When Frankie Valli and the Four Season Meet Again
| The Four Seasons | |
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 The Four Seasons in 1966 | |
| Groundwork data | |
| Besides known as | The Four Lovers (1956–1960), the Wonder Who? (1965–1967) |
| Origin | Newark, New Jersey, United states |
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| Years active | 1960–1977, 1979–present |
| Labels | Gone, Vee-Jay, Philips, Mowest, Warner Bros., MCA, Curb |
| Associated acts | The Variatones, the Royal Teens, The Modern Gentlemen |
| Members | Frankie Valli Noah Rivera Ronen Bay Craig Cady Joseph Ott Basil Fung Rick Keller Christian Moraga Jamie Kine Andy Sanesi Steve Warren Robbie Robinson |
| Past members | Tommy DeVito Bob Gaudio Nick Massi (né Macioci) Charles Calello Joe Long (né LaBracio) Bob Grimm Demetri Callas Pecker DeLoach Clay Hashemite kingdom of jordan Ronnie Carangelo Gerry Polci Don Ciccone Lee Shapiro John Paiva Jerry Corbetta Larry Lingle Lynn Hammann Chuck Wilson Rex Robinson Warren Ham Robin Swensen Howard Larrabee Tim Stone Tom Alvarado Fino Roverato Rich Callaci Daniel Donelly Craig Pilo Landon Beard Brandon Brigham Brian Brigham Todd Fournier Rudy Vano |
The Iv Seasons are an American rock band that became internationally successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1970, they accept too been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. In 1960, the ring known as the Four Lovers evolved into the Iv Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead vocalist, Bob Gaudio (formerly of the Regal Teens) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on electrical bass and bass vocals. On almost all of their 1960s hits they were credited as the four Seasons.
The legal name of the arrangement is the 4 Seasons Partnership, formed by Gaudio and Valli, and was taken later a failed audience in 1960. While ring members have come and gone, Gaudio and Valli remain the ring'southward constant (with each owning fifty pct of the act and its assets, including nigh all of its recording catalog).[1] [2] Gaudio no longer plays live, leaving Valli equally the simply fellow member of the band from its inception who is touring every bit of 2021[update].[three]
The band'southward original line-upward was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990,[4] and joined the Vocal Grouping Hall of Fame in 1999.[5] They are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.[3]
History [edit]
Before the Four Seasons [edit]
Frankie Valli's kickoff commercial release was "My Mother'due south Optics" (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 Baton Thompson, drums),[6] which between 1954 and 1956 performed and recorded under a variety of names before settling on the name the Four Lovers.[vii] [8] The aforementioned twelvemonth, the quartet released their offset record, Otis Blackwell's "You're the Apple tree of My Eye", which appeared on the Billboard Top 100 singles chart, peaking at #62.[9] V more Four Lovers singles (on RCA Victor) were released over the adjacent yr, with virtually no sales, airplay, or jukebox play. In 1957, the band's seventh single (this time on Epic) had a similar lack of success.[10]
From 1956 until 1958, the group stayed together, performing in clubs and lounges as the Iv Lovers and recording on music labels under various names: Frankie Tyler, Frankie Valli, Frankie Valli and the Travelers, Frankie Valli and the Romans, the Village Voices, and the Topics are some of the 18 "stage names" used individually or collectively past the members of the band. In 1958, Charles Calello replaced Nick Massi on bass in the lineup.
In 1959, the band started working with producer/songwriter Bob Crewe, primarily for session work (Crewe wrote "I Become Ape", which Valli recorded with the intention of releasing it as a "solo" single, just to exist beaten to the punch by an unrelated song of the same proper noun from Neil Sedaka, who became friends with Valli after on). Later that year, the Four Lovers were performing in Baltimore on the aforementioned stage as the Royal Teens, who were riding the moving ridge of success of "Brusque Shorts", a song co-written by then-fifteen-year-one-time Bob Gaudio, who was also the Regal Teens' keyboardist. In late 1959, Gaudio was added to the 4 Lovers on keyboards and guitar, as a replacement for rhythm guitarist Hank Majewski. Early the following twelvemonth, Nick Massi returned to supplant Calello, who remained the band'due south musical arranger.
In 1960, despite the changes of personnel, the fortunes of the Iv Lovers had non changed—they failed an audition for a lounge at a Spousal relationship Township, Spousal relationship County, New Bailiwick of jersey bowling establishment. According to Gaudio, "Nosotros figured we'll come out of this with something. So we took the name of the bowling alley. It was chosen the Four Seasons." Despite the last few years of frustration of the Four Lovers, this proved to exist the turning point for the band. Later, on a handshake understanding between keyboardist/composer Bob Gaudio and atomic number 82 singer Frankie Valli, the Iv Seasons Partnership was formed.
Ascension [edit]
The Iv Seasons signed as artists to Crewe'due south production visitor, and they released their first Crewe-produced single under their new proper name in 1961 ("Bermuda"/"Spanish Lace" on Gone Records). The single did not chart. The band continued working with producer Bob Crewe as background vocalists and sometimes leads under unlike names, for productions on Crewe'due south own Topix label. Every bit a follow-upwardly, Bob Gaudio wrote a vocal that, later some discussion betwixt Crewe and Gaudio, was titled "Sherry". Later on the song was recorded, Crewe and the members of the band solicited tape labels to release it. It was Frankie Valli who spoke with Randy Wood, West Coast sales manager for Vee-Jay Records (not the founder of Dot Records) who, in turn, suggested the release of "Sherry" to the determination-makers at Vee-Jay. "Sherry" made plenty of an impression that Crewe was able to sign a bargain between his production company and Vee-Jay for its release. They were the starting time white artists to sign with Vee-Jay.[11]
In 1962, the ring released their commencement anthology, featuring the single "Sherry", which was not just their outset charted hit only also their first number-ane song. Under the guidance of Bob Crewe, the Four Seasons followed up "Sherry" with several million-selling singles, generally composed by Crewe and Gaudio, including "Big Girls Don't Weep" (their 2nd #one hit), "Walk Like a Human" (their third #i), "Candy Daughter" (written by Larry Santos), "Ain't That a Shame", and several others. Also, they released a Christmas album in December 1962 and charted with a unique rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".
From 1962 to early 1964, the Embankment Boys were the only band to match the Four Seasons in record sales in the United states of america, and their outset 3 Vee-Jay non-holiday single releases (i.east., ignoring their version of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town") marked the start fourth dimension that a rock ring hit #i on the Billboard singles charts with iii consecutive entries.
In 1962, they were invited to perform their hit "Big Girls Don't Cry" on the show American Bandstand.
From Vee-Jay to Philips [edit]
Despite the band's success, Vee-Jay Records was in financial distress. The label had released several early Beatles singles in America. When the Beatles became hugely popular, Vee-Jay was swamped with orders, and they shipped more 2 million Beatles records in a single calendar month. The demands of mass production, the cash-menses problems involved, and the loss of the Beatles when Trans-Global (a house licensed past EMI to distribute its products) canceled Vee-Jay'due south contract on August 3, 1963, due to non-payment of royalties, found Vee-Jay hard-pressed to stay afloat. Vee-Jay continued to produce i Beatles album (in various forms) in defiance of the cancellation. Afterwards over a year of legal negotiations, Capitol Records was finally able to cease Vee-Jay, effective October 15, 1964.[12]
While the label went through internal turmoil with the Beatles and Capitol Records, a divide royalty dispute betwixt Vee-Jay and the Four Seasons headed to court. In January 1964, after several successful albums but a lack of money from Vee-Jay, the Seasons left Vee-Jay and moved to Philips Records, and so a division of Mercury Records.[xiii] In the 1965 settlement of the lawsuit, Vee-Jay retained release rights for all material the band recorded for the label. Vee-Jay exercised those rights liberally over the post-obit year. The grouping was obligated to deliver one final anthology to Vee-Jay, which they did in the class of a "faux" live LP. (When Vee-Jay was finally declared bankrupt in 1966, the 4 Seasons' Vee-Jay itemize reverted to the ring to settle unpaid royalties, and the tracks were then reissued by Philips.)[14]
The change of label did not diminish the popularity of the Four Seasons in 1964, nor did the onslaught of the British Invasion and Beatlemania. However, "Dawn (Go Abroad)" was kept from the #1 spot on the Hot 100 by no fewer than three Beatles singles in the March 21, 1964, edition (two weeks subsequently, the top five slots were filled by Beatles singles). In a two-record set dubbed The Beatles vs the Iv Seasons: The International Battle of the Century!, Vee-Jay created an elaborate two-disc package that the purchaser could use to write on and score private recordings by their favorite creative person. The discs were reissues of the albums Introducing... The Beatles and Aureate Hits of the 4 Seasons, featuring each original album's label, championship, and catalog number. Today, this anthology bundle is a collector's detail.[15]
One band, several acts [edit]
Nick Massi left the Four Seasons in September 1965. The ring's arranger, Charles Calello (a erstwhile member of the Four Lovers), stepped in as a temporary replacement. A few months after, Joe Long was permanently hired and became a mainstay of the ring on bass and backing vocals until 1975, with Calello returning to arranging. In the meantime, the 4 Seasons released recordings under a variety of names, including the Valli Boys, the Wonder Who?, and Frankie Valli. Every Valli "solo" recording from 1965 to "My Optics Adored You" in 1974 was recorded by the Four Seasons at the same time and in the same sessions every bit other 4 Seasons material; these were ordinarily distinguished in that material written and marketed as Valli solo numbers did not have Valli's trademark falsetto.[16] Valli's first postal service-1960 unmarried without the Seasons was 1975's "Swearin' to God".
More Height xx singles followed in 1965, 1966, and 1967, including "Permit'south Hang On!", "Don't Think Twice, Information technology's All Right" (as the Wonder Who?), "Working My Way Back to Yous", "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)", "I've Got Yous Nether My Skin", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (released under Valli'southward name as a "solo" unmarried), "Beggin'" (after covered past Norwegian duo Madcon and Italian band Måneskin), "Tell It to the Rain", "C'mon Marianne", and "I Make a Fool of Myself" (Frankie Valli "solo"). As well, other Crewe/Gaudio songs that did not become hits for either Valli or the Four Seasons became international hits in cover versions, such as "Silence Is Golden" (the Tremeloes) and "The Dominicus Own't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (the Walker Brothers). However, 1968's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was the band's last Top 40 hitting for seven years (reaching #24), just afterwards Valli's last "solo" hitting of the 1960s, the #29 charted "To Requite (The Reason I Alive)".
Terminate of the 1960s and move to Motown [edit]
By 1969, the band's popularity had declined, with public interest moving towards rock with a harder edge and music with more socially witting lyrics. Aware of that, Bob Gaudio partnered with folk-stone songwriter Jake Holmes to write a concept anthology titled The 18-carat Imitation Life Gazette, which discussed gimmicky issues from the band'southward standpoint, including divorce ("Saturday'south Begetter"), and Kinks-style satirical looks at modern life (e.one thousand., "American Crucifixion and Resurrection" and "Genuine Faux Life").
The album cover was designed to resemble the forepart page of a newspaper, pre-dating Jethro Tull's Thick every bit a Brick by several years. The record was a commercial failure and led to the band's departure from Philips soon after that, but information technology did grab the attending of Frank Sinatra, whose 1969 album, Watertown, involved Gaudio, Holmes, and Calello. The Seasons' last single on Philips, 1970's "Patch of Blue", featured the band's name as "Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons", but the modify in billing did not revive the band's fortunes. Reverting to the "Four Seasons" billing without Valli'south name upfront, the grouping issued a single on Crewe's eponymous characterization, a rendition of "And That Reminds Me", which peaked at number 45 on the Billboard chart.
After leaving Philips, the Iv Seasons recorded a ane-off single for the Warner Bros. characterization in England, "Sleeping Man", backed by "Whatever You Say", which was never released in the USA. John Stefan, the band's lead trumpeter, arranged the horn parts. Following that unmarried, the band signed to Motown. The first LP, Chameleon, released past Motown subsidiary label MoWest Records in 1972, failed to sell. A 1971 Frankie Valli solo single on Motown, "Love Isn't Here", and three Iv Seasons singles, "Walk On, Don't Look Back" on MoWest in 1972, "How Come up" and "Hickory" on Motown in 1973, sank without a trace. A vocal from Chameleon, "The Night", later became a Northern Soul striking and reached the top ten of the United kingdom Singles Chart, merely was non commercially released in the Us as a single, although promotional copies were distributed in 1972, showing the artist as Frankie Valli.
In late 1973 and early 1974, the Four Seasons recorded eight songs for a second Motown anthology, which the company refused to release, and later in 1974, the characterization and the ring parted ways. On behalf of the Four Seasons Partnership, Valli tried to purchase the unabridged collection of main recordings the group had made for Motown. After hearing the corporeality needed to purchase them all, Valli bundled to purchase "My Eyes Adored You" for $four,000. He took the record to Larry Uttal, the owner and founder of Private Stock Records, who wanted to release it equally a Frankie Valli solo single. Although the ring remained unsigned in the after part of 1974, Valli had a new characterization—and a new solo career.
Resurgence [edit]
While new hits for the 4 Seasons had stale up in the first half of the 1970s, the ring never lost its popularity as a performing human activity. Longtime member Joe Long stayed in the group until 1975. The new lineup boasted two new atomic number 82 singers in Don Ciccone (formerly of the Critters) and Gerry Polci, who eased the singing load on an ailing Frankie Valli (who was gradually losing his hearing due to otosclerosis, though eventually surgery restored most of it). As "My Optics Adored Yous" climbed the Hot 100 singles chart in early 1975, Valli and Gaudio managed to get the Iv Seasons signed with Warner Bros. Records as the disco era dawned. At the aforementioned time, Uttal was persuaded to release The Four Seasons Story, a two-record compilation of the band's biggest hit singles from 1962 to 1970. It quickly became a gold record, selling over one million copies earlier the RIAA started awarding platinum records for million-selling albums.
In 1975, record sales exploded for both Valli and the Four Seasons as both acts had million-selling singles in the United States ("My Eyes Adored You" striking #1 on the Hot 100 for Valli in March, "Who Loves You" peaked at #3 in November for the band and number 6 in the UK chart). In the United Kingdom, Tamla Motown released "The Nighttime" equally a single on the 'Mowest' label and saw it reach the #vii position on the Britain Singles Nautical chart. "My Eyes Adored Y'all" was also a Top x striking in the United Kingdom in February of that yr. Valli had his first truly solo hit in the summer of 1975 when the Bob Crewe-produced "Swearin' to God" followed "My Optics Adored Yous" into the upper reaches of the Hot 100, peaking at the #6 position and capitalizing on the growing disco craze. The song was released in three forms: the eight-minute album version, the ten-infinitesimal extended 12-inch single version, and the 4-minute single version. This record featured Patti Austin on span vocals before she became well-known. Valli followed this with a discofied #eleven hitting version of Ruby & the Romantics' "Our Twenty-four hour period Will Come", also featuring Austin.
The album Who Loves Y'all became a surprise 1000000-seller for the band, as it was the first Iv Seasons album to prominently feature lead vocals past anyone other than Valli ("Sorry" on Half & Half had featured Gaudio, DeVito and Long minus Valli, while "Wall Street Village Day" on Genuine Fake Life Gazette featured Valli on just a couple of 'span' section lead vocal lines). Gerry Polci did most one-half of the lead vocals, sharing them with Valli and one led by Ciccone ('Slip Abroad'). The title song had Valli doing the lead on the verses, only none of the trademark falsettos in the chorus. It was a Top 10 British hitting in October 1975, relaunching their career there.
The 4 Seasons opened 1976 atop the Billboard chart with their fifth #one single, "Dec, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", co-written by Bob Gaudio and his future married woman, Judy Parker. The single besides hit number one in the Uk. "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" had Polci singing lead on the verses, Ciccone featured on specific sections, and Valli on pb vocals only on the two span sections and fill-in vocals on the chorus.
Although the ring also scored modest nautical chart placements with "Silverish Star" (with Valli on harmony vocals) (#38 in 1976) and "Down the Hall" (#65 in 1977), both sung by Polci, and "Spend the Night in Honey" (#91 in 1980), which over again featured Polci as main pb vocalist and Valli singing the bridge section and contributing to fill-in group vocals, "December, 1963" marked the end of the Seasons' hit-making run. Both singles were hits in the Great britain, with "Silverish Star" making the Top x. (A dance remix of "December, 1963" returned them briefly to the upper reaches of the Billboard singles charts nearly two decades later).
After disco [edit]
Valli with The Modern Gentlemen, who served equally The Four Seasons from 2003 to 2018
The success of Who Loves You increased the popularity of the Iv Seasons as a touring grouping and reignited recording unit, only when 1977'due south Helicon album was released past Warner Bros., the climate was changing over again, both for the band and for Valli. The new tape yielded simply one Usa unmarried, "Down the Hall", which limped onto the Hot 100. In the UK they had chart hits with both "Down the Hall" and "Rhapsody" (with verses sung by Don Ciccone and Valli appearing to notable outcome only every bit lead vox over group harmonies on the chorus). At the same fourth dimension, Valli's string of solo hits had come to an end as he parted ways with Private Stock Records. Helicon saw Polci and Ciccone heavily featured as lead vocalists, Valli, likewise his co-lead chorus vocal on "Rhapsody" and some backing vocals, but taking a brief bridge lead vocal on ii songs that were sung mainly by Polci. Nevertheless, on "New York Street Song (No Like shooting fish in a barrel Way)", Valli likewise clearly stands out over the group harmonies on two notable a cappella sections. Plus, Valli took i solo lead song function on the album'due south concluding song, the brief Gaudio-Parker-penned "I Believe in You".
Excluding Valli'south 1978 "Grease" single, which hit #1 while the motion motion picture of the same name became the highest-grossing musical in cinematic history, the last Top 40 hit for the band was behind them. Both Valli and the band released singles and albums on an occasional basis, but after "Grease", only a remixed version of their biggest seller, "December 1963" would visit the upper half of the Hot 100 (in 1994). In January 1981, Warners released Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Reunited Alive. Produced by Bob Gaudio, it was a double album of concert recordings which included the two studio recordings "Spend the Night in Love" and "Heaven Must Accept Sent You (Here in the Dark)" sung by Valli. The latter became a UK unmarried simply failed to chart, while the erstwhile was released as a single in America, inching its way into the Hot 100.
In 1984, a long-awaited collaboration between the Iv Seasons and the Embankment Boys, East Meets West, was released on FBI Records, owned by the Four Seasons Partnership, which included well-nigh of the surviving Beach Boys (including Brian Wilson). All the same, the record did not sell well. Even afterwards the rise and autumn of the band'southward sales in the disco era, the Four Seasons, in one version or another (the group became a sextet every bit Jerry Corbetta, formerly of Sugarloaf, joined the lineup), continued to be a popular touring act, with Valli beingness the merely constant in the midst of a fluctuating lineup. Although Gaudio is nonetheless officially role of the ring (he and Valli are still equal partners in the 4 Seasons Partnership), he now restricts his activities to writing, producing, and the occasional studio piece of work. In Baronial 1985, MCA Records released the band album Streetfighter, which yielded two singles in the title track and "Book Of Love", a post-disco-style revamp of the Monotones' 1957 recording. In September 1992, a band album was released entitled Promise + Glory on the MCA/Curb label.
In 2003, Valli revamped the grouping and started touring with a new band of Four Seasons consisting of Landon Beard, Todd Fournier, and brothers Brian Brigham and Brandon Brigham. Beard, Fournier and the Brigham brothers performed as The Four Seasons for fifteen years, longer than whatsoever other lineup and longer than whatever of the band's other members except Valli and Gaudio. In 2018, the Beard/Fournier/Brigham quartet spun off and began performing as The Mod Gentlemen, with Valli's approval, and Valli recruited a new quartet of musicians to back him.
A massive 3CD + 1DVD box set ...Jersey Beat out... The Music Of Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons was released in mid-2007, marketed as the well-nigh comprehensive collection of Iv Seasons music yet. The album championship Bailiwick of jersey Beat is a play on Bailiwick of jersey Boys, a successful Broadway musical about the Four Seasons, as well every bit on Mersey Beat out, a term first coined as the title of a music magazine published in Liverpool, England, from 1961, but subsequently as well used to describe Liverpool's "beat music" civilization of the early on 1960s.
In 2008, the Four Seasons' "Beggin'" was revived by two acts. Pilooski made an electro remix of that vocal, while rap human action Madcon used it every bit the basis of their song "Beggin'". The latter reached number 5 in the UK charts and was a hit beyond Europe. The song was featured in a TV commercial for adidas shoes entitled "Celebrate Originality". The Adidas commercial is a popular hitting on YouTube and features a business firm political party with famous celebrities such as David Beckham, Russel Simmons, Kevin Garnett, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry, and Mark Gonzales.[17] [18]
In 2020, the group launched a YouTube channel, featuring the group virtually re-recording some of their songs.[xix]
The Iv Seasons Partnership and Snapper Records was supposed to release a limited-edition 44-disc career box fix in the summer of 2021,[20] simply it missed the release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will presently include every album released by the group, a CD of unreleased tracks from the grouping'due south Mowest years, three live shows taken from soundboard recordings as well as numerous other rare tracks and culling versions.
Other names [edit]
From 1956 until "My Eyes Adored Y'all" in 1975, records which the 4 Seasons recorded had the following artist credit (a sampling):
Pre-1960 [edit]
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valley
Frankie Valle and the Romans
The Iv Lovers
Frankie Tyler
The Variatones
1960 and afterwards [edit]
The Four Seasons
Hal Miller and the Rays
Billy Dixon and the Topics
Johnny Halo featuring the Four Seasons
The 4 Seasons
The Wonder Who?
Frankie Valli
The Valli Boys
Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons
The Romans
The Village Voices
Band members [edit]
Fractional credits before 1994.[21] [22]
Current
- Frankie Valli – vocals (1960–1977, 1979–present)
- Robby Robinson – keyboards, musical director (1979–1996, 2004–nowadays)
- Rick Keller – saxophone, flute, keyboards, percussion (2002?–nowadays)
- Basil Fung – guitar (2017–present)
- Andy Sanesi - drums (2018–present)
- Ronen Bay – backing vocals (2018–present)
- Craig Cady – backing vocals (2018–present)
- Joseph Ott – backing vocals (2018–present)
- Christian Moraga - percussion (2019–present)
- Noah Rivera – backing vocals (2020–present)
- Steve Warren – bass (2021–present)
- Carmen Grillo – guitar (2021–nowadays)
Former
- Bob Gaudio – vocals, keyboards, guitar (1960–1977, 1979–1992)
- Tommy DeVito – vocals, guitar (1960–1970, died 2020)
- Nick Massi – vocals, bass (1960–1965, died 2000)
- Charles Calello – backing vocals, bass (1965)
- Joe Long – vocals, bass (1965–1975, died 2021)
- Bob Grimm – vocals, guitar (1970-1971)
- Demetri Callas – vocals, guitar (1971-1973, died 2020[23])
- Pecker DeLoach – vocals, keyboards (1971-1973)
- Clay Jordan – vocals, keyboards (1971)
- Ronnie Carangelo – drums (1971)
- Richard Natoli – saxophone, horn (1972-1977, 1979–1982)
- Don Ciccone – vocals, bass, rhythm guitar (1972-1977, 1979–1982, died 2016) [24]
- Gerry Polci – vocals, drums (1973-1977, 1979–1982, 1988–1990) [25]
- Lee Shapiro – keyboards (1973-1981) [26]
- John Paiva – vocals, atomic number 82 and rhythm guitars (1973-1977) [27] [notation one]
- Jerry Corbetta – vocals, keyboards (1979-1985) [28]
- Larry Lingle – guitar (1979-1993, 2015)
- Rex Robinson – vocals, bass (1979-2003)
- Mike Lingle – drums (1982-1985)
- Lynn Hammann – vocals, drums (1982-1988)
- Chuck Wilson – percussion (1982-1990); drums (1990-1993)
- Robin Swenson – keyboards (1985-1991)
- Howard Larrabee – vocals, keyboards (1988-1990)
- Richie Gajate-Garcia – percussion (1990-2019)
- Tim Stone – vocals, keyboards (1991-1996?)
- Daniel "Zoro" Donelly – drums (1994-2005)
- Adrian Baker – vocals, guitar (1994-1995)
- Tommy Alvarado – saxophone, percussion (1994-1996)
- Fino Roverato – guitar (1994-2003?)
- Warren Ham – saxophone (1996-2000)
- Todd Fournier – vocals (2002–2018)
- Jason Martinez – vocals (2002-2007, 2018)
- Rich Callaci – keyboards (2003)
- Landon Beard – vocals (2003–2018)
- Brian Brigham – vocals (2003–2018)
- Keith Hubacher – bass (2004-2007, 2016–2018)
- Craig Pilo - drums (2005-2018) [29]
- Val Martinez – vocals (2006)
- Brandon Brigham – vocals (2006–2018)
- John Schroeder – guitar (c. 2012)
- Robbie Angelucci – guitar (c. 2012)
- John Menzano – bass (c. 2012)
- Brad Abrupt (2015-2016)
- Erik Bates – vocals (2018-2020)
- Sandro Rebel – keyboards (2018-2020)
- Wil Roberts – bass (2018-2020)
- Edwin Livingston – bass (2020)
- Jamie Kime – guitar (2020–2021)
Timeline
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
This is non a complete list of album releases. These recordings have been reissued on a diversity of labels, some of which are noted here. This list includes but those Frankie Valli solo albums (the first two) that were recorded every bit Four Seasons productions.
| Engagement of release | Title | Billboard acme[xxx] [31] | Label | Catalog number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1962 | Sherry & eleven Others | six | Vee-Jay | LP-1053 (Mono) / SR-1053 (Stereo) |
| December 1962 | The 4 Seasons Greetings | 13 | LP / SR-1055 | |
| Feb 1963 | Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others... | viii | LP / SR-1056 | |
| June 1963 | The iv Seasons Sing Own't That a Shame and 11 Others | 47 | LP / SR-1059 | |
| February 1964 | Born to Wander – Tender and Soulful Ballads (Folk-Flavored) | 84 | Philips | 200-129 (Mono) / 600-129 (Stereo) |
| March 1964 | Dawn (Become Away) and 11 Other Great Songs | half dozen | 200-124 / 600-124 | |
| July 1964 | Rag Doll | vii | 200-146 / 600-146 | |
| March 1965 | The iv Seasons Entertain You | 77 | 200-164 / 600-164 | |
| Nov 1965 | The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan... | 106 | 200-193 / 600-193 | |
| November 1965 | All New Recorded Live • On Stage with The 4 Seasons (studio album with audition overdubs) | 68 | Vee-Jay | VJS-1154 |
| January 1966 | Working My Way Back to You lot | 50 | Philips | 200-201 / 600-201 |
| May 1967 | New Gold Hits | 37 | 200-243 / 600-243 | |
| June 1967 | The 4 Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo (credited to Frankie Valli) | 34 | 200-247 / 600-247 | |
| July 1968 | Timeless (credited to Frankie Valli) | 176 | 200-274 / 600-274 | |
| January 1969 | The Genuine Simulated Life Gazette | 85 | 600-290 | |
| May 1970 | Half & One-half (alternating recordings credited to The 4 Seasons and solo Frankie Valli) | 190 | 600-341 | |
| May 1972 | Chameleon | — | MoWest | MW108L |
| November 1975 | Who Loves You lot | 38 | Warner Bros. | BS 2900 |
| April 1977 | Helicon | 168 | BS 3016 | |
| Baronial 1985 | Streetfighter | — | MCA/Curb | MCA-5632 |
| September 1992 | Promise + Glory | — | Curb | D2-77546 |
Compilation and live albums [edit]
The peak position on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart follows the anthology title.
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Selected singles [edit]
The US chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart follows the song title. Only singles that reached a position of #30 or higher on the Hot 100 are listed.
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Jersey Boys [edit]
Jersey Boys, a musical play based on the lives of the 4 Seasons and directed by Des McAnuff (The Who's Tommy, 700 Sundays), premiered at his La Jolla Playhouse and opened on November half dozen, 2005 to generally positive reviews. Information technology subsequently won multiple Tony Awards later its motility to Broadway. The original cast included John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Daniel Reichard as Bob Gaudio, Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito, and J. Robert Spencer as Nick Massi.[33] The play portrays the history of the 4 Seasons in 4 parts, with each role narrated by a different member of the ring and supposedly reflecting that band fellow member'southward perspective on the band'southward history. The writer of the book of the play, Rick Elice, interviewed Valli, Gaudio, and DeVito in writing the play, and pieced together Nick Massi'southward point of view based on those interviews (Massi had died before the play was written.) The Broadway production won iv 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Actor (for John Lloyd Young equally Frankie Valli), All-time Featured Actor (for Christian Hoff every bit Tommy DeVito), and All-time Lighting Pattern. There are currently three U.S. productions of Jersey Boys running outside New York and other productions overseas including productions in Toronto, London, Australia, South Africa and Holland.
The movie adaptation, directed by Clint Eastwood, starred John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda equally Nick Massi and Erich Bergen every bit Bob Gaudio. This film was released on June xx, 2014.[34]
See as well [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ In the early 1970's, John Paiva was a member of the ring The Happenings and a studio musician.
References [edit]
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- ^ "YouTube". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015.
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- ^ "Four Seasons 'Rock Family Tree'". Seasonally.co.uk . Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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- ^ "Sugarloaf Sings Near a 'Envy Lady'". Bestclassicbands.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
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- ^ "Clint Eastwood Is Bringing Jersey Boys to the Big Screen". Woman Around Town.
External links [edit]
- The Iv Seasons discography at Discogs
- The Four Seasons at IMDb
- The Four Seasons at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame folio on the Four Seasons
- 'The Four Seasons' Vocal Grouping Hall of Fame Page.
- "Jersey Boys", the Broadway Musical based on the life of Frankie Valli and the Iv Seasons
- Bob Crewe radio tribute evidence - "Bob Crewe: The Main and the Music" - hosted by Ronnie Allen and starring three members of the 4 Seasons plus 35 other music business organisation professionals
- The Four Seasons in the United kingdom – Enthusiasts and historical society site.
- The 4 Seasons interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)The Man on the Beat: John Gilliland and The Popular Chronicles
- The Four Seasons on The Ed Sullivan Show
- The Four Seasons official dwelling page
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