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John Kenneth Albers (December 10, 1924 – April 19, 2007) was an American singer and brass musician who performed with The Four Freshmen from 1956 to 1982. Albers was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and attended the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.
Apr 21, 2007 · Ken Albers, 82, who contributed harmonies to the Four Freshmen vocal group that was popular in the 1950s and '60s, died Thursday in Simi Valley after a long illness, according to Ross Barbour,...
Ken Albers retired from the group in February 1982. As a result, Dennis Grillo temporarily took over the fourth part, while Mike Beisner, a student under the Stan Kenton Band Clinics , was brought in to sing the third part, as well as to play trumpet, flugelhorn and keyboards.
He has been privileged to play some of the most coveted roles in the world’s canon including the title role in King Lear, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Jamie in A Moon for the Misbegotten, James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey into Night, Sheridan Whiteside in The Man who Came to Dinner, Falstaff in both Henry IV, I and II, Lenny in Of Mice a...
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John Kenneth Albers (December 10, 1924 – April 19, 2007) was an American singer who performed with The Four Freshmen from 1956 to 1982. Albers was born in Woodbury, New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and attended the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music.
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