The Four Tunes were a doo-wop 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, the group moved towards a more R&B-styled doo-wop genre by the end of the decade.
This 75-track set features their hits Marie, I Understand (Just How You Feel), Time Out For Tears and I Want To Cry. This collection provides a fine showcase for their acutely developed talents as a harmony group.
REVIEWS
Definitive 75-track set from Acrobat that encompasses the main body of work from this vocal group that flourished in the immediate post-war years and remained popular through the R&B years and into rock and roll. This triple album release contains is complemented by a 16-page sleeve note written by Paul Watts that tells the full story of the group. - Tony Watson (Blues & Rhythm September 2021)
Disc 1 |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
(I Wonder) Where Is My Love |
The Four Tunes |
2 |
Sometime, Someplace, Somewhere |
The Four Tunes |
3 |
Wrapped In A Dream |
The Four Tunes |
4 |
I Found Love When I Found You |
The Four Tunes |
5 |
Dreams |
The Four Tunes |
6 |
I Understand |
The Four Tunes |
7 |
Time Out For Tears |
Savannah Churchill with The Four Tunes |
8 |
All My Dreams (If All My Dreams Would Only Come True) |
The Four Tunes |
9 |
Little Jane |
The Four Tunes |
10 |
I Want To Cry |
Savannah Churchill with The Four Tunes |
11 |
Someday |
The Four Tunes |
12 |
Confess |
The Four Tunes |
13 |
Don't Know |
The Four Tunes |
14 |
Don't You Ever Mind |
The Four Tunes |
15 |
How Can I Make You Believe In Me |
The Four Tunes |
16 |
My Muchacha |
The Four Tunes |
17 |
Karen Lynn |
Pat Best & The Four Tunes |
18 |
Take My Lonely Heart |
The Four Tunes |
19 |
You're Heartless |
The Four Tunes |
20 |
Careless Love |
The Four Tunes |
21 |
I'm Just A Fool In Love |
The Four Tunes |
22 |
The Lonesome Road |
The Four Tunes |
23 |
Am I Blue |
The Four Tunes |
24 |
There Goes My Heart |
The Four Tunes |
25 |
Kentucky Babe |
The Four Tunes |
Disc 2 |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
Old Fashioned Love |
The Four Tunes |
2 |
Say When |
The Four Tunes |
3 |
Cool Water |
The Four Tunes |
4 |
How Can You Say That I Don't Care |
The Four Tunes |
5 |
The Last Round-Up |
The Four Tunes |
6 |
Wishing You Were Here Tonight |
The Four Tunes |
7 |
Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie |
The Four Tunes |
8 |
May That Day Never Come |
The Four Tunes |
9 |
The Prisoner's Song |
The Four Tunes |
10 |
I Married An Angel |
The Four Tunes |
11 |
Early In The Morning |
The Four Tunes |
12 |
My Buddy |
The Four Tunes |
13 |
I'll See You In My Dreams |
The Four Tunes |
14 |
Come What May |
The Four Tunes |
15 |
Greatest Song I Ever Heard |
The Four Tunes |
16 |
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire |
The Four Tunes |
17 |
Let's Give Love Another Chance |
The Four Tunes |
18 |
Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
The Four Tunes |
19 |
Water Boy |
The Four Tunes |
20 |
Marie |
The Four Tunes |
21 |
I Gambled With Love |
The Four Tunes |
22 |
I Understand Just How You Feel |
The Four Tunes |
23 |
Sugar Lump |
The Four Tunes |
24 |
My Wild Irish Rose |
The Four Tunes |
25 |
Do-Do-Do It Again |
The Four Tunes |
Disc 3 |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
The Greatest Feeling In The World |
The Four Tunes |
2 |
Lonesome |
The Four Tunes |
3 |
L'Amour Toujours, L'Amour |
The Four Tunes |
4 |
Don't Cry Darling |
The Four Tunes |
5 |
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman |
The Four Tunes |
6 |
Good News (Chariot's Comin') |
The Four Tunes |
7 |
Let Me Go Lover |
The Four Tunes |
8 |
I Hope |
The Four Tunes |
9 |
I Close My Eyes |
The Four Tunes |
10 |
Tired Of Waitin' |
The Four Tunes |
11 |
Time Out For Tears |
The Four Tunes |
12 |
Brooklyn Bridge |
The Four Tunes |
13 |
Three Little Chickens |
The Four Tunes |
14 |
You Are My Love |
The Four Tunes |
15 |
At The Steamboat River Ball |
The Four Tunes |
16 |
Rock And Roll Call |
The Four Tunes |
17 |
Our Love |
The Four Tunes |
18 |
I Gotta Go |
The Four Tunes |
19 |
Hold Me Closer |
The Four Tunes |
20 |
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes |
The Four Tunes |
21 |
Far Away Places |
The Four Tunes |
22 |
The Ballad Of James Dean |
The Four Tunes |
23 |
The Japanese Farewell Song (Sayonara) |
The Four Tunes |
24 |
A Little On The Lonely Side |
The Four Tunes |
25 |
Don't You Run Away (And Leave Me) |
The Four Tunes |