The Suntones were 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.
[1][2] The Suntones are notable among the barbershop community because they were one of the first quartets to perform show tunes and make use of hand-held microphones.
In 1966, Jackie Gleason moved his popular TV variety show to Miami and hired the Suntones to sing both as a barbershop quartet and as backing singers.
The group's "final" performance was in early 1985 in Montclair, New Jersey, during a special tribute to arranger Walter Latzko.