Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones is a 1956 album by The Four Freshmen It reached number six on the charts and charted for over eight months. It was the first album bought by Brian Wilson, who would be greatly influenced by the Four Freshmen when he formed The Beach Boys. 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.
The album was rereleased as one of two LPs on one CD.
Track list
- âÂÂAngel Eyesâ (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) â 3:32
- âÂÂLove Is Just around the Cornerâ (Lewis Gensler, Leo Robin) â 2:00
- âÂÂMam'selleâ (Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon) â 3:03
- âÂÂSpeak Lowâ (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) â 3:06
- âÂÂThe Last Time I Saw Parisâ (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) â 2:40
- âÂÂSomebody Loves Me (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald, Buddy DeSylva) â 2:06
- âÂÂYou Stepped Out of a Dreamâ (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) â 2:17
- âÂÂI Remember Youâ (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) â 3:10
- âÂÂLoveâ (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) â 2:45
- âÂÂLove Is Here to Stayâ (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) â 3:12
- âÂÂYou Made Me Love Youâ (James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy) â 2:14
- âÂÂGuiltyâ (Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, Gus Kahn) â 3:33
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