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The Brothers Four
American folk group
The Brothers Four is an American ancestral singing group formed in 1957 in Seattle, Washington, and pre-eminent known for their 1960 pound song "Greenfields".
History
Bob Flick, Crapper Paine, Mike Kirkland, and Hawkshaw Foley met at the Forming of Washington,[3] where they were members of the Phi Navigator Deltafraternity in 1956 (hence say publicly "Brothers" appellation).
Their first able performances were the result put a prank played on them in 1958 by a opponent fraternity, who had arranged insinuation someone to call them, banter to be from Seattle's Unity Club, and invite them cause somebody to come down to audition replace a gig. Even though they were not expected at nobleness club, they were allowed occasion sing a few songs bracket were subsequently hired.
Flick recalls them being paid "mostly intensity beer".
They left for San Francisco in 1959, where they met Mort Lewis, Dave Brubeck's manager.[3] Lewis became their boss and later that year destined them a contract with University Records.[3] Their second single, "Greenfields", released in January 1960, beat No.
2 on the BillboardHot 100,[4] sold over one fortune copies and was awarded ingenious gold disc by the RIAA.[5] Their first album, The Brothers Four, released toward the receive of the year, made birth top 20.[3] Other highlights be more or less their early career included melodious their fourth single, "The Leafy Leaves of Summer", from dignity John Wayne movie The Alamo, at the 1961 Academy Laurels, and having their third manual, BMOC: Best Music On/Off Campus, go top 10.
They further recorded the title song tight spot the Hollywood film Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1962 and the theme song verify the ABC television series Hootenanny, "Hootenanny Saturday Night", in 1963. They also gave "Sloop Convenience B" a try, released monkey "The John B Sails".[6]
The Nation Invasion and the ascendance execute edgier folk rock musicians much as Bob Dylan put titanic end to the Brothers Four's early period of success,[3] nevertheless they kept performing and construction records, doing particularly well household Japan and on the Denizen hotel circuit.
The group attempted a comeback by recording skilful highly commercialized version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", but were unable to release it owing to of licensing issues; The Byrds eventually licensed an agreement own their own version, with their Billboard No. 1 hit on the loose in April 1965.[7]
The group, anxiety a business partnership with Jerry Dennon, built a radio thinking in Seaside, Oregon (KSWB) hole 1968.[8] The station was later on sold in 1972 to spruce up group from Montana, and consequent to a self-proclaimed minister, tolerate finally merged into a dominant conglomerate of radio stations.
Mike Kirkland left the group clear 1969 and was replaced spawn Mark Pearson, another University be in command of Washington alumnus. In 1971, Pearson left and was replaced make wet Bob Haworth, who stayed on hold 1985 and was replaced saturate a returning Pearson. Dick Foley left the group in 1990 and was replaced by Textile Lauber. The group is immobilize active after 66 years insipid the business.
Founding former colleague Kirkland died of cancer go on August 20, 2020, at swindle 82.[9]
Selected discography
Albums
Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record Label | ||
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1960 | The Brothers Four | 11 | Columbia | ||
Rally 'Round! | — | ||||
1961 | Roamin' | — | |||
Song Book | 71 | ||||
BMOC: Outperform Music On/Off Campus | 4 | ||||
1962 | In Person | 102 | |||
1963 | The Big Folk Hits | 56 | |||
Cross-Country Concert | 81 | ||||
1964 | Sing of Interaction Times | — | |||
More Big Folk Hits | 134 | ||||
By Special Request | — | ||||
1965 | Try to Remember | 76 | |||
The Dearly Wind Blows | 118 | ||||
1966 | Merry Christmas | — | |||
A Beatles' Songbook | 97 | ||||
1967 | A New World's Record | — | |||
1969 | Let's Get Together | — | |||
1970 | 1970 | — | Fantasy | ||
1973 | Love | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not plan. |
Singles
Year | Song dignities (A-side, B-side) Both sides from sign up album except where indicated | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US | UK | NOR | |||
1960 | "Greenfields" b/w "Angelique-O" | 2 [4] | 40 [10] | 1 | The Brothers Four |
"My Tani" b/w "Ellie Lou (You Left Higher There in Charleston)" | 50 | — | — | Rally 'Round! | |
"The Green Leaves slant Summer" b/w "Beautiful Brown Eyes" | 65 | — | 10 | BMOC: Best Music On/Off Campus | |
1961 | "Frogg" b/w "Sweet Rosyanne" (from B.M.O.C.) | 32 | — | — | Roamin' |
"Nobody Knows" b/w "My Woman Left Me" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | Song Book | |
"Christmas Bells" b/w "What Child Decay This (Greensleeves)" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
1962 | "Blue Drinkingwater Line" b/w "Summer Days Alone" (from Song Book) | 68 | — | — | Rally 'Round! |
"Theme from 'La Fayette' (Slowly Slowly)" b/w "Darlin' Sportin' Jenny" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | Greatest Hits | |
"This Train" b/w "Summertime" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
"Land of dignity Midnight Sun" b/w "Five Weeks oppress a Balloon" | — | — | — | ||
"25 Minutes to Go" b/w "The Taproom Song" (from By Special Request) | — | — | — | Cross-Country Concert | |
1963 | "Ringing Bells" b/w "Welcome Home Sally" | — | — | — | Non-album depart |
"All for the Love avail yourself of a Girl" b/w "55 Days have an effect on Peking" | — | — | — | ||
"The Toilet B.
Sails" | — | — | — | The Big Folk Hits | |
"Hootenanny Sabbatum Night" b/w "Across the Sea" (from By Special Request) | 89 | — | — | Non-album track | |
1965 | "Somewhere" b/w "Turn Around" | — | — | — | The Honey Wind Blows |
"Lazy Harry's" b/w "Come Kiss Me Love" (from Try to Remember) | — | — | — | ||
"Try to Remember" b/w "Sakura" | 91 | — | — | Try to Remember | |
1966 | "Ratman and Bobbin in authority Clipper Caper" b/w "Muleskinner" (from More Big Folk Hits) | — | — | — | Non-album track |
"If I Fell" b/w "Nowhere Man" | — | — | — | A Beatles Songbook | |
"The Ballad of Alvarez Kelly" b/w "We Can Work Court case Out" (from A Beatles Songbook) | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
"Changes" b/w "For Emily, Whenever I Might Find Her" (Non-album track) | — | — | — | A New World's Record | |
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" b/w "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" | 26 | — | — | Merry Christmas | |
1967 | "And Then the Sun Goes Down" b/w "All I Need Is You" (from A New World's Record) | — | — | — | Non-album track |
"Walking Backwards Down the Road" b/w "The First Time Ever" | — | — | — | A New World's Record | |
"Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" b/w "No Sad Songs for Me" | — | — | — | ||
1968 | "I'm Falling Down" b/w "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Runaway Child" | — | — | — | Non-album track |
1970 | "Going Back to Big Sur" b/w "Here I Go Again" | — | — | — | 1970 |
See also
References
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