Four by Pat
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| type = EP
| artist = Pat Boone
| released = {{Start date|1957||}}
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| length = 8:38
| label = Dot
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| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pg5XwGgMAOo|"Technique"|link=no}}|header=Audio|type=EP}}
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Four by Pat is an EP by Pat Boone, released in 1957 on Dot Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/ac8a7/Pat-Boone-Four-By-Pat|title=Pat Boone - Four By Pat|website=ultratop.be|access-date=2023-01-04}}
It contained four songs: "Technique", "Cathedral in the Pines", "Louella", and "Without My Love".
In October–November 1957, the EP spent several weeks at number 2 of the Billboard{{'}}s Best Selling Pop EP's chart{{ref|A|[A]}}, only prevented from topping the chart by Elvis Presley's Loving You.https://books.google.com/books?id=UCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28
https://books.google.com/books?id=ICkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36
https://books.google.com/books?id=3SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40
https://books.google.com/books?id=_SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30{{better source needed|reason=|date=January 2023}}
It also charted on Billboard{{'}}s Best Played by Jockeys chart{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 | title=Billboard | date=14 October 1957 }} and in September, before the addition of a separate EPs chart, it had charted at least as high as number 12 on the combined Best Selling Pop Albums chart.https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30
https://books.google.com/books?id=QSEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29{{better source needed|reason=|date=January 2023}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = 7-inch EP {{nobold|(Dot DEP-1057, 1957)}}
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| title1 = Technique
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| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = Cathedral in the Pines
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| length2 = 2:11
| title3 = Louella
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| length3 = 1:39
| title4 = Without My Love
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| length4 = 2:21
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Charts
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!align="center"|Chart (1957) !align="center"|Peak |
| Billboard Best Selling EP's
|align="center"| 2 |
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!align="center"|Chart (1958) !align="center"|Peak |
| Billboard Best Selling EP's{{cite book | author = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | date = 15 December 1958 | title = Billboard | publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | pages = 50– | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7AoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50}}
|align="center"| 15 |
Notes
:1. {{note|A|[A]}} Published from October 7, 1957{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 | title=Billboard | date=7 October 1957 }}