四兄弟合唱团（英語：The Brothers Four）是一支美国民谣乐队, 1957年在美国华盛顿州西雅图市创建，成名作是他们1960年的 "Greenfields"。
历史
Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland, 和 Dick Foley 在华盛顿大学时是 派伽马德尔塔兄弟会的成员，他们1956年在兄弟会相识 。他们在1958年进行的第一次专业演出缘起于一次由River兄弟会发起的恶作剧，他们安排人假装成西雅图殖民地俱乐部的人给他们打电话，并邀请他们前去举办现场演唱会。 尽管俱乐部并不知道此事，四人也并没有受到热烈欢迎，他们还是被允许唱了几首歌，后来还被俱乐部正式雇佣。Flick 回忆道：“当时我们大部分时候都是被用啤酒付的薪水。”
1959年他们离开西雅图前往 旧金山 并遇到了 Dave Brubeck 的经理Mort Lewis。 Lewis 成为了四兄弟乐队的经理并在同年为他们联系了哥伦比亚唱片公司. 他们的第二首单曲 "Greenfields"发布于1960年2月一度达到流行销量榜第二名，售出超过百万份。而他们年末发行的第一个专辑 Brothers Four 也打进了畅销榜前二十，并荣获美国唱片业协会颁发的金唱片奖 。
他们早年的其他成就还有：
- 他们为John Wayne 的电影 The Alamo 创作的第四首单曲 "The Green Leaves of Summer," 这首曲子获得了 1961年的奥斯卡奖（ Academy Awards）；
- 他们的第三张专辑BMOC/Best Music On/Off Campus,进入了畅销榜前十名；
- 1962-63年为好莱坞电影 Five Weeks in a Balloon 和 ABC 电视连续剧 Hootenanny,录制主题曲。
英国摇滚流行潮 和 以 鲍勃·迪伦 为例的民谣摇滚 统治级歌手终结了四兄弟乐队的早期胜利，但是他们并没有放弃表演和录制，在美国的酒店圈子（American hotel circuit）和日本发展良好。
1968年他们和 Jerry Dennon 一起在 俄勒冈州锡赛德市 (KSWB)创办了一个无线电台，后来在1972年卖给了一个来自蒙大拿的团体并最终被一个大型电台企业兼并。
他们曾经试图通过翻唱迪伦的Mr. Tambourine Man来复出却因为版权问题而无法出版，而 The Byrds 最终窃取了他们的创意，通过翻唱预告版本的歌曲成功复出。
Mike Kirkland 在1969年退出了团队，他的位置由另一位华盛顿大学的校友 Mark Pearson 代替。1971年，Pearson 离开了， Bob Haworth代替了他。Bob待到了1985年，直到Pearson重新加入团队。Dick Foley 在1990 离开了团队，Terry Lauber 则取代了他的位置。
尽管发生了诸多变故和人员调整，这个六十多年的老乐团仍旧在美国活跃着。
部分作品集
单曲
| 年份 | 曲名(A面, B面) 若没有单独说明，同一张磁带的两面属于同一个专辑 | 最高排名 | 专辑 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美国公告牌100首热门曲目 | 英国单曲销量排名 | NOR | |||
| 1960 | "Greenfields" b/w "Angelique-O" | 2 | 40 | 1 | The Brothers Four |
| "My Tani" b/w "Ellie Lou (You Left Me There In Charleston)" | 50 | — | — | Rally 'Round | |
| "The Green Leaves Of Summer" b/w "Beautiful Brown Eyes" | 65 | — | 10 | B.M.O.C. (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 Is This (Greensleeves)" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1962 | "Blue Water 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 The Midnight Sun" b/w "Five Weeks In A Balloon" | — | — | — | ||
| "25 Minutes To Go" b/w "The Tavern Song" (from By Special Request) | — | — | — | Cross-Country Concert | |
| 1963 | "Ringing Bells" b/w "Welcome Home Sally" | — | — | — | Non-album tracks |
| "All For The Love Of A Girl" b/w "55 Days At Peking" | — | — | — | ||
| "The John B. Sails" b/w "Four Strong Winds" (from The Brothers Four Sing Of Our Times) | — | — | — | The Big Folk Hits | |
| "Hootenanny Saturday 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 The 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 It Out" (from A Beatles Songbook) | — | — | — | Non-album track | |
| "Changes" b/w "For Emily, Whenever I May 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 |
专辑
- 1960 The Brothers Four – U.S. #11
- 1960 Rally'Round!
- 1961 B.M.O.C. (Best Music On/Off Campus) – US #4
- 1961 Roamin' with The Brothers IV
- 1961 The Brothers Four Song Book – US #71
- 1962 The Brothers Four: In Person – Columbia 360 Sound CS-8628 - US #102
- 1962 The Brothers Four Greatest Hits
- 1963 Cross-Country Concert – US #81
- 1963 The Big Folk Hits – US #56
- 1964 More Big Folk Hits – US #134
- 1964 Sing Of Our Times
- 1965 The Honey Wind Blows – US #118
- 1965 By Special Request
- 1966 Try To Remember – US #76
- 1966 A Beatles' Songbook (The Brothers Four sing Lennon/McCartney) – US #97
- 1966 Merry Christmas
- 1967 A New World's Record
- 1969 Let's Get Together
- 1970 1970
- 1996 Greenfields & Other Gold – new studio recording
- 1996 The Tokyo Tapes - 35th Anniversary – live cd
- 2010 Golden (50th) Anniversary – live cd
- 2014 Beautiful World – new studio and live cd
- 2016 title TBD – new upcoming live album
参见
- List of University of Washington people
- List of people from Seattle
- List of folk musicians
- Ringing Bell
引用
- About. Brothers four. [2019-03-27]. （原始内容存档于2021-07-28）.
- Adams, Cecil. Must you get permission to record someone else's song?. The Straight Dope. 1978-04-21 [2010-10-01]. （原始内容存档于2008-08-08）.
- Show 19 – Blowin' in the Wind: Pop discovers folk music. [Part 2]. Pop Chronicles. UNT Digital Library. 1969-05-25 [2010-10-01]. （原始内容存档于2018-11-18）.
- Roberts, David, British Hit Singles & Albums 19th, London: Guinness World Records: 80, 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5
- 四兄弟合唱团在Allmusic上的頁面
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