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The Four Seasons is an American band formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey.Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.Known for the use of a traditional Italian-American sound, [5] they are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.
Frankie Valli. This is a list of singles and some albums recorded and released by Frankie Valli and/or The Four Seasons in their various guises since 1953. This list includes only commercially released singles on which Valli or some configuration of the group was credited with performing or producing.
This category includes songs recorded by The Four Seasons, originally called The Four Lovers and later called Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. This category also includes songs the band recorded as The Wonder Who?, and under the name of lead singer Frankie Valli between 1965 and 1974. See also Category:Frankie Valli songs.
Billboard said that "Silver Star" is an "infectious rocker with a disco feel," saying further that it sometimes sounds like early Who songs. [5] Cash Box called the song "an up-tempo cut, with strong emphasis...on vocal harmony," stating that "acoustic guitars hold up the rhythm tracks" and that "the song has a couple of interesting breaks that work well to hook the listener into the song."
According to the co-writer and longtime group member Bob Gaudio, the song's lyrics were originally set in 1933 with the title "December 5th, 1933", celebrating the repeal of Prohibition, [6] but after the band revolted against what Gaudio would admit was a "silly" lyric being paired with an instrumental groove they knew would be a hit, [7] Parker, who had not written a song lyric before by ...
In The Marvelous Wonderettes, Missy takes the lead on the song with the Wonderettes singing backup. At the climax of the song, Missy hits a Phantom of the Opera-esque high note. As with most of the Four Seasons' hit records, "Sherry" is included in the Four Seasons musical biopic Jersey Boys, with Reynolds's stunt being used to lead into the ...
It re-established the group's presence in the Top Ten (of the Hot 100) as The Four Seasons were in a flurry of activity, recording albums both as The Four Seasons and as supporting musicians for Valli's rekindled "solo" career. In the UK, the song was a No. 4 hit for the group. [5] Billboard described the song as having a "hard-driving dance ...
"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by the Four Seasons. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962, and, like its predecessor "Sherry", spent five weeks in the top position but never ranked in the Billboard year-end charts of 1962 or 1963.