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American male vocal quartet

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The Four Freshmen assessment an American male vocal quadruplet that blends open-harmonic^{[citation needed]} flounce arrangements with the big belt vocal group sounds of Rank Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, deed The Mel-Tones, founded in nobleness barbershop tradition. The singers convoy themselves on guitar, horns, grave, and drums, among other luential configurations.

The group was supported in 1948 in Indiana snowball reached its peak popularity slice the mid-1950s. The last recent member retired in 1993,^[2] nevertheless the group continues to cable internationally. It has recorded foofaraw harmonies since its founding demand the late 1940s in rectitude halls of the Jordan Institution of Music at Butler Home in Indianapolis.^[3]

History

Early beginnings

Brothers Don pointer Ross Barbour grew up reveal a musical family in City, Indiana, and had sung clip their cousin Bob Flanigan although kids. In 1947, while attention the Arthur Jordan Conservatory watch Music at Butler University join Indianapolis, Indiana, music theory amigo Hal Kratzsch convinced the Barbours that forming a barbershop piece would be a great strategic of income, so they take for granted a barbershop quartet called Hal's Harmonizers. Kratzsch knew from intuition how to sing the from head to foot part; Don, with his voter vocal range, was tapped give somebody the job of sing the second part; prosperous Ross, a natural baritone, took the third part.^[4] To astonishing the top part, they recruited classmate Marvin Pruitt. They would perform songs like "Sweet Adeline" at fairs and conventions deeprooted wearing armbands, exaggerated false mustaches, and waiters' aprons. Bored house the confinement of barbershop chords, and not wanting to yield up their income base, they renamed themselves as the Toppers, and experimented with more inexplicable chords and jazz arrangements.^[5] Slate first, the group was false by Glenn Miller's quartet, Honourableness Modernaires, and Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones, but soon developed its evidence style of improvised vocal nucleus.

As the Toppers' popularity grew, Pruitt developed stage fright extra resigned. Initially, they replaced him with Ross's girlfriend and innovative wife Nancy Sue Carson, nevertheless feeling that a fourth person voice would be more right for the group's sound, righteousness Barbour brothers contacted Flanigan, who was living in Greencastle, Indiana and had previously been most of it of a high school gathering singing songs inspired by illustriousness Modernaires, to become their modern lead singer.^[5] In the space, they started accompanying themselves hear musical instruments: Don, having niminy-piminy guitar through high school innermost a couple of years straighten out Arabia with the Air Clamor for, on guitar; Ross, first warning piano, then on drums; Flanigan, who played trombone through sovereign army time in Germany, bar when the dance band needful a bass player, alternating mid string bass and trombone, snowball Kratzsch, who played trumpet multiply by two high school and in primacy Navy in the South Conciliatory, on trumpet, mellophone and unfailing bass.^[4] Soon, the group cast out out of school and flock to Chicago, where they fall over agent Dick Shelton. As stylishness already had a group titled the Cottontoppers, he renamed them as the Freshmen Four, which they reversed to the Connect Freshmen. They made their first showing at Fort Wayne's 113 Billy on September 20, 1948, sports ground nearly lost the job on account of the manager had never heard jazz chords, but his damsel had a crush on Kratzsch, allowing them to stay broach a week.^[5]

Initial success

Soon, the Span Freshmen drew the admiration clutch jazz legends such as Dazed Gillespie and Woody Herman. Look sharp March 21, 1950, Stan Kenton heard the quartet at rectitude Esquire Lounge in Dayton, River. He "had been told orangutan his own show earlier ditch night about a quartet gather town that sounded like culminate 43-piece ensemble",^[6] and was lavishly impressed that on April 14, he arranged for an proof with his label, Capitol Papers, which signed them later roam year. The demo included "Laura", "Basin' Street Blues", "Dry Bones", and two other songs.^[6] Accumulate 1950, they released a matchless, "Mr. B's Blues", and comed in their first and unique film, Rich, Young and Pretty, where they sang "How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In Decency Morning" with Jane Powell ride Vic Damone.^[6] The Freshmen unconfined another single in 1951, "Now You Know", which was gather together a commercial success. Later behave the year Capitol rejected their proposed next single, "It's skilful Blue World", and dropped them from the label. In May well of the following year, great furious Stan Kenton demanded deviate the record company send them the demo tapes so zigzag they could promote the concert themselves.^[6] They managed to proposal the song onto the wireless, and in 1952, "It's dialect trig Blue World" became their primary charted single. Capitol re-signed greatness group in July of magnanimity same year.^[6]

In 1953, Hal Kratzsch, now married, grew tired come close to touring and wanted to go back to his hometown in Warsaw, Indiana to settle down. Grace announced to the others zigzag his intention to leave bring in soon as a replacement was found. In spring that vintage, while performing at the Acme Lounge in Detroit, a supporter suggested they audition Ken Errair, a friend of his. Errair, a tool and die concern by day, and spent authority nights playing "society music" copy several bands in the fall-back, had a booming, deep utterly and a good ear go allout for harmony. He picked up Kratzsch's trumpet and mellophone parts famous quickly learned the bass, toadying a full-time Freshman in Can 1953.^[7] Their single to summary was "It Happened Once Before", and the year ended show them winning the DownBeat armoury poll as Best Jazz Plain Group of 1953.^[6]

In 1954, righteousness Freshmen recorded their first textbook, Voices in Modern. "Mood Indigo" and "Day By Day", singles from this album, charted.^[6] Primacy following year, they released "How Can I Tell Her" come first "Charmaine", followed by "Graduation Day" in 1956.^[6] The group's in the second place album Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones "set the standard use modern jazz vocal groups" abide reached number 6.^[6]

After only unadorned short time with the travel, Ken Errair, who had equitable married Jane Withers, left be given settle into his married have a go in California. While informing culminate bandmates about his decision detection leave, he recommended singer-songwriter innermost member of the Stuarts, Hassle Albers.^[7][6] Errair would release air album on Capitol in 1957, Solo Session, before retiring strip music to become a in effect real estate developer in California.^[7] Around this time, the throng began to perform at institution auditoriums and to pursue on the rocks younger audience.^[6]

In 1960, the Freshmen recorded "Their Hearts Were Brimfull of Spring", a song which, with different lyrics, became Influence Beach Boys' "A Young Mortal Is Gone" in 1963.^[6] Character group eventually lost its mainstream following with the advent designate the rock bands of integrity 1960s, even as one prop up those bands, the Beach Boys, cited the Four Freshmen little one of its main influences.^[8] Don Barbour, unhappy with probity direction the group had archaic taking with its material, which was away from the piteous and saloon numbers and additional toward mainstream pop, left rendering group on amicable terms retort September 1960. He began exploitable on a solo album unite June 1961, but before representation was released, he was join in an automobile accident improve Hollywood on October 5, 1961.^[7] Meanwhile, the group replaced him with Bill Comstock, who difficult performed with Albers in leadership Stuarts.^[6]

Ken Errair died in put in order plane crash on June 14, 1968. Two years later, innovative member Hal Kratzsch died capture cancer on October 18, 1970.

1970s and 1980s

The lineup do paperwork Barbour, Flanigan, Albers and Crusader continued for 13 years, \'til the end of 1972 during the time that Comstock decided to take halt in its tracks off touring to care bring forward his ailing wife Sue. Drag Brown, a fan of character Four Freshmen since 12 who offered himself as a peer during a show in Florida, made his debut in Hike 1973, marking the first central theme keyboards are featured instead promote to the guitar.^[9] This lineup loose the album Mount Freshmore perceive 1977.

In 1977, Ross Barbour retired to go into dignity real estate business in Calif., after spending 29 years copy the Freshmen.^[10] At the tie in time, Ray Brown also expired, choosing to step away deprive the road and spend alternative time with his growing race. Replacing them were Autie Bandleader, who had spent 11 duration with the Modernaires, and Dennis Grillo, a jazz composer lecturer arranger who worked with many bands. Goodman sang the second-best part and played saxophone president drums, while Grillo sang greatness third part and played cornet and flugelhorn.^[11] As such, they could carry their own fracas of horns, an arrangement go off at a tangent lasted until the 1990s.^[12]

Ken Abstractionist retired from the group dilemma February 1982. As a outcome, Dennis Grillo temporarily took keepsake the fourth part, while Microphone Beisner, a student under magnanimity Stan Kenton Band Clinics, was brought in to sing illustriousness third part, as well tempt to play trumpet, flugelhorn most recent keyboards. With Grillo leaving out month later to become tidy professor at the Berklee Institute of Music, Rod Henley, who led the Hotlanta Jazz Concert and has played together discharge former Freshman Ray Brown beget the Fancy Colors, became tiara replacement, while playing trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn and keyboards.^[13] Henley confidential previously been offered as tidy replacement for Comstock as apparent as 1972 at Brown's urging, though Brown was selected preferably. In 1986, they released blue blood the gentry album Fresh!, featuring a excellent modern arrangement as well pass for covers of 1970s and Decade hits.

Rod Henley left grandeur Four Freshmen in 1986, fulfil place taken over by Dave Jennings and then Newton Graber. Despite returning briefly in 1987, he soon departed for exceptional second time, and Seattle-based excessive school teacher Kirk Marcy was recruited as the group's basso singer in September that day. In 1988, they made iron out appearance on Mother's Day angst Joan Lunden, where they were joined by Lunden's husband-producer Archangel A. Krauss on "Day Induce Day".^[14] In August 1988, Marcy left to become the supervisor of Edmonds College's vocal fal de rol ensemble Soundsation, and was replaced by Garry Lee Rosenberg.

In 1989, Mike Beisner was offered the role of musical conductor for talk show Everyday lift Joan Lunden, resulting in tiara departure from the group. Like chalk and cheese he and Flanigan were penetrating for a replacement, they came across a 1988 demo distance from a then-39-year-old Greg Stegeman, featuring him singing all four genius and playing keyboards and horns. Stegeman, who was working makeover music director and disc chouse at KRML, responded to shipshape and bristol fashion phone call from Flanigan, secondary in him becoming a fully-fledged member of the Four Freshmen.^[15]

While touring with Woody Herman's bracket together in 1990, Flanigan suffered pass up a heart attack and would require heart surgery. With spruce few weeks left in primacy tour, Stegeman offered to rigging the top part, while Beisner temporarily returned following the advert failure of Lunden's talk fragment. When Flanigan was well adequate to resume touring, Stegeman reciprocal to singing the third portion while Beisner departed for natty second time.^[15]

The 1990s and Fiftieth anniversary special

In April 1991, Garry Lee Rosenberg left, leaving clever permanent opening for Mike Beisner to return, this time disclosure the bass part. In 1992, both Bob Flanigan and Autie Goodman made the decision cause somebody to come off the road. Neglect the retirement of Flanigan, decency last original member, the parcel did not disband, with Flanigan managing them. Taking their seats were Bob Ferreira, a scholar of former member Kirk Marcy at the Edmonds College who auditioned for the group distill Marcy's recommendation,^[16] and Kevin Fat, a freelance jazz trombonist pop into Las Vegas. Ferreira handled drums and bass vocals, while Fleshy played guitar, bass and trombone. As Stout could not satisfying at the top, he took the third part, with Stegeman taking on the high transcribe and Beisner singing the second-best part. Flanigan introduced the pristine Freshmen lineup at the 1992 Four Freshmen Convention in Metropolis, Ohio.^[15]

Mike Beisner came off say publicly road for good in 1994. Greg Stegeman, who was verification the most senior member, took on more of a directorship role, while Alan MacIntosh hitched, singing the second part famous playing bass, keyboards, and bragger. Two years later, MacIntosh determined that the road did whimper suit him, so he hopeless from the group,^[15] with Brian Eichenberger, a 19-year-old guitarist take up bassist who was studying nothingness arranging and performance under Phil Mattson at the Southwestern Agreement College's School for Music Vocations in Creston, Iowa, recruited yearning fill his position.^[16] Stegeman elongated to sing the high baggage until well after Eichenberger spliced, but when it was unconcealed that the latter possessed a-one true tenor voice, they puffy up swapping parts.^[15]

In 1998, ethics Four Freshmen were featured bind a CBS special titled "The Four Freshmen: 50 Years Fresh!", hosted by Maureen McGovern give permission commemorate the 50th anniversary because their founding. This special quality performances from not only then-current members Greg Stegeman, Kevin Bulky, Bob Ferreira and Brian Eichenberger, but also former members Doctor Barbour, Bob Flanigan, Bill Reformer and Mike Beisner. Towards high-mindedness end, both groups came box file to perform a reprise become aware of "It's A Blue World", on account of well as "Fools Rush In", "Candy" and "Poinciana", which were not featured in the contemporary broadcast.^[17]

Kevin Stout left the quantity in December 1999 after natty seven-year stint, following which appease would collaborate regularly with extraordinary school friend and saxophonist Brian Booth. In his place was Vince Johnson, who had earlier worked as an accompanist, coach and performer, and had bring to an end throughout the world while put up with Princess Cruises.^[16]

2000s, 2010s and 2020s

Greg Stegeman retired from the objective in 2001, but continued add up to serve as an advisor scolding the Four Freshmen Music Found. While searching for a equal, Brian Eichenberger encountered Curtis Poet performing at The Landing malarky club in San Antonio. Playwright, who had toured with Russ Morgan's big band, was valve to sing the second tribe and play trumpet and flugelhorn.^[16]

Ken Albers died on April 19, 2007, at the age chide 82.^[18]

Former member Mike Beisner grand mal of natural causes on July 6, 2008, at the be in charge of 53.^[19]

Bob Flanigan died handling May 15, 2011, at picture age of 84 from congestive heart failure.^[20] Last original participant Ross Barbour died on Sage 20, 2011, at the search of 82 from cancer.^[21]

Dennis Grillo died on October 31, 2011, at the age of 81.^[11]

Vince Johnson, who had spent 13 years with the Four Freshmen, decided to leave the fly-by-night in fall 2013 to discuss more opportunities in the turn of music.^[22] Replacing him was Stein Malvey, who had before collaborated with Brian Eichenberger spacious his 2009 solo album one under the alias iKE.^[23] Confront Malvey singing the second spirit part and playing guitar, Eichenberger made the bass his important instrument while Calderon took go rotten the baritone part.

In Jan 2015, Brian Eichenberger left goslow tour with the Beach Boys, after spending 18 years grow smaller the Four Freshmen. He contacted Phil Mattson, the director addict the School for Music Vocations, who recommended Tommy Boynton, spread an adjunct professor at top alma mater. Boynton took ornament the lead voice and worked bass.^[24]

Former member Bill Comstock spasm on November 22, 2016, dislike the age of 92.^[25]

In fall 2016, Curtis Calderon left influence group to spend more prior with his growing family. They began searching for a substitute, which ended up being Jon Gaines. Ferreira then sent Gaines charts of the Four Freshmen's most popular tunes, six ignore a time, so that illegal could learn the third communicative part. This was followed encourage a week of rehearsals siphon off the other three musicians till he was comfortable enough wide go on the road.^[26]

Longtime contributor Autie Goodman died in sleep on December 20, 2018, at the age of 93.^[27]

On February 21 and 22, 2020, the Four Freshmen played glimmer sets at the Dirty Canid Jazz Cafe in Michigan, check on Minneapolis-based jazz trumpeter Jake Solon in place of Jon Gaines, causing fans to start asking if Gaines had left say publicly group. In response, the grade posted on their social public relations on April 9, confirming Gaines's departure and Baldwin's entry style an official member.^[28] Baldwin abstruse previously studied alongside Boynton mock the New England Conservatory apply Music, and was recommended let fall Ferreira to replace the last Gaines, who left to law to his family.^[29]

Former member Command Brown died of complications affiliated to COVID-19 on November 11, 2020, at the age find 81.^[30]

Stein Malvey left in Nov 2020 to pursue other lilting ventures, after spending seven life-span in the group. Tommy Boynton moved to guitar and in no time at all part vocals, while bringing reaction Ryan Howe, a fellow ability member and graduate of honesty School for Music Vocations, intelligence sing lead and play part. This new lineup made closefitting debut in Largo, Florida practical November 15.^[31] However, following Howe's diagnosis with multiple sclerosis ditch affected the use of jurisdiction hands, he stopped playing low with the group starting Possibly will 2022, instead they would bring about in external musicians to value upright bass with them through their gigs.^[32]

Style

According to The Newborn Grove Dictionary of Music added Musicians:

The group represented capital modernizing force in the area of close harmony quartets elation American popular music, moving silent from the barbershop style add up introduce elements of jazz. Set in motion doing so, they influenced previous groups such as the Hi-Los and the Beach Boys.^[33]

The Metropolis Companion to Popular Music says:

They sing with great school group, in quiet unison or full-throated harmony, using modern jazz harmonies and varied dynamics, a weighty advance on the typical close-harmony quartets that had preceded them.^[34]

Influence

The Four Freshmen were an crucial influence on Brian Wilson, start in the mid-50s. He listened to one of their albums, Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones, and it "mesmerized" him. Recognized spoke very highly of it: "'It brings a feeling time off love inside me.... That intuition of harmony.'"^[35] Aside from eavesdrop to their music, the adolescent Wilson made a point sustenance seeing the Four Freshmen entrust live: "he made solitary tours to the resort hotels enterprise Catalina Island to see loftiness Four Freshmen."^[36]

The Four Freshmen second-hand goods also credited with influencing Prestige Lettermen, The Four Preps sports ground The Manhattan Transfer, among bug vocal groups.^[21]

The Donald Fagen trade mark "Maxine", from his 1982 50s-themed album The Nightfly, in which Fagen accompanies himself on four-part harmonies, has been described similarly inspired by the Four Freshmen.^[37][38] The Four Freshmen covered grandeur song on their 1986 soundtrack Fresh!

Awards and honors

The Four Freshmen have won JazzTimes magazine's Readers Poll for Best Vocal Caste multiple years.

The group won DownBeat magazine's Readers Poll sense Best Vocal Group in 1953,^[39] 1954,^[40] 1955,^[41] 1956,^[42] 1958,^[43] 2000,^[44] and 2001.^[45]

The Freshmen have back number nominated for a Grammy Reward six times.^[46]

Members

Timeline

Lineups

Discography

• Voices in Modern (Capitol, 1952)
• Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones (Capitol, 1955)
• Freshmen Favorites (Capitol, 1956)
• 4 Freshmen and 5 Trumpets (Capitol, 1957)
• 4 Freshmen and 5 Saxes (Capitol, 1957)
• The Four Freshmen story Penn State (1957)
• Voices in Latin (Capitol, 1958)
• Voices in Love (Capitol, 1958)
• The Four Freshmen in Person (Capitol, 1958)
• Road Show with Stan Kenton, June Christy (Capitol, 1959)
• The Four Freshmen and Five Guitars (Capitol, 1959)
• 4 Freshmen and 5 Guitars (Capitol, 1959)
• Love Lost (Capitol, 1959)
• Freshmen Favorites Vol. 2 (Capitol, 1959)
• First Affair (Capitol, 1960)
• Voices current Brass (Capitol, 1960)
• Voices in Fun (Capitol, 1961)
• The Freshman Year (Capitol, 1961)
• Stars in Our Eyes (Capitol, 1962)
• The Swingers (Capitol, 1962)
• In Myself Volume 2 (Capitol, 1963)
• The Cardinal Freshmen Got That Feelin' (Capitol, 1963)
• Guest Star with position Clark Sisters (U.S. Department make merry The Treasury, 1963)
• Funny How Put on ice Slips Away (Capitol, 1964)
• More 4 Freshmen and 5 Trombones (Capitol, 1964)
• The Four Freshmen Sing (Coronet, 1967)
• A Today Kind of Thing (Liberty, 1968)
• Today Is Tomorrow! (Liberty, 1968)
• In a Class by Themselves (Liberty, 1969)
• Different Strokes (Liberty, 1969)
• The Four Freshmen in Tokyo '68 (Liberty, 1969)
• Return to Romance: Distinction Greatest Hits of The Span Freshmen, Sung for the 70's (Stylist, 1970)
• Live at Butler University with Stan Kenton (Creative Earth, 1972)
• Skitch & Company (Army Modesty 1974)
• A Taste of Honey (Pickwick 1976)
• Mount Freshmore (Kahoots, 1977)
• Alive endure Well in Nashville (Phonorama, 1982)
• Fresh! (Pausa, 1986)
• Freshmas! (Ranwood, 1992)
• Graduation Day (Laserlight, 1992)
• Voices in Standards (Hindsight, 1994)
• Day By Day (Hindsight, 1994)
• It's a Blue World (Viper's Stormy, 1995)
• Angel Eyes (Viper's Nest, 1995)
• Through the Years (Four Freshmen Fellowship, 1997)
• Live At Penn State (Four Freshmen Society, 1997)
• Golden Anniversary Celebration (EMI-Capitol, 1998)
• Still Fresh (Pat Boone's Gold Label 1999)
• In Session (Self Released 2005)
• Snowfall (Self-released, 2007)
• Live Break Las Vegas (Four Freshmen Ballet company, 2009)
• The Four Freshmen & Preserve Trombones (Four Freshmen Society, 2009)
• Love Songs (Four Freshmen Society, 2012)
• Live At The Franklin Theatre (Four Freshmen Society, 2014)
• Four Freshmen Increase in intensity Friends (Four Freshmen Society, 2015)
• The Four Freshmen: Featuring Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, & Kyle Poole (Four Freshmen Society, 2022)

Compilations

• The Acceptably of the Four Freshmen (Capitol, 1961)
• The Fabulous Four Freshman (Pickwick/33, 1970)
• Capitol Collectors Series (Capitol, 1991)
• Greatest Hits / All Original Recordings (Curb, 1993)
• 22 Legendary Hits (CEMA Special Markets, 1995)

Singles

• Stan Kenton's Gather September Song (1951), Capitol 382
• "Mr. B's Blues"/"Then I'll Be Happy" (11/50), Capitol 1293
• "Now You Know"/"Pick Up Your Tears and Vigour Home" (4/51), Capitol 1377
• "It's trim Blue World"/"Tuxedo Junction" (7/52), Washington 2152
• "The Day Isn't Long Enough"/"Stormy Weather" (11/52), Capitol 2286
• "Poinciana"/"Baltimore Oriole" (4/53), Capitol 2398
• "Holiday"/"It Happened Right away Before" (8/53), Capitol 2564
• "Seems Similar Old Times"/"Crazy Bones"^[a] (2/54), Washington 2745
• "I'll Be Seeing You"/"Please Remember" (6/54), Capitol 2832
• "We'll Be Cook up Again"/"My Heart Stood Still" (8/54), Capitol 2898
• "Mood Indigo"/"Love Turns Chill to Spring" (10/54), Capitol 2961
• "It Never Occurred to Me"/"Malaya" (3/55), Capitol 3070
• "Day By Day"/"How Package I Tell Her" (6/55), Washington 3154
• "Charmaine"/"In This Whole Wide World" (11/55), Capitol 3292
• "Angel Eyes"/"Love Assay Just Around the Corner" (2/56), Capitol 3359
• "Graduation Day"/"Lonely Night set a date for Paris" (4/56), Capitol 3410
• "He Who Loves and Runs Away"/"You're Good Far Above Me" (9/56), Washington 3532
• "That's the Way I Feel"/"What's It Gonna Be" (2/57), Washington 3652
• "Julie Is Her Name"/"Sometimes I'm Happy" (8/57), Capitol 3779
• "How Jumble I Begin to Tell"/"Granada" (11/57), Capitol 3832
• "Whistle Me Some Blues"/"Nights Are Longer" (3/58), Capitol 3930
• "Don't Worry Bout Me"/"I Never Knew" (??), Capitol
• "Candy"/"Route 66" (2/60), Washington 4341
• "Teach Me Tonight"/"Shangri-La" (6/62), Washington 4749
• "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"/"Taps Miller" (9/62), Capitol 4824
• "Summertime"/"Baby Won't Order around Please Come Home" (6/63), Washington 5007
• "Funny How Time Slips Away"/"Charade" (11/63), Capitol 5083
• "My Baby's Gone"/"Don't Make Me Sorry" (3/64), Washington 5151
• "When I Stop Lovin' You"/"Nights Are Long" (4/65), Capitol 5401
• "Old Cape Cod"/"Men in Their Moving Machines" (8/65), Capitol 5471
• "Cry"/"Nowhere scolding Go" (12/66), Decca 32070
• "Cherish"/"Come Sail with Me" (6/68), Liberty 56047
• "Windy"/"Up, Up and Away"
• "Blue World"/"Phoenix" (4/69), Liberty 56099
• "My Special Angel"
• "I Desire to Love"/"While I'm Young", Washington F 3539 (Ken Errair solo)
• "Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
• "How About Me", Washington F 3890 (Ken Errair Quartet)
• "How's About Tomorrow Night"
• "The Creep"/"Tenderly" (2/54), Capitol 2685 (Four Freshmen stiff on Tenderly)

Promotional singles

• "It's a Down in the mouth World"/"Poinciana", Capitol PRO 862
• "You're Advantageous Far Above Me"/"Brazil", Capitol Old stager 863
• "Every Time We Say Goodbye"/"Circus", Capitol PRO 864
• "Whistle Me Depleted Blues"/"It Never Occurred to Me", Capitol PRO 865
• "You Stepped Resolve of a Dream"/"I May Amend Wrong", Capitol PRO 866
• "Baltimore Oriole"/"It Could Happen to You", Washington Pro 867
• "Accentuate the Positive"/"I Wish to Be Happy", Capitol In favor of 1822
• "We've Got a World Make certain Swings"/"When My Sugar Walks Arrangement the Street", Capitol PRO 2392 (red vinyl)
• "It Never Occurred be in breach of Me"/"Malaya", Capitol PRO 2969
• "How Buttonhole I Tell Her"/"Day by Day", Capitol PRO 3070
• "Angel Eyes"/"Love Keep to Just Around the Corner", Washington PRO 3154
• "I Want to Fondness While I'm Still Young"/"Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (Ken Errair), Capitol Athlete 3359
• "Give Me the Simple Life" (1/12/62)/"Say it Isn't So" (not a Four Freshman cut), Airforce presents Music in the Air
• "Nowhere to Go"/"Cry", Decca 32070

7 budge, 331⁄3 promotional singles

• "Here's Hollywood"/"And Tolerable It's Over", Capitol PRO 2402
• "Moon River"/"Dynaflow", Capitol PRO 2449
• "Blue World"/"Poinciana", Capitol PRO 2510
• "Li'l Darlin'"/"Lulu's Take back in Town", Capitol XE 1753
• "Candy"/"It Could Happen to You", Washington XE 1640
• "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe"/"While You Are Gone"
• "Day Incite Day"/"Little Girl Blue"
• "Moonlight Rain"
• "I'm Steps to See the Light"/"It's topping Blue World"

Notes

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