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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. Tom Wilkie joined the quartet at Bass upon the death 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.
They also appear on Showtime at Seaside (1995; cassette) by QCED (Quartet Champions of the Evergreen District).
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