Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Whatever your feelings about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, there's no denying their considerable importance to music. No other white American group of the time, save the Beach Boys, boasted such intricate harmonies, though the Four Seasons were much more firmly in the Italian-American doo wop tradition. Their uptown production values were contemporary and, in certain respects, innovative. The R&B influence in their music was large, and some of their early singles enjoyed success with the R&B audience. And they were immensely successful, making the Top Ten thirteen times between 1962 and 1967 with hits like "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Dawn," "Rag Doll," and "Let's Hang On."
The Four Seasons had been around for a long time before they got their first hit in 1962. Philadelphia producer Bob Crewe started working with the Seasons in 1962, and his contributions would be inestimable in the following years. Not only did he produce all of their big '60s hits, but he would write much of their material in collaboration with group member Bob Gaudio. It was Frankie Valli's near-soprano, though, that dominated their number one hit "Sherry," as it would on the rest of their hits. "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," and "Candy Girl" all followed within the next year.
The British Invasion did little to diminish the Seasons' fortunes, at least initially. In 1964, they had several of their biggest hits: "Dawn," "Ronnie," "Rag Doll," "Save It for Me," and "Big Man in Town". The winning streak basically continued through 1967. "Let's Hang On," "Working My Way Back to You," "Opus 17," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Beggin'," and "Marianne" were all big hits from the time, though, working in some mild soul influences.
The group would only make the Top 40 one more time before their mid-'70s comeback. In the late '60s, Valli, while maintaining his position in the Seasons, had kicked off a solo career that went straight for the heart of showbizzy pop on his biggest single, the number two hit "Can't Take My Eyes Off You."
The Four Seasons returned to the top of the charts in the mid-'70s with "Who Loves You" and the nostalgic "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"; at the same time, Valli had a resurgence as a soloist, reaching number one with "My Eyes Adored You" and making the Top Ten with "Swearin' to God." Valli contiunued to tour extensively throughout the 80's and 90's.
In the mid-2000s, Jersey Boys - nothing less than a stage biography of the Four Seasons - was developed by Frankie and company and opened on Broadway in 2005, to critical acclaim going on to win the Tony Award for best musical. The show brought increased exposure to the group, which in turn led to renewed interest in Valli, who signed a new recording contract with Universal Motown and, on October 2, 2007, released his first solo album in 27 years, Romancing the '60s, a collection of covers of '60s hits he'd never recorded before. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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