Sh-Boom The Four Quarters (Canada)

This girl group from the Great North is in no danger of displacing The Guess Who, The Band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Neil Young & Crazy Horse or Rush on the short list of Canadian bands most Americans can count on one hand. Still, the young ladies have established a regional reputation in their native Ontario.

The quartet of Canucks are longtime friends from formative years spent at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School, and the alumnae still manage to reunite to add to their repertory of Doo-Wop covers (although their arrangement of “O Canada” is apparently their most requested tune). For the time being, a hit is something the 4Qs get on their fan page or YouTube, but they appeared on a compilation CD of Doo-Wop artists from around the world. Their version of “Sh-Boom” comes bundled at the end of a medley. The execution is earnest and wants to please but the sound is a bit thin and doesn’t take advantage of the opportunity to be more daring.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7qA72LhMO0&list=RDk7qA72LhMO0