The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons are an American pop and rock group. The band is also know under the name of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - CD

This great 2002 compilation packs a single CD with 20 classics recorded for Vee-Jay, Phillips, Curb/Warner, Private Stock, & RSO between 1962 to 1978. Remastered from original master tapes, the quality of these songs is superb!

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons were hugely successful in America, where they had a long string of major hits, especially in the sixties. They were less successful in Britain but still managed seven top ten hits including a number one. Here you can find all the classics. From the sixties, there are Sherry, Big girls don't cry, Walk like a man, Rag doll, Let's hang on and many others. From the seventies, there are My eyes adored you, Who loves you, December '63 Oh what a night (their only British number one hit) and Grease. Two obvious omissions from the seventies are Night (a track recorded for Motown) and Silver star ( a UK top three hit), but you can't include everything by such a successful group.

Aside from their own hits, covers of their songs were also successful for others. Four of their songs were UK number one hits for others. Their versions of Silence is golden (Tremeloes) and The sun ain't gonna shine anymore (Walker brothers) are not included, but you do get their original versions of Bye bye baby (Bay city rollers) and Working my way back to you (Detroit Spinners).

Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

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1. Sherry
2. Big Girls Don't Cry
3. Walk Like A Man
4. Candy Girl
5. Dawn (Go Away)
6. Ronnie
7. Rag Doll
8. Save It For Me
9. Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)
10. Let's Hang On (To What We've Got)
11. Working My Way Back To You
12. Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)
13. I've Got You Under My Skin
14. C'Mon Marriane
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
16. My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli
17. Swearin' To God (Single Version) - Frankie Valli
18. Who Loves You
19. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
20. Grease - Frankie Valli

This is an excellent single CD collection of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, one of the best American groups of the sixties and seventies. -- P D Harris "Pete the music and horse racing fan" (Leicester England)

The Four Seasons - Band History

The Four Seasons (known off and on since 1967 as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - although not shown that way on any of their hit records), is an American pop and rock group. They also have a sound somewhat reminiscent of doo wop, but it was never known as a doo wop quartet. By the mid 1960s it had become an internationally famous rock and roll group.

In 1960, the group known as The Four Lovers evolved into The Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, Bob Gaudio (formerly of The Royal Teens) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals (Massi was replaced in 1965 by Charles Calello, who was in turn replaced later in 1965 by Joe Long on bass guitar and bass vocals).

The official name of the organization is the Four Seasons Partnership, formed by Gaudio and Valli after a failed audition in 1961. While singers, producers, and musicians have come and gone, Gaudio and Valli remain the group's constant (with each owning fifty percent of the act and its assets, including virtually all of its recording catalog).Bronson, Fred. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 3rd edition (Billboard Books, 1992) ISBN 0-8230-8298-9Sasfy, Joe. Liner notes to Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: 1962-1967 (Warner Special Products, 1987: Time-Life Music The Rock 'N' Era 2RNR-15)

The Four Seasons (group members 1960-1965) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.

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