They soon released their first album “Brothers Four” which made the top 20 by the end of the year. Recording Industry Association in America (RIAA) later awarded The Brothers Four with a gold disk admitting the success of the single. After that they were hired, but Bob used to joke they were paid ‘mostly in beer’.Īfter their university graduation the band moved to San Francisco to meet Mort Lewis, the manager of the legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who helped them to sign a contract with Columbia Records, and in January 1960, The Brothers Four released their single “Greenfields” and it became a hit overnight, reached #2 in all pop charts, was rotated on the radio and sold more than a million copies. The band took the call serious and decided to go to the club where they were not wanted, of course, but eventually they were allowed to performs some songs and by chance were heard by some authoritative people. The band was pranked by their fellow-students who made someone call them and pretend to be from the Seattle’s Colony Club, and told them they were invited to perform at the event where they would be auditioned. The band was formed in 1957, and they started writing music and performing at small events in Seattle. While studying there, he met Dick Foley, Mike Kirkland and John Paine, who later became his friends and then members of their folk band The Brothers Four (calling themselves “Brothers” appellated to the fact they were all members of the same university fraternity). In 1956 Bob entered the University of Washington, becoming a member of the Phi Gamma Delta” fraternity. 3 Personal life, marriage with Loni Anderson, other wives and girlfriendsīob Flick was born in 1938 in Washington State, though there’s no any precise information about the city he was born in, nor about his birthday.
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