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Morning Open Thread Thursday July 3, theme: The Brothers Four [1]
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Date: 2025-07-03
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My theme for July Thursday MOT diaries: groups with ‘four’ in their name. I selected the groups listed below, but any ‘four’ group will fit into any week’s theme.
3rd: Brothers Four, 10th: Four Freshmen, 17th: Four Preps, 24th: Four Seasons, 31st: Four Tops
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>>>This diary is about the group The Brothers Four
words below from this Wiki: Brothers Four
The Brothers Four is an American folk singing group formed in 1957 in Seattle, Washington, and best known for their 1960 hit song “Greenfields”.
Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland, and Dick Foley met at the University of Washington, members of a fraternity (hence the ‘Brothers’ appellation). Their first professional performances were the result of a prank played on them in 1958 by a rival fraternity, who had arranged for someone to call them, pretend to be from Seattle's Colony Club, and invite them to come down to audition for a gig. Even though they were not expected at the club, they were allowed to sing a few songs and were subsequently hired. Flick recalls them being paid "mostly in beer".
Their single, “Greenfields”, released in January 1960, hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, sold over one million copies.
The British Invasion and the ascendance of edgier folk rock musicians such as Bob Dylan put an end to the Brothers Four's early period of success, but they kept performing and making records, doing particularly well in Japan and on the American hotel circuit.
Try To Remember
Greenfields
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