[@nilomeireleschef2149]

PERFECT.

[@paulgardner6239]

This is brilliant! I love to hear real ringing chords, and the swipes. This is REAL barbershop.

[@Scott-hf2qz]

Just love the harmony :)

[@jamesrobinson2175]

Wonderful

[@OneMoreTag]

On Record Cover: International Champions 1961 Medalist Quartet: Sun Tones, Miami and West Palm Beach, Fla. ~ 2nd Place 1961 Medalists: Town and Country Four, Pittsburgh, Pa. ~ 3rd Place 1961 Medalists: Nighthawks, London, Ontario, Canada. ~ 4th Place 1961 Medalists: Bay Town Four, Marin and Berkeley, Calif. ~ 5th Place 1961 Medalists: Saints, South Bay, Calif. ~ 6th Place Winners: Gala Lads, South Pasadena, Calif. ~ 7th Place Winners: Four Renegades, Skokie Valley and County Line, Ill. ~ 8th Place Winners: Four-Do-Matics, Seattle, Washington. ~ Ninth Place Winners: Short Cuts, Miami, Fla. ~ Tenth Place Winners: Play-Tonics, Teaneck, N.J.

[@marleneferris2520]

This is Marlene's husband (again) Stu Ferris I LooooVe this style of Cloooooooose harmony!!!!

[@stevie2.040]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="151">2:31</a> is my favorite. I can't seem to find the audio on its own though...

[@DarkSideoftheMeta]

19 seconds in: "okay, this is off to a good start..."

[@OneMoreTag]

Playlist Complete <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a> A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet (Sun Tones) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="151">2:31</a> Nobody's Sweetheart (Sun Tones) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="320">5:20</a> I Wouldn't Trade The Silver In My Mother's Hair (Town and Country Four) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="545">9:05</a> Down Where The Swanee River Flows (Town and Country Four) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="712">11:52</a> Brother Can You Spare A Dime? (Nighthawks) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="974">16:14</a> Sonny Boy (Bay Town Four) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1156">19:16</a> My Melancholy Baby (Saints) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1354">22:34</a> Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow (Gala Lads) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1513">25:13</a> That's How I Spell I-r-e-l-a-n-d (Four Renegades) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1731">28:51</a> Let's Talk About My Sweetie (Four-Do-Matics) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1872">31:12</a> A Bundle Of Old Love Letters (Short cuts) All By Myself (Play-Tonics) [Missing Track]

[@Joe-ge4tf]

Recording cuts off after #9, Bundle of Old Love Letters - never gets to the Playtonics.

[@thomasdudley4558]

B s q formed in local barber shops tradionally the customer client was the lead and the barber's were the temor alto etc then it got to where musical groups formed the honey mooners tissue paper and a comb gi gen pass time age of innocence this was pre rock n roll and really the first groups ranging in 3 4 5 piece .

[@Wahl95]

The Town & Country 4 had a very unique blend and sound - Jack Elder is an underrated baritone, in my opinion. The quartet sounds “old” - maybe due to their song choices and Larry Autenreith’s lead sound. I’m not sure. Regardless, I enjoy listening to them!

[@seventieschildexcess]

All of those groups sound old but they were the geniuses of the time and progression. What do you expect for 60 years ago. Larry Autenreith did not have a clarion lead. Originally he was the baritone and switched with Jack in 58. He had a brighter lead sound on the 59 live album which actually complimented my dad on tenor. After they got in the medals, he started trying to change his sound when he didn't have to. However, he was a technician, premier arranger, and brains of the quartet.

[@MayorMcCheeseStalker]

Old = better. Today's barbershop champions are good but not as great as in the days when the men had more diverse and distinctive voices (and still produced a phenomenal blend!)

[@decemberpocahontas9037]

Who created the quartet version of nobody’s sweetheart now

[@jamesbalantic105]

The Suntones

[@decemberpocahontas9037]

James Balantic thank you so much