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1. It's hard to believe that The Four Freshmen recently celebrated their 50th year. This is a compilation from many of their earlier recordings with Capitol and other labels. Most, if not all, of the songs were never included in earlier compilations. Several are releases never heard before with a big band.5/5(4).

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2. The Four Freshmen were extraordinarily popular during the 's and 60's when they worked with Woody Herman and were part of those elaborate Stan Kenton road shows. Not only did they feature extra close harmony, but they were unique in that they were also pretty good instrumentalists as well.

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3. The song Best of the Four Freshman: The Liberty Years collection comes from what is, for most people, a relatively obscure period in the history of the Four Freshmen, their tenure on Liberty Records, which encompassed three LPs, including a wonderfully sung and incredibly rare live album done in Tokyo/5(6).

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4. The Four Freshmen. The Four Freshmen is a multiple (six) Grammy-nominated American male vocal band quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires (Glenn Miller), The Pied Pipers (Tommy Dorsey), and The Mel-Tones (Artie Shaw), founded in the barbershop tradition.

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5. The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition. The Four Freshmen is considered a vocal band because the singers accompany themselves on guitar, horns, bass, and drums, among other instrumental chlorecsadisdaidumb.destchaltihicokerorithedowardi.co: Jazz, traditional pop, barbershop.

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7. Dec 13,  · The latter-day Four Freshmen also covered Fagen's "Maxine" on their album Fresh! which was nominated for a Grammy. This lineup .

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8. Jul 14,  · Brian Wilson talks Pet Sounds, Chuck Berry, Four Freshmen, exotica and more In the early s, Chris Farley starred in a memorable trio of sketches on Saturday Night Live portraying an inept talk.

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9. Four Freshmen: Collectors Series. Review: The Four Freshmen were signed to Capitol afer auditioning for the label in , an audition set up for them courtesy of bandleader Stan Kenton, who had heard them when they were appearing at the Esquire Lounge in Denton, Ohio. The band's history is described in detail in the booklet included with the.

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