Kurze Gruppen-Story:
Das Quartett The Four Bars aus Washington, D. C., waren bei der Gründung etwa 1954 Eddie Daye, Bass, Alfonso Feemster, erster Tenor, Melvin Butler, zweiter Tenor und Francis Henry, Bariton. Bereits 1957 verließ Francis Henry die Formation und wurde kurzfristig durch Eddie's Bruder William Daye ersetzt. Ziemlich gleichzeitig kam auch Ellsworth Grimes dazu, wodurch das Quartett bis zum baldigen Abgang von William Daye, etwa im Frühjahr 1958, kurzzeitig zum Quintett wurde, was aber keine Namesänderung nach sich zog. Etwa 1963, nachdem Eddie Daye sein eigenes Label DAYCO gegründet hatte, kam Otis Grissete, der den scheidenten Alfonso Feemster ersetzte, jedoch bereits 1964 selbst durch Betty Wilson ersetzt wurde.
Die Singles:
JOSIE
04 54....45-762....THE FOUR BARS SID BASS ORCH. ..Hey Baby (45 JOZ 005)/Grief By Day, Grief By Night (45 JOZ 006)
09 54....45-768....THE FOUR BARS BILLY MURE'S ORCH. ..If I Give My Heart To You (45 JOZ 017)/Stop It! Quit It! (45 JOZ 018)
09 55....45-783....THE FOUR BARS..Let Me Live/Why Do You Treat Me This Way
TIME
12 58....4....THE FOUR BARS..Why Did You Do It?/Phony Baloney
IPS
12 59....45-101....SHANE HUNTER - Vocal Background FOUR BARS..I'm So Helpless (HB)/SHANE HUNTER - Vocal Background FOUR BARS & MELLODEARS..Follow Me (G)
12 59....45-102....GUS GORDON..Don't You Think I Ought To Know (WJ)/GUS GORDON - Vocal Background FOUR BARS..Empty Room (DW)
CADILLAC
?? 60....Record 200 - Cadl. 2006….THE FOUR BARS Featuring Melvin Butler..Love Me Forever More (LO8W-0137)/What's On Your Mind (LO8W-0138)
LEN
?? 61....1014 A....THE FOUR BARS..The Game Of Romance/ B….Just Bid Me Farewell
DAYCO
07 62....D-101-A....THE FOUR BARS..Try Me One More Time (ZTSP 85146)/-B….Comin' On Home (ZTSP 85147)
?? 62....101....THE FOUR BARS..Try Me One More Time/What's On Your Mind (dann SHELLEY 180)
SHELLEY
06 63....SH - 180....THE FOUR BARS..What's On Your Mind (SH67631)/Try Me One More Time (SH67632) (DAYCO 101)
08 63....SH–183....THE FOUR BARS..Let The Wedding Bells Ring (SH812631)/It's All Over (SH812632)
FALEW!
08 64....FAL 108....FOUR BARS Arrangement by Horace Ott..Waitin' On The Right Guy (ZTSP 95237)/I've Got To Move (ZTSP 95238)
SHRINE
01 66....SR -112-1....EDDIE DAYE & THE FOUR BARS Arranged by Dale Warren..Guess Who Loves You/-2….What Am I Gonna Do
DONBUT
?? 66….keine Nr. ….VIC MARCEL..Come Back To These Arms (17349)/That's My Girl (17350) *)
DAYCO
?? 67....104....THE FOUR BARS..We Are Together/Speak Now
?? 67....4564-A....EDDIE JASPER DAYE'S FOUR BARS..Lean On Me (When Heartaches Get Rough)/-B….Why (I've Got To Know)
?? 67....1631 A....BETTY WILSON and The 4 Bars..All Over Again/ B….I'm Yours
FLYING HAWK
?? 67….15101….EDDIE "JASPER" DAYE & THE FOUR BARS..We Are Together (No One Can Tear Us Apart) (103-A)/Speak Now (Or Forever Hold Your Peace) (104-B)
DAYCO
?? 68 2109-A BETTY WILSON..Don't Give Up/-B….Anything To Please My Man
?? 69....2500 A....EDDIE DAYE'S 4 BARS Music By The Soul Bandits..Stay On My J. O. B./ B….Poor Little Me
*) Backgroundgesang: Four Bars - ohne Label-Angabe
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Gerd
