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The Four Lads

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Aliases
4 Lads
Four Lads
Years active
since 1950
Country
Canada
Comments
Vocal group formed in 1950 and still in existence, albeit with no original members
Member
Bernie Toorish (Tenor)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
February 8, 1954 (2 artists)
October 1952 (2 artists)
May 19, 1958 (4 artists)
August 22, 1952 (3 artists)
May 1954 (10 artists)
He Who Has Love Four Lads 1953 Unverified
December 27, 1955 Ulpio Minucci and His Orchestra
September 1953 (67 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 18, 1955 (45 artists)
December 27, 1955 (21 artists)
December 28, 1951 (12 artists)
November 1957 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Richard Hayes with Orchestra and Vocal Group conducted by Joe Reisman
November 1951 (20 artists)
June 1952 (2 artists)
August 3, 1959 (4 artists)
February 24, 1958 Howard Morrison Quartet
 REL November 29, 1954 (17 artists)
Originally by Ada Moore & Enid Mosier PRF
1956 (5 artists)

Covers by The Four Lads

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1960 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
1960 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
1960 William Ching and Annamary Dickey
1961 Campbell and Burr
A House with Love in It The Four Lads 1956 Unverified
  1960 Don Ameche PRF, Mel Tormé with Orchestra directed by George Cates REC,REL
1958 Frank Sinatra
1960 Vic Damone with Percy Faith
  1958 Annabelle Hill REL,PRF
1960 Ethel Merman
1957 Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
June 1962 Charles Hart [US]
1961 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
1958 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   1956 The Foursome PRF,REC,REL
June 1962 Jimmy Dean
Bilbao Song The Four Lads 1961 Unverified
Born to Be with You The Four Lads 1956 Unverified
1958 Missouri Jazz Band [Sam Lanin] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman
1958 Harry Clark & Jack Diamond
i June 1962 Orchester Ricardo Santos
Call Me Irresponsible The Four Lads 1964 Unverified
1961 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers
Chanson d'amour The Four Lads 1963 Unverified
Charade The Four Lads 1964 Unverified
1961 Rosemary Clooney with Stan Freeman, Mundell Lowe, Jimmy Crawford & Frank Carroll
  1958 Julie Wilson [US] REL,BRD
1959 (unknown)
  November 1951 Little Donna Hightower - Orchestra directed by Horace Henderson REC, Ruth Casey with Graham Prince Ensemble REL
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
1958 Ethel Merman & Art Barnett
May 29, 1953 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Covered by (2 artists)
1961 (unknown)
1961 Doris Day with Frank De Vol and His Orch.
June 1962 Ernest Gold conducting the Sinfonia of London Orchestra, Pat Boone – Orch. conducted by Milt Rogers
Free Again The Four Lads September 1969 Unverified
  1961 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan REC,REL, Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan and Cast PRF
April 1952 Mildred Bailey
God Bless Us All The Four Lads 1954 Unverified
  1963 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
March 14, 1960 (unknown)
1963 The Rover Boys featuring Billy Albert - Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Don Costa
1959 Edison Male Quartette
1957 Sam Levene, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver REL, Sam Levene - Stubby Kaye - Johnny Silver with Male Chorus PRF, Pat Rooney, Sr. REC,REL,PRF, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver and Douglas Deane REC,REL,PRF, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley, Stubby Kaye, Ensemble REL,PRF, Stubby Kaye & Johnny Silver
1957 Danny Kaye with Gordon Jenkins and His Chorus and Orchestra
September 28, 1959 (unknown)
April 1952 Edna McGriff with Buddy Lucas and His Band of Tomorrow
June 1962 Billy Brown
December 28, 1951 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
  1961 Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF, Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC
  1961 Rosemary Clooney REL, Lucille Ball, Paula Stewart PRF
1961 (unknown)
  1961 Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
1958 Mary Martin, Dick Powell and The Golden Gate Quartette
1960 Bert Stock and His Orchestra
  1957 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REL, Kate Smith – Orchestra under direction of Jack Miller REC
May 1956 Heavenly Gospel Singers
1958 Ethel Merman & Ensemble
listen on Internet Archive 1957 (unknown)
I'll Be Around The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
1960 Doris Day – Orchestra conducted by Percy Faith
  1958 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Dick Powell BRD
listen on Internet Archive July 27, 1953 (unknown)
1958 Ethel Merman
June 1952 Betty Brewer
1960 Roy Hamilton
  December 26, 1952 The Jordanaires with Elton Britt REL, Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers REC
  1960 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
1960 The MGM Studio Orchestra
1960 The Ambassadors [US2]
  1960 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World The Four Lads 1963 Unverified
February 1955 Eddy Arnold and His Guitar
July 1955 The Maddox Brothers and Rose
1957 Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley and His Orchestra
1958 Grace McDonald & Rolly Pickert
listen on Internet Archive March 6, 1953 The Vagabonds [US3]
1963 (unknown), The Carter Family
  1958 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Wynn Murray REC, Wynn Murray PRF
1960 Enzo Fusco, (unknown)
Just Young The Four Lads 1960 Unverified
1963 Arthur Ball
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1959 Arthur C. Clough
  1960 Dinah Shore PRF, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC
Linda The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
  1958 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
1959 (unknown)
  1960 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
1959 Antoinette Stirling
Love with the Proper Stranger The Four Lads 1964 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
Mary's Boy Child The Four Lads 1956 Unverified
1959 Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony
1961 Orchestre de la Boule Blanche sous la direction de Charlery-Banguio - Refrain chanté par Mlle Léona, The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
1961 Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra & The Columbians
  1959 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
June 1962 Pete Seeger with Audience Participation
1959 American Quartet with Orchestra
  June 1962 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
More Four Lads 1964 Unverified
  1961 Sterling Holloway & Bobbie Perkins PRF, Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC
  1954 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
1958 Ray Middleton
April 1969 Gary Lewis and The Playboys
June 1962 Melina Mercouri, Lyn Cornell - Accompaniment directed by Ian Fraser
Nevertheless The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
1960 Arthur Collins
1963 The Four Knights with Orchestra
Oh! What It Seemed to Be The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
1957 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
Our Lady of Fatima The Four Lads 1960 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Kenneth Sargent
February 1955 Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
August 1954 Biddleville Quintette
Rock My Soul The Four Lads 1960 Unverified
  April 1952 Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC, Joe Turner [US1] PRF
  1960 Yao Lee, The Malcolm Mitchell Trio REL, Frankie Laine REC
Round and Round The Four Lads 1956 Unverified
June 5, 1953 Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
1961 Marty Robbins
1961 Merle Travis
August 1954 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
Covered by (9 artists)
1961 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
  1958 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   September 12, 1952 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
1960 Sophie Tucker
1958 Doris Day - Orchestra under the direction of George Siravo
  1958 Gertrude Lawrence REC,REL,PRF
1957 Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
March 1956 Shorty Long, John Henson, Alan Gilbert, Roy Lazarus
Stay as Sweet as You Are The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
1961 Charlie Phillips
Sunday The Four Lads 1958 Unverified
1959 Len Spencer
1958 Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Ethel Waters
  1963 The Swallows REC, Four Aces featuring Al Alberts REL
1958 Virginia Verrill
1958 Russell Wooding and His Grand Central Red Caps
1963 Dean Martin - Orchestra conducted by Walter Scharf
August 1956 (unknown)
Covered by (3 artists)
  1958 Ray Middleton PRF, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC,REL
1961 Helen Desha Beamer and Samuel Kapu REL, Charles E. King PRF, Mary Kaye Trio
  1958 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
June 1962 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra, Jackie Rae with Orchestra directed by Gordon Franks
September 29, 1958 The Four Lads
1957 Byron Palmer, Allyn McLerie, Doretta Morrow, Dancer, Student and Young Ladies
1959 (unknown), (unknown)
  1960 Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
1958 William O'Neal, Marty May, Ray Middleton and Ethel Merman
listen on Internet Archive   1956 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
  1961 Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under direction of Jay Blackton REL, Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts & Betty Garde PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl
The Wabash Cannon Ball The Four Lads 1954 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Fred Astaire
  1958 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
  1960 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
To Each His Own The Four Lads 1977 Unverified
1963 Grayson and Whitter
Tom Jones The Four Lads 1964 Unverified
  1960 Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert REC,REL, Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence PRF
  1958 Madelyn Russell REC, Lorenzo Fuller PRF,REL
1963 The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
  1957 Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Charles Wilson REC
  1958 Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang REL,PRF
  1957 Margaret Whiting with Frank DeVol and His Orchestra REL, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Babbitt and The Campus Kids REC
  1959 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
1954 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
  1958 Alfred Drake REL,PRF
  1958 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
1957 Byron Palmer & Doretta Morrow PRF, Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae and The Starlighters and Orchestra REC, Doris Day and Buddy Clark REL, Dean Martin with Orchestra REC, Ray Bolger PRF
1960 Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians
  1958 Lisa Kirk REL,PRF, Bing Crosby with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REC
August 1954 The Harptones with Accompaniment by The Shytans
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming The Four Lads July 1965 Unverified
Wonderful Copenhagen The Four Lads March 1958 Unverified
June 1962 Pusinelli & Hackert, Elvis Presley
  1961 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1956 Bing Crosby
  1958 Patricia Morison, Alfred Drake REC,REL,PRF
  1960 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
1961 Lloyd Price and His Orchestra
  1958 Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra REC, Charles King BRD

Web Covers by The Four Lads

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Cleo and Meo The Four Lads - Jill Corey, Mitch Miller's Orch., Buddy Weed February 8, 1954 Columbia [US]
Cry Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads November 1951 OKeh
Down by the River Side The Four Lads May 29, 1953 Columbia [US]
Enchanted Island The Four Lads May 19, 1958 Columbia [US]
Gee, But I'm Lonesome Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads, Orch. under the dir. of J. Carroll October 1952 Columbia [US]
Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea The Four Lads May 1954 Columbia [US]
Got a Locket in My Pocket The Four Lads August 3, 1959 Columbia [US]
Happy Anniversary The Four Lads with Joe Sherman & His Orch. and Chorus September 28, 1959 Columbia [US]
Heavenly Father Dolores Hawkins and The Four Lads April 1952 OKeh
He Who Has Love The Four Lads – Orch. under dir. of Norman Leyden March 6, 1953 Columbia [US]
I Just Don't Know The Four Lads with Ray Ellis 1957 Columbia [US]
I Love You Broc Peters & The Four Lads July 27, 1953 Columbia [US]
I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet & The Four Lads December 26, 1952 Columbia [US]
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) The Four Lads September 1953 Columbia [US]
Little Bit The Four Lads and Cathy Johnson July 1955 Columbia [US]
Moments to Remember The Four Lads July 18, 1955 Columbia [US]
My Heart's Symphony The Four Lads April 1969 United Artists Records
No, Not Much! The Four Lads - Orchestra under the direction of Ray Ellis December 27, 1955 Columbia [US]
Please Mr. Sun Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads, Orch. under the direction of Jimmy Carroll December 28, 1951 Columbia [US]
Please, Mr. Sun Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads - Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Carroll December 28, 1951 Columbia [US]
Pledging My Love (Forever My Darling) The Four Lads February 1955 Columbia [US]
Put a Light in the Window The Four Lads November 1957 Columbia [US]
Rain, Rain, Rain Frankie Laine & The Four Lads August 1954 Columbia [US]
Skokiaan The Four Lads - Orch. under the dir. of Neal Hefti August 1954 Columbia [US]
Somebody Loves Me The Four Lads – Orch. under dir. of M. Miller September 12, 1952 Columbia [US]
Standing on the Corner The Four Lads with Ray Ellis and His Orchestra & Chorus March 1956 Columbia [US]
The Bus Stop Song (A Paper of Pins) The Four Lads with Ray Ellis and His Orch. August 1956 Columbia [US]
The Mocking Bird The Four Lads June 1952 OKeh
The Mocking Bird The Four Lads September 29, 1958 Columbia [US]
There's Only One of You The Four Lads with Ray Ellis and His Orch. February 24, 1958 Columbia [US]
Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree The Four Lads November 29, 1954 Columbia [US]
Who Needs You The Four Lads with Ray Ellis 1956 Columbia [US]
You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You The Four Lads March 14, 1960 Columbia [US]

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