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The Blenders (1965-1967)
Lawrence Welk's Popular Quartet
The
Blenders were a musical quartet on the
Lawrence Welk Show from 1967 to 1967. The group
consisted of Steve Smith, Bob Duncan,
Greg Dixon
and John Johnson. The group got their start
singing together at Westmont College in Santa
Barbara, CA and were enrolled in the ROTC program. Their lead
tenor,
Steve Smith,
transferred to UCLA and later went solo with the show after 1967. Smith dated
Cissy King and
Jo Ann Castle while on the Show
while Greg Dixon married
Barbara Boylan.
John Johnson, meanwhile, finished his studies at
Westmont College and completed a masters degree at
USC.
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