I Chose "Let's Hang On"  :)

I think I like "Walk Like A Man" best.  :D

Oh Blimey! All of 'em...!! Rarely made a duff single this lot (some of the LPs were a tad ropey, but I digress...)

Other: 'Tell It To The Rain'...great song...

Walk Like A Man

Other: Silence is Golden and Stay



Cat

"Working My Way Back To You"

Other: 'Who Loves You'.....I must dowload this, thanks for reminding me !

Working My Way Back To You, solo Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.

Other; C'mon Marianne

I've messed the poll up. I voted for 'Oh what a night (December 63) but that's after the 60s - Duh!  :-[

Er . . . Working my back to you girl'.

"Sherry"  8)

I think I like "Walk Like A Man" best.  :D
Hey Karen, remember the movie of the same name starring Howie Mandell :D

"My Eyes Adore You"

Oh What a Night (December 1963)

Tanya

Oh What a Night (December 1963)

Tanya



one hundred percent!!!  :)

Great song, huh, Queen?

Tanya

Oh What a Night (December 1963)

Tanya


It's certainly my favourite song of theirs but I think it was made in the mid-70s.  :)

Let's Hang On and Sherry

It's certainly my favourite song of theirs but I think it was made in the mid-70s.  :)


Yes, let's keep it in the '60s or before.
;)

I went with their 1964 song "Rag Doll", which I always thought was their best song in the '60s.

:)

Working my way back to you

Tanya

"Sherry"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/frankievalliandthefourseasons3.shtml

"Oh What A Night"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/thefourseasons2.shtml

"My Eyes Adored You"
http://www.amiright.com/parody/70s/frankievalli8.shtml

Great topic! if you have the time I want to share a strange story about me and "The Four Seasons". They are my all time favorite group for a lot of personal reasons.These four guys from Newark, NJ had a unique style... like a mix of Do-Wop, Rock and Accapello rolled into one unique sound like no other group of it's time had... they stood alone and held their own against the giant groups in the business. 

Frankie Vallie with his eight octave voice gave the group it's uniqueness, group members Bob Gaudio and Bob Crew writing and arranging most of their songs and music, gave the Four Seasons that unique mixed sound that became Internationally recognized making their songs hits then and classics today.

Hey! they knocked the Beatles out of  number one spot with Rag Doll and held it for a few weeks, a great feat for them! this is when the Beatles owned 1st. 2d. and 3d. spots on all the music charts from coast to coast and they always had about 5 songs of the top 10 spots for almost 3 years, but the Four Seasons were always there with them.

My story and The Four Seasons is a strange one but maybe you can relate to it. Did your favorite group or singer seemed to write lyrics that parrelled your life at that time?  like every word they sang came from your love/hate situations...break-ups and make-ups that ruled your life at that time? as if they were cause of the changes in your life's destiny? like they took up residency in your head saw your life through your eyes, felt your deepest emotions and captured it all in a couple of words and when you listened to the song you said "Hey! that's my life they're singing about!

This is what this group's songs did to me...The Touch of You, Beggin', Save it For Me, Danger, No one Cares, Melancholy, Walk like a Man, Good bye Girl, Big Girls don't Cry... do you see a pattern here? this group was my mentors and tormentors, all of their songs were about my 4 years with this steady girl I used to go out with,  even the their version of "Will You Still Love Me tomorrow" has the name (Dody) in parentices at the end of the title on their album volume 7... my was my girls nick-name...why is her name there? how did they know?... STRANGE!!!! and to top all odds, would you believe they took the name "The Four Seasons" from a bowling ally" in my home town", where they used to sing at in the bar lounge before they became famous and was managed by actor Joe Pesci before he was famous. I used to hang out there on week-ends our first date and first kiss involved that The Four Seasons Bowling Ally...I believe there's some unseen force's that connected me to this group and used it's music to give me direction...God only knew no one else could get through to me!

I have to say "The Four Seasons where the biggest influence in the direction of my life's journey...which I'm am greatfull for today because it seemed when The Four Seasons broke up we broke up for good too and I met the true love of my life and soul mate for life and after 35 years of marriage she still makes my blood boil!

If you took the time to read this you must have had something like this happen to you too, tell me about it I like to know that I'm not the only one with a strange love or life story...c'mon lay it on us, open up and let it all hang out, maybe it will do you some good!   

Hot Wax  

   

I do happen to like Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons from the late 1960's & as well when they went disco during the mid 70's with "Who Loves You"& (December 1963)Oh,What A Night then Frankie went on his own with Swearin To God & Grease. :)



Howard

I picked Rag Doll, but could have easily picked any of the other songs..Frankie is the MAN!..been a fan of the Four Seasons since the early 60's (yes, I am that old). :)

I also like the 60's version of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. :)

Howard

Great topic! if you have the time I want to share a strange story about me and "The Four Seasons". They are my all time favorite group for a lot of personal reasons.These four guys from Newark, NJ had a unique style... like a mix of Do-Wop, Rock and Accapello rolled into one unique sound like no other group of it's time had... they stood alone and held their own against the giant groups in the business. 

Frankie Vallie with his eight octave voice gave the group it's uniqueness, group members Bob Gaudio and Bob Crew writing and arranging most of their songs and music, gave the Four Seasons that unique mixed sound that became Internationally recognized making their songs hits then and classics today.

Hey! they knocked the Beatles out of  number one spot with Rag Doll and held it for a few weeks, a great feat for them! this is when the Beatles owned 1st. 2d. and 3d. spots on all the music charts from coast to coast and they always had about 5 songs of the top 10 spots for almost 3 years, but the Four Seasons were always there with them.

My story and The Four Seasons is a strange one but maybe you can relate to it. Did your favorite group or singer seemed to write lyrics that parrelled your life at that time?  like every word they sang came from your love/hate situations...break-ups and make-ups that ruled your life at that time? as if they were cause of the changes in your life's destiny? like they took up residency in your head saw your life through your eyes, felt your deepest emotions and captured it all in a couple of words and when you listened to the song you said "Hey! that's my life they're singing about!

This is what this group's songs did to me...The Touch of You, Beggin', Save it For Me, Danger, No one Cares, Melancholy, Walk like a Man, Good bye Girl, Big Girls don't Cry... do you see a pattern here? this group was my mentors and tormentors, all of their songs were about my 4 years with this steady girl I used to go out with,  even the their version of "Will You Still Love Me tomorrow" has the name (Dody) in parentices at the end of the title on their album volume 7... my was my girls nick-name...why is her name there? how did they know?... STRANGE!!!! and to top all odds, would you believe they took the name "The Four Seasons" from a bowling ally" in my home town", where they used to sing at in the bar lounge before they became famous and was managed by actor Joe Pesci before he was famous. I used to hang out there on week-ends our first date and first kiss involved that The Four Seasons Bowling Ally...I believe there's some unseen force's that connected me to this group and used it's music to give me direction...God only knew no one else could get through to me!

I have to say "The Four Seasons where the biggest influence in the direction of my life's journey...which I'm am greatfull for today because it seemed when The Four Seasons broke up we broke up for good too and I met the true love of my life and soul mate for life and after 35 years of marriage she still makes my blood boil!

If you took the time to read this you must have had something like this happen to you too, tell me about it I like to know that I'm not the only one with a strange love or life story...c'mon lay it on us, open up and let it all hang out, maybe it will do you some good!   

Hot Wax  

   

I was browsing and saw this previous posting and I have another strange associated connection to add to this posting and my life's interweavings with Four Seasons. I resently found out this past August 05' that my son-in-law used to hang out and still are good friends Nick Massy Jr. the son of the late Nick Massy one of the original Four Seasons. To me that's strange and maybe it's just in my head, but now the 2d generation of the Four Seasons has a connection to my life through my son-in-law...there's always something there to remind me.  HW

ronnie, stay and save it for me.

Big Girls Don't Cry (although I'm here to tell you that they DO!)

Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You. - wonderful ballad.



Who Loves you is another underrated song.

From the list i would pick Opus 17, though i like the "lesser high pitched vocal songs"


I liked The Grease song that Franki Valli did too.......even though it was a 70's hit.

i wonder whatever happened to them, especially valli.


Timelord, I don't know what the other living Four Seasons are doing today,although Valli still does concerts and does some acting, he had a part on HBO's Sapranos. He was interviewed last week about the new Broadway show called "Jersey Boys". It's about them growing up in Newark NJ and how they got together to form the The Four Seasons. I made a posting on it...look on page 3 of the postings in "before the 70's" where we are now and check it out and check out the "Jersey Boys" web site.

Jersey Boys just opeded last week, I haven't purchased tickets yet, I'll be going to see the show.

Check out the site and it might answer more on your question.

Hot Wax 

Walk Like A Man
and other: Candy Girl

All you Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons fans should check out the 1981 hit "Seasons of Gold" by Gidea Park featuring Adrian Baker.  It's a simply fantastic medley of Four Seasons songs  8)

All you Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons fans should check out the 1981 hit "Seasons of Gold" by Gidea Park featuring Adrian Baker.  It's a simply fantastic medley of Four Seasons songs  8)


Thanks, I'll check it out. HW

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry



S C Mom, Why that one? They just know...don't they?

Hot Wax

man, all of their songs are so good...it's hard to choose a favorite....I guess, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" would be one of my favorites.

oh yes, Frankie was the man!

Hot Wax, I believe "Rag Doll" was #1 for 6 weeks...a vague association, in a sister's room, perhaps writing a letter to sister at college to tell her about that song being #1 for so long....

Actually, "Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)" was recorded by THE WONDER WHO....the 45 record cover had a connect the dots game on it....when connected it said WE ARE YOUR FAVORITES....and I correctly guessed THE FOUR SEASONS, my best friend at the time, said I was wrong....

how I ended up married to a man that absolutely hated the Four Seasons (a fav of mine! at the time) is another story...he went to jail shortly after we were married, his cell mate (from Newark NJ) loved & played them all the time...so that a few days before my daughter was born, her father insisted we change her name to DAWN, we had so established what her name was to be, that I got flowers addressed to "me & Kelly". Later, my ex, said he wanted the name because he knew she would be born at dawn.

Haven't listened to them in years. As I read these posts, can hear the songs playing on the radio in my head.

oh yes, Frankie was the man!

Hot Wax, I believe "Rag Doll" was #1 for 6 weeks...a vague association, in a sister's room, perhaps writing a letter to sister at college to tell her about that song being #1 for so long....

Actually, "Don't Think Twice (It's Alright)" was recorded by THE WONDER WHO....the 45 record cover had a connect the dots game on it....when connected it said WE ARE YOUR FAVORITES....and I correctly guessed THE FOUR SEASONS, my best friend at the time, said I was wrong....

how I ended up married to a man that absolutely hated the Four Seasons (a fav of mine! at the time) is another story...he went to jail shortly after we were married, his cell mate (from Newark NJ) loved & played them all the time...so that a few days before my daughter was born, her father insisted we change her name to DAWN, we had so established what her name was to be, that I got flowers addressed to "me & Kelly". Later, my ex, said he wanted the name because he knew she would be born at dawn.

Haven't listened to them in years. As I read these posts, can hear the songs playing on the radio in my head.


Hi Alyceclover, Yes, when "Rag Doll" hit the airways it went to number one the following day and staying there for about 6 week on all of the radio station hit lists. It knocked the Beatles down a couple of numbers, which was not easy to do back then when they had they always had four or five hits in the top ten and owned the number one two and three spots for a about three years. The Four Seasons songs always gave the English Invaition groups something to respect because their songs always jumped to number one within days of their release.

I'm sure she knows by now, your girlfreind was wrong. I don't why they did that stunt recording under The Wonder Who, it was recorded before the Beatles stunt with their secret messages in their Sgt. Pepper album, hey! maybe they gave the Beatles the idea! I'm listening to the song now as I'm writing this and just now found out it was writen by Bob Dylan also, so now I'm listening to it as a Dylan song because personally I still don't like the song the way they sang it...I guess fitting for" Wonder Who" only.

You had a interesting story about "Dawn", your Ex became a closet Season fan and to cool to admit it...right? and is your daughter's name Kelly or Dawn? I couldn't sort it all out from the facts.

We'll be going to see the "Jersey Boys" in January that's the earliest time when tickets were available...a Christmas gift to me and my wife from my kids, can't wait!

Good to talk to you...Hot Wax

ps...Dawn or Kelly?       

Big Girls Don't Cry (although I'm here to tell you that they DO!)


There is something about their songs that you can relate to...right?

HW

I am changing my vote to 'Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)'.  I keep listening to the Four Seasons medley, and this one really grabs me.  I love it  8)

I like them all and cannot decide on a particular favourite.