# About Bothers Four

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-bothers-four/195694>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 17, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-bothers-four/195694 "2003-08-17T02:03:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Byzantium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Byzantium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantium)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-bothers-four/195694/1 "2003-08-17T02:03:53Z")

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an old band of folks in 50’s or 60’s in america,do u remember?

their songs such as “where have all the flowers gone”…“try to remember”…“greenleaves”…so many…sounds good…

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**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-bothers-four/195694/2 "2003-08-17T02:35:07Z")

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Yes- a Kingston Trio style folk group. As I vaguely recall, like the Highwaymen, they were college frat brothers. From the Pacific NW, Washington? Flowers was a Kingston Trio hit, Try to Remember, done by many, but not a hit for Brothers Four. The only one I recall is “greenleaves…”

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**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-bothers-four/195694/3 "2003-08-17T07:06:22Z")

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Yep, four fraternity brothers from the University of Washington, who carried their career into the 90s. Big hits were “Greenfields” and “The Green Leaves of Summer” and “Frogg,” based on the old “Froggy Went A’ Courtin.’”

Nice folks, multitalented and were a big hit in Japan following the fade of folk music from the pop charts here.

The whole story is available from [All Music Guide](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=MISS70308170256&sql=Bjgjueaw04xu7)

Smoth and professional, well worth hunting up on eBay or Amazon.