Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones

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Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones
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Studio album by
The Four Freshmen
Released1956
Genre Pop, [1] Vocal jazz [2]
Length34:08
Label Capitol Records
The Four Freshmen chronology
Voices in Modern
(1952)		Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones
(1956)		Freshmen Favorites
(1956)

Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones is a 1956 album by The Four Freshmen [1] "It reached number six nationally and resided on the charts for over eight months." [2] It was the first album bought by Brian Wilson, who would be greatly influenced by the Four Freshmen when starting The Beach Boys. [3] Later, the Four Freshmen were acclaimed as "the most innovative and imitated jazz vocal quartet ever to grace vinyl". Straddling vocal jazz and pop music, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Jazz Hall of Fame in 2001. [2]

Contents

The album was rereleased as one of two LPs on one CD. [1]

Track list

  1. “Angel Eyes” (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 3:32
  2. “Love Is Just around the Corner” (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) – 2:00
  3. “Mam'selle” (Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon) – 3:03
  4. “Speak Low” (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 3:06
  5. “The Last Time I Saw Paris” (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:40
  6. “Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) – 2:06
  7. “You Stepped Out of a Dream” (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 2:17
  8. “I Remember You” (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 3:10
  9. “Love” (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:45
  10. “Love Is Here to Stay” (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:12
  11. “You Made Me Love You” (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:14
  12. “Guilty” (Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, Gus Kahn) – 3:33

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Unterberger, Richie. "The Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones/4 Freshmen and 5 Trumpets: The Four Freshmen". AllMusic . Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Warner, Jay; Bush, John. "The Four Freshmen - 2001 Inductee". Vocalgroup.org. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ "I am Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys. AMAA! • /r/IAmA". reddit. Retrieved June 21, 2016. The first album I bought was Four Freshmen and Five Trombones. It changed my life.
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