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Origins & Early Years 1953-62
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Origins & Early Years 1953-62
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
The Four Seasons, featuring the remarkable and unmistakeable voice of Frankie Valli, were one of the most popular and successful groups of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic, and one of the few American groups to withstand the onslaught of the British Invasion to carry their chart career through into the 1970s. When they had their first big hit as The Four Seasons in 1961 with "Sherry", they were by no means new to the pop scene and both Frankie Valli and the group had paid their dues for the best part of a decade, honing their skills in a variety of guises on an equally bewildering array of record labels. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set features most of Frankie Valli's early recordings, both solo and with various groups before they became The Four Seasons in 1960, and then presents their early successes under that name. It comprises selected A & B sides as Frankie Valley, Frankie Valley & The Travellers, The Four Lovers, Frankie Valli & The Romans, The Village Voices, Billy Dixon & The Topics, Johnny Halo, Hal Miller and The Rays, and The Four Seasons for the Corona, Mercury RCA, Epic, Okeh, Cindy, Decca, Topix, Gone and Vee-Jay labels. It also features the tracks from The Four Lovers album "Joyride" and the Four Seasons album "Sherry &11 Others". Quite apart from setting the scene for the rest of their career as the Four Seasons, this collection of doowop and rock 'n' roll from the era when Frankie and his colleagues were exploring the potential of their talent, is hugely entertaining and offers a real insight into what lay behind The Four Seasons' success.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | February 4, 2022 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046341121 |
Label | ACROBAT ADDCD3411 |
Genre | Pop |
Dimensions | 126 × 145 × 10 mm · 108 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- My Mother's Eyes - Frankie Valley
- The Laugh's on Me - Frankie Valley
- Forgive and Forget - Frankie Valley and the Travelers
- Somebody else Took Her Home - Frankie Valley and the Travele
- You're the Apple of My Eye - the Four Lovers
- The Girl in My Dreams - the Four Lovers
- Honey Love - the Four Lovers
- Please Don't Leave Me - the Four Lovers
- Be Lovey Dovey - the Four Lovers
- Jambalaya - the Four Lovers
- Happy Am I - the Four Lovers
- Never Never - the Four Lovers
- I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
- (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons - the Four Lovers
- Such a Night - the Four Lovers
- Joyride - the Four Lovers
- This is My Story - the Four Lovers
- Memories of You - the Four Lovers
- San Antonio Rose - the Four Lovers
- It's Too Soon to Know - the Four Lovers
- White Christmas - the Four Lovers
- Night Train - the Four Lovers
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy - the Four Lovers
- Cimarron (Roll On) - the Four Lovers
- Shake a Hand - the Four Lovers
- The Stranger - the Four Lovers
- My Life for Your Love - the Four Lovers
- Pucker Up - the Four Lovers
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2. CD
- If You Care - Frankie Tyler
- Come Si Bella - Frankie Valli and the Romans
- Real (This is Real) - Frankie Valli and the Romans
- It May Be Wrong - Frankie Vally
- Please Take a Chance - Frankie Vally
- Red Lips - Village Voices
- I Am All Alone - Billy Dixon and the Topics
- Trance - Billy Dixon and the Topics
- An Angel Cried - Hal Miller & the Rays
- More Lovin', Less Talkin' - Johnny Halo
- Bermuda - the Four Seasons
- Spanish Lace - the Four Seasons
- Sherry - the Four Seasons
- I've Cried Before - the Four Seasons
- Big Girls Don't Cry - the Four Seasons
- Connie-o - the Four Seasons
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town - the Four Seasons
- Christmas Tears - the Four Seasons
- The Merry Christmas Medley - the Four Seasons
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby - the Four Seasons
- Peanuts - the Four Seasons
- La Dee Dah - the Four Seasons
- Teardrops - the Four Seasons
- Apple of My Eye - the Four Seasons
- Never on Sunday - the Four Seasons
- I Can't Give You Anything but Love - the Four Seasons
- The Girl in My Dreams - the Four Seasons
- Oh Carol - the Four Seasons
- Lost Lullabye - the Four Seasons