Band, *1957 US, Seattle
World, Folk and Pop
An American folk group founded in 1957 in Seattle, Washington. Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland, and Dick Foley met at the University of Washington. Highlights from their career include: having their 2nd single released in January 1960, "Greenfields," hit #2 on the pop charts, and their first album, Brothers Four, make the top 20; having their 4th single, "The Green Leaves of Summer," from the John Wayne movie The Alamo, nominated for an Academy Award and performing the song at the 1961 Academy Awards; and having their 2nd album, "BMOC/Best Music On/Off Campus", go top 10. They also recorded the theme song for the ABC television series Hootenanny, "Hootenanny Saturday Night," in 1963. The Brothers Four continue to tour and perform across America performing as part of the "This Land is Your Land" live all-star folk concert tour, inspired by the PBS TV Folk Music Special. Mike Kirkland (tenor, guitar, banjo) 1957-1968 Dick Foley (baritone, guitar) 1957-1991 John Paine (baritone, guitar) 1957-2004 Bob Flick (baritone, bass, upright bass, acoustic bass) 1957-1972, returned in 1975-current Mark Pearson 1969-1971, returned in 1989-current Bob Haworth 1971-1989 Tom Coe 1972-1974 Terry Lauber 1991-2004 Mike McCoy 2004-current John Hylton 2004-2008 Karl Olsen 2008-current
![]() | Mark Pearson g, voc, p *1946 US |
![]() | Dick Foley g, voc, cym US |
![]() | Bob Flick b, cb, eb US |
![]() | John Paine g, bj US |
![]() | Mike Kirkland bj, g, voc US |
![]() | Bob Haworth g, bj |
![]() | Mike McCoy |
![]() | John Hylton |
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Best Of The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 2018 | Compil. |
The Brothers Four: The Proposal | The Brothers Four | 2017 | Album |
Ellie Lou (You Left Me There In Charleston) | The Brothers Four | 2014 | Single |
The Green Leaves Of Summer | The Brothers Four | 2014 | Single |
The Green Leaves Of Summer | The Brothers Four | 2014 | Single |
Six Classic Albums | The Brothers Four | 2014 | Compil. |
Cross-Country Concert | The Brothers Four | 2013 | Single |
Greenfields And Other Folk Music Greats | The Brothers Four | 2013 | Compil. |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 2012 | Single |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 2012 | Single |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 2012 | Single |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 2012 | Single |
Rally Round!/Raomin' | The Brothers Four | 2006 | Compil. |
This Land Is Your Land | The Brothers Four | 2005 | Compil. |
Born In Seattle. The Very Best Of The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 2003 | Album |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 2003 | Compil. |
36 All-Time Folk Favorites | The Brothers Four | 2000 | Compil. |
Song Book / The Big Folk Hits | The Brothers Four | 2000 | Compil. |
Two Classic Albums From The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1997 | Compil. |
The Tokyo Tapes | The Brothers Four | 1997 | Album |
Greenfields & Other Gold | The Brothers Four | 1996 | Compil. |
Sing Beatles & Others | The Brothers Four | 1994 | Album |
Greenfields / The Green Leaves Of Summer | The Brothers Four | 1993 | Single |
12 Grandes Baladas | The Brothers Four | 1991 | Album |
Medley | The Brothers Four | 1991 | Single |
Yesterday Once More | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Album |
Winds Of Green | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Single |
Green Summer Song | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Album |
Greenfields & Other Gold | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Compil. |
Flowers & Green | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Album |
Sands Of Time | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Album |
Where The Eagles Fly | The Brothers Four | 1990 | Album |
Star Box | The Brothers Four | 1989 | Compil. |
Christmas Concert | The Brothers Four | 1988 | Album |
THE BROTHERS FOUR GREATEST HITS | The Brothers Four | 1987 | Single |
The Brothers Four Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | 1987 | Compil. |
The 25th Anniversary Concert | The Brothers Four | 1987 | Album |
Try To Remember / Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | 1987 | Compil. |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 1985 | Album |
Grandes Exitos | The Brothers Four | 1984 | Compil. |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 1983 | Compil. |
The Brothers Four Songbook | The Brothers Four | 1982 | Compil. |
The Brothers Four Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | 1982 | Compil. |
Greenfields & Other Gold (All-time Great Folk Hits) | The Brothers Four | 1981 | Album |
This Land Is Your Land | The Brothers Four | 1981 | Compil. |
The Green Leaves Of Summer & Other Gold (All-time Great Folk Hits Vol. 2) | The Brothers Four | 1981 | Album |
Mas Exitos Folk | The Brothers Four | 1980 | Compil. |
Si Yo Tuviera Un Martillo | The Brothers Four | 1980 | Single |
New Gold | The Brothers Four | 1979 | Album |
Don't Say Goodbye | The Brothers Four | 1979 | Single |
As Time Goes By = 時の流れに | The Brothers Four | 1979 | Single |
The End Of The World | The Brothers Four | 1978 | Single |
Some Nice Songs | The Brothers Four | 1978 | Album |
College Folk Graffiti | The Brothers Four | 1977 | Album |
As Time Goes By | The Brothers Four | 1977 | Album |
Yesterday Once More / You're The Sunshine Of My Life | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Single |
Where The Eagles Fly | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Album |
Where The Eagles Fly | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Album |
Now | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Album |
Grand Prix 20 | The Brothers Four | 1976 | Compil. |
The Brothers Four Super 20 | The Brothers Four | 1975 | Compil. |
Ever Green | The Brothers Four | 1974 | Album |
Best 20 | The Brothers Four | 1973 | Compil. |
The Brothers Four Live In Japan | The Brothers Four | 1973 | Album |
The Brothers Four (Gift Pack Series) | The Brothers Four | 1972 | Album |
Love | The Brothers Four | 1972 | Album |
Love | The Brothers Four | 1972 | Album |
Starportrait | The Brothers Four | 1972 | Compil. |
Going Back To Big Sur / Here I Go Again | The Brothers Four | 1970 | Single |
Seven Daffodils | The Brothers Four | 1970 | Single |
More Big Folk Hits | The Brothers Four | 1970 | Single |
1970 | The Brothers Four | 1970 | Album |
The Strangest Dream (Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream) | The Brothers Four | 1969 | Single |
Let's Get Together | The Brothers Four | 1969 | Album |
I'm Falling Down | The Brothers Four | 1968 | Single |
A New World's Record | The Brothers Four | 1967 | Album |
Yesterday / Michelle | The Brothers Four | 1967 | Single |
Try To Remember / Malaika | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
ボブ・ディランを歌う = The Brothers Four Sing Bob Dylan | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Nowhere Man | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Mini De Luxe | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
A Beatles Songbook | The Brothers Four Sing Lennon-McCartney | 1966 | Album |
Ratman And Bobbin In The Clipper Caper | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Muleskinner | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
七つの水仙 = Seven Daffodils / 500マイル = 500 Miles | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Changes | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Los Hits De "The Brothers Four" | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Merry Christmas | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Album |
The Brothers Four Sing The Beatles | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
Wild Colonial Boy / It Was A Very Good Year | The Brothers Four | 1966 | Single |
The Song Of The Ox Driver / Sloth | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
The Honey Wind Blows | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Rock Island Line / House Of The Rising Sun | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Best 4 Vol.2 | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Walkin' Backwards Down The Road / The First Time Ever | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Compil. |
All About The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Compil. |
The Honey Wind Blows | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Album |
Lazy Harry's / Come Kiss Me Love | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Try To Remember | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Album |
Try To Remember | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
The Brothers Four In Tokyo | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Album |
By Special Request | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Album |
Sing Bob Dylan | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Where Have All The Flowers Gone | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Cantan En Español | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
Come To My Bedside My Darling / We Shall Overcome | The Brothers Four | 1965 | Single |
More Big Folk Hits | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Album |
Folk Song Hootenanny | The Brothers Four, Pete Seeger, The New Christy Minstrels, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem | 1964 | Compil. |
Seven Daffodils | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Single |
Four Big Folk Hits | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Single |
Best 4 | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Compil. |
Little Play Soldiers / Take This Hammer | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Single |
サンフランシスコ湾ブルース = San Francisco Bay Blues | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Single |
Sing Of Our Times | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Album |
Seven Daffodils / San Francisco Bay Blues | The Brothers Four | 1964 | Single |
Grandes Exitos | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Cross-Country Concert | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Album |
Welcome Home Sally | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Grandes Exitos | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Cross-Country Concert | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Album |
55 Dias En Pekin | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Ringing Bells (Bong Bong Aywah Leeway) / Welcome Home Sally | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
The Song Of The Ox Driver | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
If I Had A Hammer | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
55 Days At Peking | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Four Strongs Winds | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
北京の55日 | Dimitri Tiomkin, The Brothers Four, Andy Williams | 1963 | Single |
Hootenanny Saturday Night / Across The Sea | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
The Big Folk Hits | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Album |
Hootenanny Saturday Night / Across The Sea / Michael / Nine Pound Hammer | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
En Persona | The Brothers Four | 1963 | Single |
Five weeks In A Ballon / Summertime | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
This Train / Summertime | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Blue Water Line / Nobody Knows | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Theme From "La Fayette" Slowly, Slowly | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
In Person | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Album |
Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Otra Vez | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Ole Smokey | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Compil. |
Lady Greensleeves | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Land Of The Midnight Sun / Five Weeks In A Balloon | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Suave: Del Film "La Fayette" | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
En Verano | The Brothers Four | 1962 | Single |
Frogg | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Song Book | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Album |
Blue Water Line / Summer Days Alone | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
B.M.O.C. (Best Music On/Off Campus) | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Album |
When The Sun Goes Down/Riders In The Sky | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
What Child Is This? / Christmas Bells | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Roamin' | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Album |
Le Bleu De L'ete - The Green Leaves Of Summer | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Frogg | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
The Tavern Song | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Blue Water Line / My Tany / The Proposal / Hey Liley, Liley Lo | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Nobody Knows / My Woman Left Me | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
Greenfields / My Tani | The Brothers Four | 1961 | Single |
All About The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Compil. |
Brothers Four,The | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Album |
Rally 'Round | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Album |
Estos Son Los "Brothers Four" | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
"Verte Campagne" Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
Las Hojas Verdes / Marianne / The Fox / Ellie Lov | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Compil. |
Riders In The Sky | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Album |
Greenfields / Starbright | The Brothers Four / Johnny Mathis | 1960 | Single |
The Green Leaves Of Summer / Beautiful Brown Eyes | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Album |
My Tani | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Compil. |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
Ballad Of The Alamo | Marty Robbins, The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
Greenfields | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Single |
Greenfields Verte Campagne | The Brothers Four | 1960 | Album |
Best Collection | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Pack 20 | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Love Story | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
ザ・ブラザーズフオー = The Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Happy Birthday Gini | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Encore for Hormel Chili | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Darlin Won't You Wait / Chicka Mucka Hi Di | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Today And Yesterday | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Les Brothers Four | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Stephen Foster Songbook | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Best 4 | The Brothers Four | Single | |
And Then The Sun Goes Down | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Las Hojas Verdes / Campos Verdes | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Folk Standard Album | The Brothers Four | Album | |
New Gold Disc | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Em Pessoa | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Brothers Four / Bob Dylan = ブラザーズフォア / ボブ・ディラン | The Brothers Four, Bob Dylan | Compil. | |
Du Film "La Fayette" | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Don't Let The Rain Come Down | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Christmas Is A Comin' / The Little Drummer Boy | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Lady Greensleeves / Viva La Compagnia | The Brothers Four | Single | |
The Best Of The Brothers Four / Vol. 3 | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
500 Miles / Silver Threads And Golden Needles | The Brothers Four | Single | |
The John B. Sails | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Viceroy Commercial | The Brothers Four | Single | |
The Ballad Of Alvarez Kelly | The Brothers Four | Single | |
The Very Best Of The Brothers Four: 25 Original Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Fantasy Years | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Scarborough Fair | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Ever Green | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Forever Young | The Brothers Four | Album | |
FAVORITES I | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Pack 20 | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
The Brothers Four's Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | Compil. | |
Greatest Hits | The Brothers Four | Single | |
No Sad Songs For Me / Here Today Gone Tomorrow | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Untitled | The Brothers Four & Peter, Paul & Mary | Single | |
Greenfields - The Brothers Four Highlights | The Brothers Four | Album | |
Turn Around / Somewhere | The Brothers Four | Single | |
I'll Be Home For Christmas / 'Twas The Night Before Christmas | The Brothers Four | Single | |
Shenandoah | The Brothers Four | Single | |
FAVORITES 2 | The Brothers Four | Album |