四兄弟合唱团
四兄弟合唱团(英語:)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"。
四兄弟合唱团 The Brothers Four | |
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四兄弟在密歇根大学表演 | |
组合 | |
音乐类型 | 民谣,流行 |
出道地点 | 美國华盛顿州西雅图 |
活跃年代 | 1957年至今 |
唱片公司 | 哥伦比亚唱片(美国) 飞利浦唱片(英国) |
网站 | https://brothersfour.com/ |
现任成员 | |
Bob Flick Mike McCoy Mark Pearson Karl Olsen[1] | |
已离开成员 | |
Mike Kirkland Dick Foley Bob Haworth Tom Coe John Paine Terry Lauber John Hylton[1] |
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。[2]
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 | ||
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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 [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 |
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[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
参见
- List of University of Washington people
- List of people from Seattle
- List of folk musicians
- Ringing Bell
引用
- . Brothers four. [2019-03-27]. (原始内容存档于2021-07-28).
- Adams, Cecil. . The Straight Dope. 1978-04-21 [2010-10-01]. (原始内容存档于2008-08-08).
- . Pop Chronicles. UNT Digital Library. 1969-05-25 [2010-10-01]. (原始内容存档于2018-11-18).
- Roberts, David, 19th, London: Guinness World Records: 80, 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5
- 四兄弟合唱团在Allmusic上的頁面