Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry

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Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1937 in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as the lead singer of The Four Seasons, a music act of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day. Valli scored over 25 Top-40 hits with The Four Seasons, a handful of Top-40 hits dubbed as a solo act in the late 1960s, one dubbed as "The Wonder Who?" in 1965 and again in the mid to late 1970s. His best known "solo" single is Can't Take My Eyes Off You. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Four Seasons in 1990. Valli started his singing career in 1952. He cut his first single in 1953 as "Frankie Valley," a name he adopted from Jean Valley, his favorite female singer. In the mid-1950s he split up with the Travellers and joined The Variety Trio, which consisted of Tommy DeVito, twin brother Nick, and Hank Majewski. They redubbed themselves the Variatones, and later, "The Four Lovers" and had a top 40 hit with "Apple of My Eye" in 1956. After a few more name changes, the group was renamed "The Four Seasons" in 1960. About the same time, Valli "re-Italianized" his name to its current form. Nick DeVito and Majewski left the group in 1960 or 1961 and were replaced by Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi. Nick Massi was replaced in 1965 by Charlie Calello, the group's arranger, and then shortly after Charlie was replaced by Joe Long. As the lead singer of the Four Seasons, he had a string of hits beginning with #1 hit "Sherry" in 1962. Valli has been the lead singer from then until the present time, occasionally releasing singles under his own name, notably the theme song from the film version of Grease, (written by Barry Gibb), which was a #1 hit. In 1976, Valli covered the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II. Valli is best remembered for his falsetto vocals, once prompting comedian Jackie Mason, referring to the hit Walk Like A Man to exclaim, "Sing like a man, Frankie!" He has made several appearances on the hit series The Sopranos as New York mob captain Rusty Millio. Valli himself was referenced earlier in the series. In the Season Four episode, "Christopher," the owner of a Native American casino offers Tony Soprano his help in getting a local Indian organization to drop its planned anti-Columbus Day demonstration. In exchange, Tony is asked to get Frankie Valli to agree to perform at the casino. He was also a guest star (as himself) in an episode of Full House. John Lloyd Young won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Valli in the musical Jersey Boys. After the great success of the musical on Broadway, it has been reported that Valli is excited at the prospect for bringing the show to Las Vegas.

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[nesha011083]

You older folks have to understand to your parents, this was junk! And to their parents what they listened to was junk. Remember when Elvis was morally wrong and corrupt? As we age, time tends to leave us behind in our era and we don't understand the new generation to come along. And in 30 years when you're long dead and you're kiddos are your age, they'll look back and go now Justin Beiber, that was music! Its a never ending story, lol!

[John1948Five]

@nesha011083 No, there is a small kernel of truth in what you said but it is way overstated.

[turnyip]

Love love this song.I really love sherry.!!! :)

[John1948Five]

@turnyip Sherry is my favorite too but YT keeps removing it. Sherry was the first Four Seasons song I ever heard and I remember that first hearing. When Frankie started out with his falsetto I thought, "OMG, what was that? I have to hear more!"

[ChaseFranklinProject]

Frankie screwed up! He said "told my girl we had to break up. Shame on u, u cried in bed." wrong buddy!

[33PorchMonkey]

dosnt this song come out in DIRTY DANCING

[samclub98]

I only know this cuz of dirty dancing and I'm only 12

[MsSherri48]

I guess I am lucky Here in Niagara falls canada I am able to get a radio station that plays this music at certain times of the day This and old counrty is to die for Keep it up you tube

[acdeucee]

I remember the odd thing was he played the double door in Chicago..and the jersey Boys protested out front. Isnt that the pot calling the kettle black?

[thedevo01]

@nesha011083 The concept of change is true, but Justin Beiber is a bad example.

Musically, he's got nothing interesting in his songs.

[Mineretta2012]

This was my Dad's montra to me. He always told me that big girls don't cry. I was about three years when he started saying this too me. I think I broke his heart when I would cry. He always told me to be a soldier too. He toughened me up all the time. He had been a medic in the Air Force. He was tough as nails and so am I. He would spank me and I would get so mad at him I wouldn't shed one tear. He would keep hitting me too and say I am spanking you until you cry & his hand would get tired first

[johneastmond]

Why is this band in such a hurry?!!! The singers can't even do their parts! Way too fast boys!!! Poor Four Serasons

[ivegotaright68]

i love frankie vallie and im just 10 years old hes 1 out of 10000000 this will blow you away hes my great great great great uncle so thats were i get my singing voice and my daddy to.

[Tonithenightowl]

@nesha011083 Exactly. I suspect its always been that way. We tend to love the music of our youth. For me that's the 60's. Good music stands the test of time.