A Chronological History of eXtreme Quartetting

This is the chronological history of the Association of eXtreme Quartetting™ Harmony Brigades and shows which songs were sung at each Brigade Rally. The list is sorted in ascending order by year, then by the month an individual brigade is held, then by the CD track # (or alphabetically if there are no CD track #'s). The default view is all years, all brigades. Pressing the Reset button will return to the default view.

Be warned that it is possible to select a year/brigade combination that will return no data because that particular brigade was not held that year.  

The data for the current year will be added once every brigade has published their song selection for that year. This should happen sometime in June or July each year. Sorry guys, no spoilers here!

Click on the Song ID Number to see details about the song such as who arranged it, who recorded the learning tracks, which brigades sang the song, etc. 

The Ontario Brigade only happened once in 2011 and wasn't truly a part of the association of brigades. The data is included here as a memorial to the man behind the event, my friend, Dan Bezaire.

Covid-19 Notice: Due to the pandemic the following brigade rallies were not held:

2020: Only the NCHB, NPHB, LSHB, and UKHB rallies were held. All others were canceled.

2021: The UKHB and EHB were held virtually. All others were canceled. This year marked the birth of the Electronic Dance Card app that many brigades are now using.

2022: The NCHB, HSHB, EHB, and MHBNE rallies were canceled. MHBNE participants were invited to attend AHB. 

2024: The Harmony University Brigade was not held.

2025: The European Harmony Brigade was not held. Two new brigades were formed and held their first rally: Brigade on the Range (BotR) in June, and the Pacific Harmony Brigade (PHB) in September.


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# SongID Year Held Brigade Song Title Key CD Track # StartingWords
241 243 2007 IHB The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else G 5 I'm unhappy, so unhappy, for I can see the one I …
242 126 2007 IHB It Had To Be You G 6 Why do I do just as you say …
243 205 2007 IHB Side By Side Eb 7 Travlin' along, singin' a song, come along for …
244 182 2007 IHB One For My Baby G 8 It’s quarter to three, there's no one in the …
245 233 2007 IHB That's An Irish Lullaby Eb 9 Over in Kilarney many years ago, my mother …
246 263 2007 IHB When I Lift Up My Head F 10 Well, when I’m down, when I'm down and out …
247 205 2007 NCHB Side By Side Eb 1 Travlin' along, singin' a song, come along for …
248 243 2007 NCHB The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else G 2 I'm unhappy, so unhappy, for I can see the one I …
249 24 2007 NCHB Blue Skies Gb 3 Blue skies, blue skies are comin’ my way …
250 241 2007 NCHB The Nearness Of You G 4 Why do I just wither and forget all resistance …
251 157 2007 NCHB Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel) Ab 5 Do do, do do do do do do … Goodnight …
252 36 2007 NCHB Cuddle Up A Little Closer C 6 I love you; you know I do. You are the one I …
253 182 2007 NCHB One For My Baby G 7 It’s quarter to three, there's no one in the …
254 70 2007 NCHB Goodbye Old Dixie, Goodbye A 8 Down by the levee, there's a steamboat huffin' …
255 212 2007 NCHB Somebody Knows Bb 9 Let me have your ear for just a moment …
256 233 2007 NCHB That's An Irish Lullaby Eb 10 Over in Kilarney many years ago, my mother …
257 114 2007 NCHB I'm Going Back to Carolina C 11 I'm goin' back, back, back to Carolina …
258 254 2007 NCHB This Little Light Of Mine Bb 12 Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, oh let …
259 72 2008 AHB Great Day F 1 When skies were dark came Noah’s ark …
260 289 2008 AHB You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You Ab 2 Everybody’s lookin’ for some kind of …