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
Category:美國流行音樂團體
Category:1957年成立的音樂團體
Category:美国民俗音乐
Category:美国乐团
Category:美国歌曲
Category:1957年華盛頓州建立