The Heritage Hall Museum of
Barbershop Harmony
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Original compilation: Ruth Blazina-Joyce
Periodic updates: Robert Sutton, Alexandria, VA chapter
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Most medals of any kind won by one person: 11 Number of guys to win 11 medals: 1
1. Jim Gentil (11) 1976-1981, 1983 Roaring '20s 1990-1993 The Naturals
2. Doug Anderson (10) 1971-1973 Far Westerners 1977,1979,1987,1989-1992 139th Street Quartet
Most gold medals won by one person: 3
Number of guys to win 3 gold medals: 1
Joe Connelly 1987 Interstate Rivals (lead) 1992 Keepsake (lead) 2000 Platinum (lead)
Number of guys to win 2 gold medals: 12
Don Barnick 1979 Grandma's Boys (tenor) 1992 Keepsake (bass)
Brian Beck 1973 Dealer's Choice (bari) 1983 Side St. Ramblers (lead)
Kipp Buckner 1987 Interstate Rivals (tenor) 1993 Gas House Gang (tenor)
Tony DeRosa 1992 Keepsake (bari) 2000 Platinum (bari)
Tom Felgen 1965 Four Renegades (bass) 1981 Chicago News (bass)
Paul Gilman 1987 Interstate Rivals (bari) 1995 Marquis (bari)
Jay Hawkins 1987 Interstate Rivals (bass) 1995 Marquis (bass)
John Miller 1979 Grandma's Boys (bass) 1985 The New Tradition (bass)
Jeff Oxley 1984 Rapscallions (bass) 1990 Acoustix (bass)
Mo Rector 1957 Gaynotes (bass) 1969 Mark IV (bass)
Al Rehkop 1966 Auto Towners (tenor) 1971 Gent's. Agreement (tenor)
Glenn Van Tassell 1966 Auto Towners (lead) 1971 Gent's. Agreement (bari)
First to double-medal: Mo Rector Quickest to double-medal: Al Rehkop, Glenn Van Tassell & Joe Connelly First quartet to have all members double-medal: Interstate Rivals
Most silver medals won by one person: 5 Number of guys to win 5 silver medals: 2
1. 5 Ben Franklin (lead) Bert Phelps (bari) 1941-3, 1946-7 KC Pole Cats (lead) and KC Serenaders
2. 4 Denny Gore
(lead)
Most 3rd-place bronze medals won by one person: 4 Number of guys to win 4 3rd-place medals: 3
John Hohl 1976 Nova Chords (bari) 1983, 1984, 1986 Vaudeville (bari)
Scott Werner 1976 Nova Chords (lead) 1983, 1984, 1986 Vaudeville (lead)
Jim Gentil 1980 Roaring '20s (bass) 1990, 1992, 1993 Naturals (bass)
Most 4th-place bronze medals won by one person: 4 Number of guys to win 4 4th-place medals: 1
Dan Jordan 1980, 1982, 1983 Grand Tradition (lead) 139th Street Quartet (lead)
Most 5th-place bronze medals won by one person: 4 Number of guys to win 4 5th-place medals: 4
Doug Anderson 1971, 1973 Far Westerners (tenor) 1979, 1991 139th Street Quartet (tenor)
Jim Gentil (bass) Don Gray (tenor) Gerry Kelly (lead) 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983 Roaring 20s
Number of guys to win all 5 medals (in any order): 8
Terry Clarke (bass) Rick Knapp (lead) Kent Martin (tenor) Larry Tully (bari) 1 = 1980 Boston Common 2 = 1979 Boston Common 3 = 1974, 1978 Boston Common 4 = 1973, 1975, 1977 Boston Common 5 = 1972 Boston Common
Gary Harding (tenor) Jack Harding (bari) Mike Senter (bass) 1 = 1972 Golden Staters 2 = 1969 Golden Staters 3 = 1968, 1971 Golden Staters 4 = 1966 Golden Staters 5 = 1967 Golden Staters
Greg Wright 1 = 1981 Chicago News (bari) 2 = 1970, 1971 Sundowners (bari) & 1980 Chicago News 3 = 1969 Sundowners (tenor) 4 = 1967, 1968 Sundowners (tenor) 5 = 1966 Sundowners (tenor)
Only guy to win all five medals in order: Greg Wright
Most voice parts medaled with by one person: 2 Number of guys to medal with 2 voice parts: 18
Don Barnick tenor = Grandma's Boys 1978: 2, 1979: 1 bass = Keepsake 1991: 2, 1992: 1
Toby Balsley bari = Bank Street 1988: 4, 1989: 2, 1990: 5 lead = Bank Street 1997: 4, 1998: 5, 1999: 5
Brian Beck bari = Dealer's Choice 1973: 1 lead = Side St. Ramblers 1981, 1982: 3, 1983: 1
Bob Bohn bari = Easternaires 1956: 5, 1959: 4 bass = Easternaires 1970: 5
Tom Dames lead = Easternaires 1956: 5 tenor = Easternaires 1959: 4
Ed Easley lead = Varsity Four 1949: 5 bari = Clef Dwellers 1951: 3
Jay Giallombardo bari = Grandma's Boys 1976: 3, 1978: 2, 1979: 1 bass = Chicago Chord of Trade 1987: 5, 1988: 3
Doug Harrington tenor = Harrington Brothers 1984, 1985: 4 bari = Second Edition 1987, 1988: 2, 1989: 1
Jay Hawkins bass = Interstate Rivals 1985: 3, 1986: 2, 1987: 1 bari = Naturals 1992, 1993: 3 bass = Marquis 1994: 4, 1995: 1
Dan Heyburn tenor = Easternaires 1956: 5 lead = Easternaires 1959: 4, 1970: 5
Glenn Howard bari = Capitol City Four 1939: 2 bass = Capitol City Four 1941: 5
Bill McDowell tenor = Westinghouse Quartet 1945: 2 lead = Westinghouse Quartet 1948: 4
Doug Miller bari = Sundowners 1966: 5, 1967, 1968:4 bass = Avant Garde 1969: 5 bari = Sountracks 1974: 5
Dave Mittelstadt lead = Play-Tonics 1956: 2, 1957: 5 bari = Easternaires 1970: 5
John Sherburn tenor = The New Tradition 1985: 1 lead = 139th St. Quartet 1989: 3, 1990: 2, 1991: 5
Tony Sparks tenor = Bank Street 1988: 4, 1989: 2, 1990: 5 bari = Bank Street 1997: 4, 1998: 5, 1999: 5
Joe Sullivan lead = Four Renegades 1962: 3, 1963: 4 bari = Avant Garde 1968: 5, 1969: 5
Glenn van Tassell lead = Auto Towners 1965: 4, 1966: 1 bari = Gentlemens Agreement 1970: 4, 1971: 1 bari = Center Stage 1981: 4, 1982, 1983, 1984: 4
Greg Wright tenor = Sundowners 1966: 5, 1967, 1968: 4 bari = Sundowners 1969: 3, 1970, 1971: 2 bari = Chicago News 1980: 2, 1981: 1
First guy to medal with two voice parts: Glenn Howard: 1939, 1941
Number of guys to win gold with two voice parts: 3
Don Barnick = Grandma's Boys 1971, Keepsake 1992 Brian Beck = Dealer's Choice 1973, Side St. Ramblers 1983 Glenn van Tassell = Auto Towners 1966, Gentlemens Agreement 1971
Voice part medalist combinations:
tenor & lead = 4 Tom Dames Dan Heyburn Bill McDowell John Sherburn
tenor & bari = 3 Doug Harrington Tony Sparks Greg Wright
tenor & bass = 1 Don Barnick
lead & bari = 5 Toby Balsley Brian Beck Ed Easley Dave Mittelstadt Glenn van Tassell
bari & bass = 4 Bob Bohn Jay Hawkins Glenn Howard Doug Miller
Most quartets medaled with by one person: 3 Number of guys to medal with 3 quartets: 6
Joe Connelly Interstate Rivals 1985, 1986, 1987 Keepsake 1991, 1992 Platinum 1999, 2000
Glenn van Tassell Auto Towners 1965, 1966 Gentlemens Agreement 1970, 1971 Center Stage 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Jay Hawkins Interstate Rivals 1985, 1986, 1987 Naturals 1992, 1993 Marquis 1994, 1995
Dan Jordan Grand Tradition 1980, 1982, 1983 The New Tradition 1985 139th Street Quartet 1992
Doug Miller Sundowners 1966, 1967, 1968 Avant Garde 1969 Soundtracks 1974
Harold Nantz Vaudeville 1982, 1983, 1984 Sidekicks 1989 Backbeat 1995
Quartet Trivia
Most medals of any kind won by a quartet: 8 = Boston Common
Most years between successive medals: 11 = Easternaires (1959-70) 8 = 139th Street Quartet (1979-87) 7 = Bank Street (1990-97)
Number of quartets to win gold the first time they medalled: 18
Bartlesville Barflies 1939 Chord Busters 1941 Elastic Four 1942 Four Harmonizers 1943 Pittsburghers 1948 Buffalo Bills 1950 Schmitt Brothers 1951 Four Teens 1952 Orphans 1954 Suntones 1961 Gala Lads 1962 Dealer's Choice 1973 Happiness Emporium 1975 Most Happy Fellows 1977 Rapscallions 1984 The New Tradition 1985 Acoustix 1990 Revival 1998
Number of quartets to win gold at their first international contest: 7
Bartlesville Barflies 1939 Chord Busters 1941 Elastic Four 1942 Schmitt Brothers 1951 Four Teens 1952 Dealer's Choice 1973 Acoustix 1990 **
(** Acoustix was one voice-part change from the Class of the 80s that competed in 1989)
Chorus Trivia
Most medals of any kind won by a chorus: 22 = Southern Gateway
1. Southern Gateway Chorus 22
2. Thoroughbreds 18
3. Phoenicians 14 New Tradition (The) 14
5. Alexandria Harmonizers 13
6. Vocal Majority 12
7. Dukes of Harmony 9 Ambassadors of Harmony 9
9. Tidelanders 8
10. Chordsmen 7 Chorus of the Dunes 7 East York Barbershoppers 7 West Towns 7
14. Dapper Dans of Harmony 6 Pekin Chorus 6 Great Northern Union 6 Masters of Harmony 6
18. Sun Harbor Chorus 5
19. Minneapolis Commodores 4 Northern Lights 4
21. Arlington Heights, IL 3 Big Apple Chorus 3 Border Chorders 3 Californians 3 Men of Accord 3 Michigan City Chorus (AoH)3 Peninsulaires 3 Big Chicken Chorus 3
28. Cascade Chorus 2 Chorus of the Chesapeake 2 Citrus Belters 2 Dixie Cotton Boll Chorus 2 Great American Chorus 2 Harmony Hawks 2 Kountry Kernels 2 Miamians 2 Midwest Vocal Express 2 Montclair Chorus 2 Port City Chorus 2 "Q" Suburban Chorus 2 Razor's Edge 2 Revelaires 2 Smokeyland Chorus 2
Most gold medals won by a chorus: 10 Number of choruses to win 10 gold medals: 1
1. Vocal Majority 10
2. Thoroughbreds 7
3. Masters of Harmony 5
4. Alexandria Harmonizers 4
5. Pekin Chorus 3 Phoenicians 3
7. Chorus of the Chesapeake 2 Dapper Dans of Harmony 2 Dukes of Harmony 2 Southern Gateway Chorus 2
Most silver medals won by a chorus: 8 Number of choruses to win 8 silver medals: 1
1. New Tradition (The) 8
2. Thoroughbreds 7
3. Southern Gateway Chorus 4
4. Alexandria Harmonizers 3 Chorus of the Dunes 3 West Towns Chorus 3 Northern lights 3
Most 3rd-place bronze medals won by a chorus: 6 Number of choruses to win 6 3rd-place medals: 1
1. Southern Gateway Chorus 6
2. East York Barbershoppers 5
3. Alexandria Harmonizers 5 Ambassadors of Harmony 5
5. Phoenicians 3 Thoroughbreds 3
Most 4th-place bronze medals won by a chorus: 6 Number of choruses to win 6 4th-place medals: 1
1. Southern Gateway Chorus 6
2. Tidelanders 4 Ambassadors of Harmony 4
4. Men of Accord 3 Phoenicians 3 Chordsmen 3 Great Northern Union 3
9. Dapper Dans of Harmony 2 Dukes of Harmony 2 New Tradition (The) 2 Port City Chorus 2
Most 5th-place bronze medals won by a chorus: 4 Number of choruses to win 4 5th-place medals: 1
1. Southern Gateway Chorus 4
2. Arlington Heights, IL 3 Chorus of the Dunes 3 Phoenicians 3
5. Big Chicken Chorus 2 Chordsmen 2 Citrus Belters 2 Great Northern Union 2 Midwest Vocal Express 2 Minneapolis Commodores 2 Dukes of Harmony 2 East York Barbershoppers 2 Sun Harbor Chorus 2 Tidelanders 2
Number of choruses to win all 5 medals (in any order or multiples thereof): 6
Chordsmen Dapper Dans of Harmony Dukes of Harmony New Tradition Phoenicians Southern Gateway Chorus West Towns Chorus
Director Trivia
Most medals of any kind won by a director: 14 Number of directors to win 14 medals: 1
14 = Jim Miller w/ Thoroughbreds and Southern Gateway: 1969-1995 13 = Jay Giallombardo w/ New Tradition 1988-2001 12 = Lou Laurel w/ Border Chorders and Phoenicians: 1964-1988 12 = Greg Lyne w/ Lombard, Foothills Cities, Lake County 1982-2001 12 = Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers 1978-2002 11 = Jim Clancy w/ Vocal Majority: 1975-2003 10 = Tom Gentil w/ Southern Gateway 1969-1981
Most gold medals won by a director: 10 Number of directors to win 10 gold medals: 1
1. Jim Clancy w/ Vocal Majority: 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003
2. Jim Miller w/ Thoroughbreds: 1966, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1984 w/ Southern Gateway Chorus: 1992
Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers: 1986, 1989, 1995, 1998 Greg Lyne w/ Lombard: 1987 w/ Foothills Cities: 1990, 1993, 1996
Most silver medals won by a director: 8 Number of directors to win 8 silver medals: 1
Jay Giallombardo w/ New Tradition: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
2. Allen Hatton w/ Thoroughbreds: 1988, 1989, 1990 Greg Lyne w/ West Towns Chorus: 1984, 1985, 1986 Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers: 1979, 1980, 1992 Steve Armstrong w/Northern lights: 2001, 2002, 2003
Most 3rd-place bronze medals won by a director: 5 Number of directors to win 5 3rd-place medals: 2
1. Tom Gentil w/ Southern Gateway: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978 Jim Henry w/ Ambassadors of Harmony: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003
3. Scott Werner w/ Alexandria Harmonizers: 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002
Most 4th-place bronze medals won by a director: 3 Number of directors to win 3 4th-place medals: 2
1. John Devine w/ Tidelanders: 1970, 1981, 1983 Jim Henry w/ Ambassadors of Harmony: 1994, 2001, 2002
Most 5th-place bronze medals won by a director: 4 Number of directors to win 4 5th-place medals: 1
1. Bob Mucha w/ Middletown, OH 1959, Southern Gateway 1983, 1987, 1996
2. Doug Miller w/ Arlington Heights: 1973, 1974, 1975
Number of medalist directors who are also quartet medalists: 26
Greg Backwell Buzz Busby David Calland Don Clause John Devine Jerry Fairchild Jay Giallombardo Mark Hale Allen Hatton Ken Hatton Jim Henry Clay Hine John Hohl Fred King Doug Miller Dave Mittelstadt Earl Moon Jeff Oxley Doc Ruggles Jim Sikorski David Smotzer Bob Spong Gary Steinkamp Jim Turner Scott Werner Harlan Wilson
Number of medalist directors who are also quartet champions: 14
Buzz Busby John Devine Jerry Fairchild Jay Giallombardo Mark Hale Allen Hatton Ken Hatton Jim Henry Clay Hine Fred King Jeff Oxley David Smotzer Bob Spong Harlan Wilson
Number of champion directors who are also quartet medalists: 7
Buzz Busby Jay Giallombardo Mark Hale Fred King Dave Mittelstadt Jeff Oxley Scott Werner
Number of champion directors who are also quartet champions: 5
Buzz Busby quartet = Confederates 1956 chorus = Dixie Cotton Boll 1958
Jay Giallombardo quartet = Grandma’s Boys 1979 chorus = New Tradition Chorus 2001
Mark Hale quartet = Michigan Jake 2001 chorus = Masters of Harmony 2002
Fred King quartet = Oriole Four 1970 chorus = Chorus of the Chesapeake 1971
Jeff Oxley quartet = Rapscallions 1984, Acoustix 1990 chorus = Masters of Harmony 1999
Number of father/son medalist pairs: 6
Father listed first:
(1) Pete Elder Westinghouse Quartet 1944, 1947, 1948 Jack Elder Town and Country Four 1959-63
(2) Harlan Wilson Suntones 1961 Todd Wilson Acoustix 1990
(3) Fred King Oriole Four 1969-70 Kevin King BSQ 1996-2000
(4) Mike Connelly Roaring '20s 1978-81, 1983 The Naturals 1990-91 Joe Connelly Interstate Rivals 1985-7 Keepsake 1991-92 Platinum 1999-2000
(5) Jack Slamka Power Play 2000-03 Mike Slamka Power Play 2000-03
(6) Jack Slamka Power Play 2000-03 Mark Slamka Power Play 2000-03
Number of father/son champion pairs: 3
Father listed first:
(1) Harlan Wilson Suntones 1961 Todd Wilson Acoustix 1990
(2) Jack Slamka Power Play 2003 Mike Slamka Power Play 2003
(3) Jack Slamka Power Play 2003 Mark Slamka Power Play 2003
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