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Judy Parker Gaudio (September 1938—September 14, 2017) [1] was a record producer and songwriter who is best known for her collaborations with and marriage to fellow producer and songwriter Bob Gaudio. Born to a family in Michigan, Parker began her career as an actress and model, spending four years in Rome, Italy. [2]
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).
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 ...
CHICAGO — Now 81, Bob Gaudio was the keyboardist and a vocalist for the Four Seasons and co-wrote many of the group’s hits, including “Sherry,” “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night),” and ...
As was the case of all the songs on the LP, it was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio. [2] [3] Drummer Gerry Polci sang lead. Frankie Valli's contribution was limited to harmony vocals, since he was gradually losing his hearing in the 1970s due to otosclerosis. An operation restored most of Valli's hearing in the 1980s ...
Though Bob Gaudio's then-girlfriend Judy Parker is credited as a songwriter on the record, she had not yet begun songwriting by the time the song was recorded. Parker would contribute her first lyric to their next song " December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) ."
Toni is the eldest daughter of Valli and Mandel. Toni later married Gerry Polci, a member of her father’s Four Seasons band, in 1987. “I first saw him when I was 15,” she previously told The ...
It was composed by Lenny Goldsmith, Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio and longtime Seasons collaborator Charles Calello. The song was the lone single from their album Reunited. The single version is a studio cut; the version on the album, like the remainder of the album, was recorded live on tour. [1]