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In addition to his legendary music career, Frankie Valli is a father of six. The Four Seasons frontman first became a father figure in 1957 when he married ex-wife Mary Mandel, who shared daughter ...
Valli was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio [10] on May 3, 1934 [11] to an Italian family in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey; he is the eldest of three sons. [12] His father, Antonio (Anthony) Castelluccio, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Faiano, Salerno, Campania, was a barber and display designer for Lionel model trains; his mother, Mary Rinaldi, who was from Avellino, Campania ...
Celebrity Weddings of 2023: Stars Who Got Married This Year. Read article. The Four Seasons frontman, 89, and the former CBS marketing executive, 60, began dating in 2015 but have known each other ...
Frankie Valli previously got a temporary restraining order against his oldest son, Francesco, in April. ... His wife, Jackie Jacobs, and his twin sons, Emilio and Brando, were there to support him ...
Frankie Valli's first commercial release was "My Mother's Eyes" (as Frankie Valley) in 1953. The following year, he and guitarist Tommy DeVito formed The Variatones (with Hank Majewski, rhythm guitar, Frank Cottone, accordion, and Billy Thompson, drums), [15] which between 1954 and 1956 performed and recorded under a variety of names before settling on the name The Four Lovers, based upon a ...
[1] [2] Their daughter, Olivia Valli, is now a musical theatre performer, including taking the role of her own grandmother in the musical Jersey Boys that dramatizes the early days of the band. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was also married to Rhea Gay Chiles, daughter of late U.S. Senator and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles and Rhea Grafton Chiles.
Frankie was photographed at his Walk of Fame ceremony on Friday, May 3, with wife Jackie Jacobs and twin sons Emilio and Brando Valli. During his speech at the event, the legendary singer made a ...
In 1975 Gaudio wrote "Who Loves You" and "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" with his future wife Judy Parker. The Bob and Judy songs became big hits for a reconstituted Four Seasons group (only Valli was left of the original lineup; Gaudio stopped touring with them in 1971 to concentrate on writing and producing).