The Four Tunes were a doowop quartet which evolved from The Brown Dots and The Sentimentalists during the mid-1940s, initially performing in the traditional style of Groups like the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers, but moving towards the more R&B-styled doowop genre by the end of the decade, and developed a more pop-oriented approach than many other groups of the era. Featuring baritone Pat Best, tenors Jimmie Nabbie and Danny Owens, and bass Jimmy Gordon for the majority of their primary career, they were one of the most respected and highly-regarded harmony quartets of the classic doowop years. This excellent-value 75-track 3-CD set comprises a significant proportion of the A & B sides of their singles during these years on the Manor, Columbia, RCA, Jubilee and Crosby labels, including their hit recordings with Savannah Churchill. It features their No. 2 R&B and No. 13 pop hit "Marie" and their No. & R&B and No. 6 pop hit "I Understand (Just How You Feel)", both from 1953,)", and their 1948 pop and R&B Top 20 hits with Savannah Churchill "Time Out For Tears" and "I Want To Cry". With a repertoire encompassing Great American Songbook standards and contemporary R&B compositions, this collection traces their career and the progression of their style from the immediate post-war years into the rock 'n' roll era, and provides a fine showcase for their acutely developed talents as a harmony group.
8 All My Dreams (If All My Dreams Would Only Come True)
9 Little Jane
10 I Want to Cry
11 Someday
12 Confess
13 Don't Know
14 Don't You Ever Mind
15 How Can I Make You Believe in Me
16 My Muchacha
17 Karen Lynn
18 Take My Lonely Heart
19 You're Heartless
20 Careless Love
21 I'm Just a Fool in Love
22 The Lonesome Road
23 Am I Blue
24 There Goes My Heart
25 Kentucky Babe
- Disc 2 -
1 Old Fashioned Love
2 Say When
3 Cool Water
4 How Can You Say That I Don't Care
5 The Last Round-Up
6 Wishing You Were Here Tonight
7 Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie
8 May That Day Never Come
9 The Prisoner's Song
10 I Married An Angel
11 Early in the Morning
12 My Buddy
13 I'll See You in My Dreams
14 Come What May
15 Greatest Song I Ever Heard
16 I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
17 Let's Give Love Another Chance
18 Don't Get Around Much Anymore
19 Water Boy
20 Marie
21 I Gambled with Love
22 I Understand Just How You Feel
23 Sugar Lump
24 My Wild Irish Rose
25 Do-Do-Do It Again
- Disc 3 -
1 The Greatest Feeling in the World
2 Lonesome
3 L'amour Toujours, L'amour
4 Don't Cry Darling
5 I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
6 Good News (Chariot's Comin')
7 Let Me Go Lover
8 I Hope
9 I Close My Eyes
10 Tired of Waitin'
11 Time Out for Tears
12 Brooklyn Bridge
13 Three Little Chickens
14 You Are My Love
15 At the Steamboat River Ball
16 Rock and Roll Call
17 Our Love
18 I Gotta Go
19 Hold Me Closer
20 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
21 Far Away Places
22 The Ballad of James Dean
23 The Japanese Farewell Song (Sayonara)
24 A Little on the Lonely Side
25 Don't You Run Away (And Leave Me)
The Four Tunes were a doowop quartet which evolved from The Brown Dots and The Sentimentalists during the mid-1940s, initially performing in the traditional style of Groups like the Ink Spots and Mills Brothers, but moving towards the more R&B-styled doowop genre by the end of the decade, and developed a more pop-oriented approach than many other groups of the era. Featuring baritone Pat Best, tenors Jimmie Nabbie and Danny Owens, and bass Jimmy Gordon for the majority of their primary career, they were one of the most respected and highly-regarded harmony quartets of the classic doowop years. This excellent-value 75-track 3-CD set comprises a significant proportion of the A & B sides of their singles during these years on the Manor, Columbia, RCA, Jubilee and Crosby labels, including their hit recordings with Savannah Churchill. It features their No. 2 R&B and No. 13 pop hit "Marie" and their No. & R&B and No. 6 pop hit "I Understand (Just How You Feel)", both from 1953,)", and their 1948 pop and R&B Top 20 hits with Savannah Churchill "Time Out For Tears" and "I Want To Cry". With a repertoire encompassing Great American Songbook standards and contemporary R&B compositions, this collection traces their career and the progression of their style from the immediate post-war years into the rock 'n' roll era, and provides a fine showcase for their acutely developed talents as a harmony group.
