四兄弟合唱團（英語：The Brothers Four）是一支美國民謠樂隊, 1957年在美國華盛頓州西雅圖市創建，成名作是他們1960年的 "Greenfields"。
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歷史
Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland, 和 Dick Foley 在華盛頓大學時是 派伽馬德爾塔兄弟會的成員，他們1956年在兄弟會相識 。他們在1958年進行的第一次專業演出緣起於一次由River兄弟會發起的惡作劇，他們安排人假裝成西雅圖殖民地俱樂部的人給他們打電話，並邀請他們前去舉辦現場演唱會。 儘管俱樂部並不知道此事，四人也並沒有受到熱烈歡迎，他們還是被允許唱了幾首歌，後來還被俱樂部正式僱傭。Flick 回憶道：「當時我們大部分時候都是被用啤酒付的薪水。」
1959年他們離開西雅圖前往 三藩市 並遇到了 Dave Brubeck 的經理Mort Lewis。 Lewis 成為了四兄弟樂隊的經理並在同年為他們聯繫了哥倫比亞唱片公司. 他們的第二首單曲 "Greenfields"發佈於1960年2月一度達到流行銷量榜第二名，售出超過百萬份。而他們年末發行的第一個專輯 Brothers Four 也打進了暢銷榜前二十，並榮獲美國唱片業協會頒發的金唱片獎 。
他們早年的其他成就還有：
- 他們為John Wayne 的電影 The Alamo 創作的第四首單曲 "The Green Leaves of Summer," 這首曲子獲得了 1961年的奧斯卡獎（ Academy Awards）；
- 他們的第三張專輯BMOC/Best Music On/Off Campus,進入了暢銷榜前十名；
- 1962-63年為荷里活電影 Five Weeks in a Balloon 和 ABC 電視連續劇 Hootenanny,錄製主題曲。
英國搖滾流行潮 和 以 鮑勃·迪倫 為例的民謠搖滾 統治級歌手終結了四兄弟樂隊的早期勝利，但是他們並沒有放棄表演和錄製，在美國的酒店圈子（American hotel circuit）和日本發展良好。
1968年他們和 Jerry Dennon 一起在 俄勒岡州錫賽德市 (KSWB)創辦了一個無線電台，後來在1972年賣給了一個來自蒙大拿的團體並最終被一個大型電台企業兼併。
他們曾經試圖通過翻唱迪倫的Mr. Tambourine Man來復出卻因為版權問題而無法出版，而 The Byrds 最終竊取了他們的創意，通過翻唱預告版本的歌曲成功復出。[2]
Mike Kirkland 在1969年退出了團隊，他的位置由另一位華盛頓大學的校友 Mark Pearson 代替。1971年，Pearson 離開了， Bob Haworth代替了他。Bob待到了1985年，直到Pearson重新加入團隊。Dick Foley 在1990 離開了團隊，Terry Lauber 則取代了他的位置。
儘管發生了諸多變故和人員調整，這個六十多年的老樂團仍舊在美國活躍着。
部分作品集
| 年份 | 曲名(A面, B面)
若沒有單獨說明，同一張磁帶的兩面屬於同一個專輯 |
最高排名 | 專輯 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美國公告牌100首熱門曲目 | 英國單曲銷量排名 | NOR | |||
| 1960 | "Greenfields"
b/w "Angelique-O" |
2 [3] | 40 [4] | 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[5] | — | — | 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 |
- 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[5]
- 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
參見
- List of University of Washington people
- List of people from Seattle
- List of folk musicians
- Ringing Bell
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