Four Below Zero

Four Below Zero, the New York quartet of Dornell Chavous, Moses McNeil, Cleveland Dickerson, and Harry Watson, nurtured lofty ambitions of fame that ultimately came to nothing. Their music attracted the attention of Patrick Adams, leading to a 1974 contract with his P&P imprint; the resulting single “Tell Me Why (We Can't Be Friends)” gained local traction in New York yet remained unknown elsewhere. A follow-up P&P release, “My Baby's Got E.S.P.,” issued in 1976 and credited to Adams, John Cooksey, Eugene Lemon, and Fay Hauser, performed more strongly in the city. Adams therefore placed the track with Roulette Records for wider release, an effort that yielded little beyond modest funds for stage attire and incidentals. The recording later surfaced on select Northern soul anthologies and retains appeal among collectors. No further Four Below Zero material found an audience, and the group soon dissolved. McNeil pursued songwriting without success, while Fay Hauser—one of the writers on “My Baby's Got E.S.P.”—issued solo recordings before establishing herself as an actor.