The Four Freshmen have been entertaining us with terrific harmony arrangements of jazz and pop standards since 1948. Of course, the members have changed, but their fantastic sound remains the same!

The Four Freshmen were born at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN in the Summer of 1948. Their first professional booking was September 20, 1948 at the "113 Club" in Ft. Wayne, IN.

The Freshmen are unique because of the Freshmen "sound". Singing groups at that time had the lead voice in the middle of the chord; the Freshmen was the first male group to put the lead voice at the top of the chord. This led to arrangements that are as distinctive as fingerprints. If you've ever heard a Four Freshmen cut, you'd recognize another -- anytime, anywhere. The Freshmen called their style "open" harmony (as opposed to "close" harmony) because they spread their four voices over the area that a five-part group would cover. Add their unique musical phrasing (more like instruments would play than voices would sing) and the Freshmen Sound came flowing out.