Four Seasons - Sherry (Original Stereo)

"Sherry" was written by writer/producer Bob Gaudio and with Frankie Valli in the lead, The Four Seasons took this, their very first release, all the way to #1 in the late summer of 1962 where it stayed for five weeks. Interestingly, Gaudio's original title tor the song was "Jackie Baby", in honor of then first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, but that idea was quickly discarded in favor of a two-syllable name, "Sherry".

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Music

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• Four Seasons
• Sherry
• Frankie Valli
• Bob Gaudio

[ableartistasylum]

Jackie and Sherry both have two syllables.

[Nocaro]

@ableartistasylum True, but when you sing "Sherry" as "Sher er ree", it has 3.

[stdfreesteve]

i dunno why on every 50s or 60s video theres little kids complaining about music these days. the music these days is fine. some of it sucks but who cares. not every song made in this time was great. just like music these days. just appreciate the stuff we hae now. no one gives a shit how old you are

[jeff62rey]

I was about 8 years old, riding in the back of our '65 Ford Station wagon as Mom drove on that Saturday morning to do Grocery shopping at A&P. As this song played on CKLW, I remember looking out the window at a world that seemed so much more tranquil, so much more gentle than the chaos that parades around in this God forsaken age. Mothers holding their kids by the hand as they crossed streets doing their downtown Saturday shopping. Kids lined up at the Fountain Street Theater for a movie.

[istymae]

@astralweeks88 dont forget the civil rights movement.........



[270billybob]

NOT MANY CAN SING NOW DAY'S THEY NEED HELP AND SCREAM SO YOU CANT SEE THEY CAN'T SING

[fightforyourrights9]

@stdfreesteve

My biggest beef with a lot of music out today is that many singers don't even sing very well. So many popular artists today are auto tuned.  There was also a bit less focus on looks in terms of who was popular in the past. Nowadays, if you are attractive and have a mediocre voice you can be a star.

[astralweeks88]

@jeff62rey 1965: only 1 year after the murder of Kitty Genovese and less than 5 years away from the My Lai Massacre and the Manson Family killings. J.F. Kennedy was assassinated in 63, his brother Robert was assassinated in 68; Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered the same year. The 60s also had The Boston Strangler, The Zodiac Killer, The Cincinnati Strangler and The Freeway Killer. The 60s may have been a time of conservative values, but let's not pretend the past was some utopia.

[astralweeks88]

@jeff62rey What you're talking about here is just nostalgia. The era of your childhood was no more tranquil or gentle than the era of my childhood during the early 1990s. The only reason the world feels safer when you're small is because your parents shield you from the true reality. It's only when you're old enough to read a newspaper or watch late night television that you discover the world for what it really is. Nostalgia is a great thing, but lets not use it to whitewash history.

[lindashortblonde]

taking me right back to my teens,memories of a great time,best ever music.

[2Burms]

I was twelve years old when this song came out and my father listened the radio so I wasn't surprised he liked it but I was amazed when my mother said she liked it. I knew they must be something special if she, the true fan of Lawrence Welk, actually liked the Four Seasons!

[cowboys430isback]

@stdfreesteve There is absolutely a reason why "little kids" complain about the today's music. If you haven't noticed, present day music consists only of sex, drugs, and money. This is what we're passing down to children. Any decent person would agree that they would rather their kids listen to oldies music where the topics were appropriate versus todays music of sex, drugs, and violence. You are sadly mistaken if you think today's music is the same as the 50's and 60's.