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"Big Man in Town" is a song popularized by The Four Seasons and written by Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio. The single was released by Philips Records in October 1964 and reached the #20 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Born in Newark in 1930 [1] and raised in Belleville, New Jersey, Crewe demonstrated an early and apparent gift for both art and music. [citation needed] Although lacking in formal musical training, he gravitated to learning from many of the great 19th- and 20th-century classical romantic composers as well as giants of jazz and swing, including Stan Kenton, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Benny ...
The song is sung from the perspective of a man whose girlfriend has been belittling him, and who takes his father's advice to "walk like a man" and leave the relationship in order to preserve his dignity. The song was a #1 hit in the United States for the Four Seasons. A 1985 cover version by Divine was a top 40 hit in several European countries.
Gaudio was taken with Holmes' song "Genuine Imitation Life" and decided to base a Four Seasons album upon it. With Holmes as his new lyricist, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette album was released in January 1969. The album was a commercial failure and symbolized the end of the Four Seasons' first period of success.
Single by The Four Seasons; from the album 2nd Vault of Gold Hits ; B-side "Beggar's Parade (from the album Workin' My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits)" Released: May 1966 [1] Genre: Pop-soul [2] blue-eyed soul [3] Length: 2: 32: Label: Philips: Songwriter(s) Sandy Linzer-Denny Randell: Producer(s) Bob Crewe: The Four Seasons singles ...
The big winner of the night was a contestant named Abby, who won VIP tour tickets, a drink with the band after the show and signed memorabilia including a fedora from the video for “Pontoon ...
After 25 years together as a band, Little Big Town is taking a moment to celebrate in TODAY's original video series, 8 Before 8. Watch now.
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 song. (Reynolds went uncredited in the musical and was replaced by the fictional disc jockey Barry Belson, a fact that Reynolds resented.