四兄弟合唱团

四兄弟合唱团（）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 
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |年份
! rowspan="2" |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
! colspan="3" |最高排名
! rowspan="2" |专辑
|-
!美国公告牌100首热门曲目
!英国单曲销量排名
!NOR
|-
| rowspan="3" |1960
| align="left" |"Greenfields"
b/w "Angelique-O"
| align="center" |2 
| align="center" |40 
| align="center" |1
| align="left" |The Brothers Four
|-
| align="left" |"My Tani"
b/w "Ellie Lou (You Left Me There In Charleston)"
| align="center" |50
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Rally 'Round
|-
| align="left" |"The Green Leaves Of Summer"
b/w "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
| align="center" |65
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |10
| align="left" |B.M.O.C. (Best Music On/Off Campus)
|-
| rowspan="3" |1961
| align="left" |"Frogg"
b/w "Sweet Rosyanne" (from B.M.O.C.)
| align="center" |32
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Roamin'''
|-
| align="left" |"Nobody Knows"
b/w "My Woman Left Me" (Non-album track)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Song Book|-
| align="left" |"Christmas Bells"
b/w "What Child Is This (Greensleeves)"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="5" |1962
| align="left" |"Blue Water Line"
b/w "Summer Days Alone" (from Song Book)
| align="center" |68
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Rally 'Round|-
| align="left" |"Theme From 'La Fayette' (Slowly Slowly)"
b/w "Darlin' Sportin' Jenny" (Non-album track)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Greatest Hits|-
| align="left" |"This Train"
b/w "Summertime"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Non-album tracks
|-
| align="left" |"Land Of The Midnight Sun"
b/w "Five Weeks In A Balloon"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|-
| align="left" |"25 Minutes To Go"
b/w "The Tavern Song" (from By Special Request)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Cross-Country Concert|-
| rowspan="4" |1963
| align="left" |"Ringing Bells"
b/w "Welcome Home Sally"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| rowspan="2" align="left" |Non-album tracks
|-
| align="left" |"All For The Love Of A Girl"
b/w "55 Days At Peking"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|-
| align="left" |"The John B. Sails"
b/w "Four Strong Winds" (from The Brothers Four Sing Of Our Times)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |The Big Folk Hits|-
| align="left" |"Hootenanny Saturday Night"
b/w "Across The Sea" (from By Special Request)
| align="center" |89
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album track
|-
| rowspan="3" |1965
| align="left" |"Somewhere"
b/w "Turn Around"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| rowspan="2" align="left" |The Honey Wind Blows|-
| align="left" |"Lazy Harry's"
b/w "Come Kiss Me Love" (from Try To Remember)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|-
| align="left" |"Try To Remember"
b/w "Sakura"
| align="center" |91
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Try To Remember|-
| rowspan="5" |1966
| align="left" |"Ratman and Bobbin In The Clipper Caper"
b/w "Muleskinner" (from More Big Folk Hits)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album track
|-
| align="left" |"If I Fell"
b/w "Nowhere Man"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|A Beatles Songbook|-
| align="left" |"The Ballad Of Alvarez Kelly"
b/w "We Can Work It Out" (from A Beatles Songbook)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album track
|-
| align="left" |"Changes"
b/w "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Non-album track)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |A New World's Record|-
| align="left" |"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
b/w "'Twas The Night Before Christmas"
| align="center" |26
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Merry Christmas|-
| rowspan="3" |1967
| align="left" |"And Then The Sun Goes Down"
b/w "All I Need Is You" (from A New World's Record)
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album track
|-
| align="left" |"Walking Backwards Down The Road"
b/w "The First Time Ever"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| rowspan="2" align="left" |A New World's Record|-
| align="left" |"Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"
b/w "No Sad Songs For Me"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
|-
|1968
| align="left" |"I'm Falling Down"
b/w "Sweet Dreams, Sweet Runaway Child"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |Non-album track
|-
|1970
| align="left" |"Going Back To Big Sur"
b/w "Here I Go Again"
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="center" |—
| align="left" |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

外部链接 

 Official website
美國流行音樂團體
1957年成立的音樂團體
美国民俗音乐
美国乐团
美国歌曲