Brian Wilson brought me here, YT comments are sending me to Vulfpeck
@neonmall9907 Жыл бұрын
I like vulfpeck
@darthxerox15 Жыл бұрын
Dean Town
@dank50188 ай бұрын
I'm 5 years late, but don't forget Ahmad Jamal!!
@wizzardofpaws24203 ай бұрын
Me too!
@exjazzbassbaz10 жыл бұрын
the best vocal group ever. nobody ever got near.i have carried them with me to this day my 76th year and what joy they have brought to my life.r.i.p. to them all.many thanks.
@minralb10 жыл бұрын
It must be true that great minds do think alike, I'm 77 and I couldn't agree with you more. The original 4 Freshmen were the very best ever IMO, and the '50's were the last of the great decades before real pop music went out of style and the mind-numbing trash that later generations call music took over the music industry.
@katamarigirl9310 жыл бұрын
minralb I'm 21 and I like good singing and tight vocal harmonies. I love singing pop and doo wop from the 50s. It has a sincere, heartfelt quality to it that you just don't hear in most songs that come out now. :(
@03surfer696 жыл бұрын
nah, the hi-lo's went way beyond
@JeryTillotson1235 жыл бұрын
you and me both. love to listen to them on my car cd player. brings back so many great memories of the early fifties and growing up in a small southern town with it raining outside.
@henrybrowne72483 жыл бұрын
@@minralb I don't like to try and pick just one group, or one guy, or one type of music, or one anything. But damn, are these guys magical. I came into the world just as this era faded out and just can't get enough of the music that came just before me. Bless You Tube.
@baggins55512 жыл бұрын
I have studied all styles of music and play professionally. In my opinion, these guys are the most amazing vocal group ever. Truly modern harmony and music theory, beyond any music being produced these days, not to mention beautiful!!
@harrisafiari69382 ай бұрын
Lagu ini pada era 1960-an sering dinyanyikan orang tuaku bersama kawan-kawan nya dalam formasi band yang sederhana di Jawa Barat (Indonesia). Selanjutnya, aku yg kelahiran 1957, setelahnya sering mendengar lagu ini dibawakan oleh Ahmad Jamal. Intinya, aku hingga tahun 2024 masih memutar sesekali Poinciana.
@8028erbway12 жыл бұрын
My father just past away last week and he introduced to me the Four Freshmen when I was a boy. I will play this song at his funeral services. I love you pop!
@kijijiallin9 жыл бұрын
the vulf does it justice. so much justice.
@Jotzeph899 жыл бұрын
as much as the vulf gang is incredible for emulating this, I think it's more incredible that these guys sound as "accurate" as a talkbox-ed performance. The sheer precision of the notes they're singing... just wow!
@jdtoddjazz6 жыл бұрын
For sure!
@reythmband6 жыл бұрын
The Freshmen were also instrumentalists as well as vocalists. So I've heard, the Beach Boys learned and incorporated a lot of their harmonic voicings into their music a few years later.
@henrybrowne72483 жыл бұрын
@@reythmband I thought so. You can hear the influence.
@105ad82 жыл бұрын
I'm embarrassed to say I hadn't heard this song until I saw the Vulfpeck video
@Jotzeph892 жыл бұрын
@albertmojicajr I am referring to this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e5pkrcpm1sClj6M.html !
@callumrudyk88143 жыл бұрын
Wow, these harmonies are so off the wall. Sounds almost electronic.
@johnstill94908 жыл бұрын
WONDERFUL!! This was 1952...I never knew of The Freshman until 1958...I have ever since loved all their music. The "new" Freshman are very good, however the "original" are always the BEST!!
@leisuregal19396 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 1950s, I was a fan of the Four Freshman, and still to day, I listen.
@reduxmisc15 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing them perform in a little jazz club in Chicago many years ago. They really were great a very talented group. Now I wish I'd gone back and seen them over and over again.
@chauncywashington22277 жыл бұрын
So melancholy...a sense of joy but tempered with a kind of sadness that goes with the realization that we can't hold on to the past. Hope when all is said and done, we took advantage of surrounding ourselves with such awesomely beautiful voices.
@MrTeenidol9 жыл бұрын
The greatest vocal group of all time, period...!!!!
@portobob16 жыл бұрын
This is a great Freshman ballad....wish we could turn the clock back and see and hear them live again.
@peterhughes6149 жыл бұрын
Crushingly beautiful.
@peterhughes614 Жыл бұрын
Still is
@flaredrake80584 ай бұрын
Stay well@@peterhughes614
@vivienaddinall13953 жыл бұрын
I had the great honour of meeting The Four Freshman when I was in the US and they are as delightful as is their singing
@DD-sr7no2 ай бұрын
You're so lucky, good for you ..I feel envious 🙃
@hhn100014 жыл бұрын
The new Four Freshmen is very, very good! So glad the group has continued all these years!
@montauk63 жыл бұрын
The highest voice on the lowest instrument, SWEET!
@TheJadariusExperience4 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song
@toyne3813 жыл бұрын
Boy, they don't make music like this anymore.The 40's and 50's had music for every taste...swing, jazz, and beautiful melodies like this. I loved living in that era.
@Theoriginaltkg290212 жыл бұрын
If a trombone quartet ever sang, it would sound like the these guys. !
@jfg3758 жыл бұрын
Magnificent harmony - beautiful phrasing - discovered them in '57 in Dayton, when I was stationed there in the USAF at WPAFB. Saw them in a downtown venue, and have never stopped listening. Wonderful music, just wonderful.
@unclebbmunson10843 жыл бұрын
In 1954 my mom visited her sister in Miami Beach. There was a hotel the Poinciana. She said they played this song in the lobby.
@bigemoney319 жыл бұрын
Vulfpeck brought me here.
@andrewhooper76039 жыл бұрын
bigemoney31 I love how well the talk boxes emulate the vocals here.
@skaterdude72778 жыл бұрын
Thanks vulfpeck
@cjaquilino3 жыл бұрын
A song I’d want for my own funeral. Just otherworldly, almost alien in its longing and beauty in a way not every piece of music can touch on. I think of “Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington , “Arabesque” by Claude Debussy, and how even “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap reach into your consciousness and decrypt that eerie desperation for the past you can never get back.
@stuwest42178 ай бұрын
My dad who passed recently introduced me to these guys and Singers Unlimited, I introduced him to Take 6 and Pentatonix, We were best mates
@CosmosNut10 жыл бұрын
Love it! heard this on my local jazz radio station and found it here - thanks for uploading this great tune.
@silverhammer799 жыл бұрын
+CosmosNut You're welcome! :)
@azucarinho19 жыл бұрын
Poinciana... your branches speak to me of love
@014bhap11 жыл бұрын
This Group was one of the main influences for The Beach Boys. Brian Wilson always mentions them when asked about his musical influences.
@marthabarcenas33644 жыл бұрын
Their voices are so soothing. I love this song its like a llulaby to me 🌜
@tonyrivers16 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE this vocal arrangement and performance. It's 55 years ago!!!!!!!! Tony Rivers.
@ernieenesi89427 жыл бұрын
Amazing harmonies, I owe my parents alot for instilling and taking my brothers and I to music lesson (accordion/piano)the love of a capella harmonies definitely brought me here.😎
@raleighsquare13 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege to see them when I was in high school. Their harmonies were unbelievably great, I had a lot of their records. The present copy groups are like comparing a Chevy truck to a Ferrari. But I'm glad somebody's keeping their music alive.
@Rknbkr1214 жыл бұрын
I saw them live in the early 90's and had the good fortune to be able to speak with them after the show. I complimented them (totally tongue-in-cheek) on their rendition of Brian Wilson's arrangement of Graduation Day - you should have seen the looks on their faces one nanosecond before they 'got it.' Extremely talented gentlemen, one and all!
@MaximillianNewman8 жыл бұрын
vulfpeck brought me here
@Frenite4 жыл бұрын
Harmonies right on point!
@fickalinni79 жыл бұрын
If you like close harmony, these guys can't be beat
@2KRW15 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful....sheer magic!
@johnthrelfall5 Жыл бұрын
Great version!
@elela8411 жыл бұрын
So beautiful! Unspeakable!))) Thanks for sharing!!!
@singinjohnny15 жыл бұрын
I have the studio version of this but hearing a live performance only testifies to the degree of the talent these guys had. What's so impressive to me was that they also were instrumentalists. Most singing groups stand and sing which is fine. But these guys played, and played well, while singing in the most incredibly beautiful and totally unique harmony. Just blows me away! When I heard that Brian Wilson also loves this stuff, I wasn't the least surprised. No wonder I love his music as well.
@TOBIAS-nn7vf6 жыл бұрын
If you haven't heard Ahmad Jamal's version of this song, I would highly recommend it.
@henrybrowne72483 жыл бұрын
I have. I love his improvisations.
@hootinouts16 жыл бұрын
What an enchanting song. Excellent version of it.
@TWILIGHT11236612 жыл бұрын
I LOVE to fall asleep listening to this beautiful soothing song and dream beautiful dreams :) xoxoxoxo
@dewey4416 жыл бұрын
Simply the best vocal group...ever!
@thevillain515 жыл бұрын
Before he passed me and my grandfather would spend hours listening to these cats on his old record player. Abraham I. Fowlkes a great man
@hardlyworking_4 жыл бұрын
had no idea this was a cover, thought this was a vulf song for the past 5 years. my mind is blown rn
@hachinohehorse9 жыл бұрын
First heard these gentlemen at Arnold Hall, Lackland AFB, in spring of 1955.
@Frenite4 жыл бұрын
One of the few four freshmen videos featuring Hal Kratzsch
@boomerang90513 жыл бұрын
Great is simply great and I have always placed them amongst the very best. To think they were all musicians, as well as singers. But sadly they are all gone now. I know we all must go but it hurts to see a passing of an era that you remember as a child.....and never forgot. I certainly didn't. Thanks.
@judygrell14 жыл бұрын
I'm going to guess this was NOT lip synced. I've seen them twice live and they were spot on perfect! Amazing!
@jh885614 жыл бұрын
My favourite vocal group - ever.
@TheMarianneBeck10 жыл бұрын
I am flying lessening Four Freshman Poinciana fro 1952 I have been in my old country so very long ego to hear this song by the four Freshmen it is a dream Marianne
@bobfitzgibbon6822 Жыл бұрын
Iwas living in Connecticut when they came to Hartford to appear in a downtown nightclub. I was a professional musician and singer and got to sit about 15 feet from the bandstand. I remember that performance to this day like it was yesterday even though it was 60 plus years ago. They were second to none.
@OJShilinski Жыл бұрын
I wish there were wonderful vocal groups like this still performing ... there were many in the 40's, 50's, 60s, but gradually ceased to exist....
@Saxy648 жыл бұрын
Of the Pre- girl Modernairres, Hi-Los, Four Aces and the Freshmen, I think the Freshmen are the only ones that played instruments, and they played them well!
@MrPatricioMelo6 жыл бұрын
Blow Tropic wind, sing a song to the trees Trees sigh to me, soon my love I will see Poinciana, your branches speak to me of love Pale moon is casting shadows from above Poinciana, somehow I feel the jungle heat Within me there grows a rhythmic savage beat Love is ev'rywhere, its magic perfume fills the air To and fro you sway, my heart's in time, I've learned to care Poinciana, though skies may turn from blue to gray My love will live forever and a day Poinciana, from now until the dawning day I'll learn to love forever, come what may
@MegaBobo6613 жыл бұрын
@Bobbbiejean - Hey Bobbie--I also grew up in Indiana-saw Kenton at Shaffer Lake-been a life long fan of the freshmen. I heard them at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in the late 60's-shared a beer with them in the dressing room before one of their shows.-And-the 'new' Freshmen are also fantastic. Bob (Plymouth,In. native)
@derekdetjen152911 жыл бұрын
This was the first song that got me hooked for a lifetime on the Frosh. Too bad that the kids of today couldn't experience of going to college in the '50s, the great dances, vocal groups and a time when romance was truly romantic, soft and easy. Heard this tune in Newberry, SC this year and the current guys are by far the best ever, as Bob Flanagan agreed.
@storiemooser619210 ай бұрын
Love the interior setting of 1950s girl college dormitory.
@duanelarson25604 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear the original group with Hal Kratch...... Best ever!
@MarcusFerg214 жыл бұрын
Podcast: Rock n Roll Librarian brought me here with their discussion of Brian Wilson’s love of The 4FM. You can certainly hear where the BBs got the influence.
@ilovegoodsax13 жыл бұрын
I wasn't born until 1960 so this is certainly not the genre of music I grew up listening to, and I've heard many jazz renditions of this song without the vocals. Actually, I didn't know there were words to this song until I stumbled upon Johnny Mathis here on YT (I grew up knowing about Johnny through my mom. She's 74 now and she's still in love with him!) and now, the Four Freshman. Simply beautiful!
You lucky dog you!! living back in the day when good music was popular, and popular music was good. Alas unlike today ;-(
@hhubre7 ай бұрын
soothing voices
@luckyman10713 жыл бұрын
New to me...WONDERFUL! Thanks!!!
@iluminatiytu14 жыл бұрын
These guys were dam good. They made my life fuller during that period.
@gmonet4612 жыл бұрын
Beat me by a couple of years. We lived in a good time, and I regret what my grandchildren have to say is their generation's semblance of music.
@sandaglad16 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING! thanks for posting this. Hope some of the listeners here who appreciate great vocal groups will check out The Hi-Los.
@robertwheeler40687 ай бұрын
WOW!!😳🎵🎶I never knew this song had lyrics!?🤔
@iferraro15 жыл бұрын
what a wonderful song! Your can hear the Brian Wilson influence in the vocal arrangement. Any BB's fan knows what I am talking about. The soprano (lead), the crescendos, etc.
@mauricioduron3193 Жыл бұрын
Musical influence perhaps running the other way around.
@MarkRaymondLuce Жыл бұрын
@@mauricioduron3193 Wrong! Brian Wilson is on record numerous times going back to the early 60s saying that The Four Freshmen were the template for The Beach Boys harmonies!
@mauricioduron3193 Жыл бұрын
@@MarkRaymondLuce Oh, well. To spell out what was stated already. The "other way around" in the following sense: You can "hear the influence of the Four Freshmen in the vocal arrangement." Not "...hear the Brian Wilson influence..." Better, now?
@1FrankFan8 жыл бұрын
Another amazing KZfaq video...love it.
@ELENI123100012 жыл бұрын
πολυ ομορφο τραγουδι και πολυ ομορφη εποχη!
@marcoamedrano14 жыл бұрын
Man, these guys were awesome.
@chaneyroot212 жыл бұрын
The great Four Freshman, now that's what singing is all about...
@hachinohehorse11 жыл бұрын
I first heard the FF at Arnold Hall, Lackland AFB, in Spring of 1966 while going through basic training. For Col Battaglis: Were you ever in USAFSS???
@Barnekkid10 жыл бұрын
Lovely.
@4bigdawgs412 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more! Thanks for posting the old days!
@swissroll4013 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!
@leirgauk15 жыл бұрын
magical
@dogsbod10 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@KaRidder23413 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@mariadimario37824 жыл бұрын
Che piacere sentire questa musica
@barrywright81305 жыл бұрын
Simply the best.
@TheJadariusExperience4 жыл бұрын
Damn the melodies are iconic
@soulfuljakazz13 жыл бұрын
Priceless footage. Thanks, silverhammmer.
@DunhillHilton16 жыл бұрын
Incredible !
@generationll16 жыл бұрын
Glenn Miller did a version of this great song.Have been listening to this song since 1993
@marisolmaldonado60473 жыл бұрын
La canción preferida de mi padre.
@kapildrums16 жыл бұрын
that was INCREDIBLE!!!phew....amazing!
@jameslarkin62673 жыл бұрын
Definitely a big influence on Brian Wilson!😎
@denverexec200014 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Yeah I discovered them via Brian Wilson (Smile in particular). The Beach Boys did a FF song as a tribute, very nice. I listen to FF a lot now. I assume this is lip synced but who cares.
@KingOFuh2 ай бұрын
FOUR Freshmen and FIVE girls. Which one was lucky enough to get double=teamed? Bob, I'd say.
@mr191791612 жыл бұрын
So cool.Takes me away
@Landis_Grant11 ай бұрын
Henry Mancini’s rendition is excellent
@Century2511 жыл бұрын
Great ! I have their CD with this and many more.
@HoosierBullhead13 жыл бұрын
@wordwise3 I am saddened to learn of his passing. This leaves Ross as the only member remaing from the original group, and last I heard, he was in poor health. I thank God for their beautiful music.