Highly recommended Vocal-Group (Doo Wop).
Frankie Valli & Tommy DeVito are musically on the road since 1953 under various
group names (like: Variety Trio ; Village Voices) they toured through USA.
Soon after Bob Gaudio joined 1959 they changed name to the FOUR SEASONS.
Signed by VEE-JAY RECORDS in 1962 they reached the charts at No 1 with SHERRY.
From 1964 till 1969 they recorded for Philips - Motown and Warner followed in the 70s.
They recorded in 60s also as the WONDER WHO , The VALLI BOYS or most of time as:
FRANKIE VALLI & The FOUR SEASONS.
Some of their US Top 10 Chart Entries :
Sherry  #1 - 1962; Big Girls dont cry  #1 - 1962; Walk like a Man  #1 - 1963;
Dawn (go away) # 1 - 1964; Rag Doll # 1 - 1964; Save it for me  #1 - 1964;
Lets Hang Out  # 1 - 1965; Cmon Marianne # 9 - 1967; Beggin (only top 20);
Who Love You  # 3 - 1975; December 1963 (Oh what a Night) # 1 - 1975;


Style: Vocal Pop ; Blue Eyed Soul ;

see :
Variety Trio ; Varietones ; Village Voices ; Valli & The Romans ; Billy Dixon ;
Royal Teens ; Wonder Who (= 4 Seasons); Happenings ; Sugarloaf ; Too Cold ;
Danny & The Juniors ; Freddie Cannon ; The Critters ;

Musicians :
Frankie Valli - lead vocals;  Nick DeVito (-1961) - bass, voc.;
Tommy DeVito (-1970) - voc., guitar; Billy Thompson (-70) - drums;
Hank Majewski (-60)  repl. by Nick Massi (60-) - guitar, voc.;
Bob Gaudio (1959-) - vocals, keyboards, piano;
In 1965:
Massi  was replaced through Joe Long
The 70s:
Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio - vocals, songwriting;
Don Ciccone - bass, voc.(ex-Critters); Bob Grimm  (70-73) - guitar;
Gary Wolfe (1970-75), Gerry Polci (1975-) - drums, perc., voc.;
Bob Gaudio - piano, keyb.; Lee Shapiro (1975-) - keyboards, arranger;
John Paiva (73-77) - guitars, voc.; Jerry Corbetta (77-) - guitar, voc.;


Tracks :
Sherry  (B.Gaudio) 1962
Big Girls don't cry   (Bob Crewe-B.Gaudio) 1962
Walk like a Man  (Crewe-Gaudio)  1963
Dawn (go away)  (Gaudio-S.Linzer)  1964
Rag Doll  (arr. C.Calello-B.Crewe-B.Gaudio)  1964
Stay  (M.Williams)  1964
Let's Hang on  (C.Calello-B.Crewe-D.Randell-S.Linzer)  1965
Working my Way back to you   (D.Randell-S.Linzer)  1966
Opus 17  (don't you worry about me)  (1966)
I've got you under my Skin  (C.Porter)  1966
C'mon Marianne  (L.Brown-R.Bloodworth) 1967
You're Ready now  (1966)
Who loves you  (1975)
December 1963 (Oh what a Night)  (1976)
Silver Star  (1976)
My Eyes adored you  (1975)  Frankie Valli - Solo
Swearing to God  (1975) Frankie Valli - Solo
Fallen Angel  (1976) Frankie Valli - Solo
Grease  (1978) Frankie Valli - Solo
Can't take my Eyes off you (1967) Frankie Valli - Solo

Bonus-Tracks :
Who Loves You  (Ben Liebrand Re-mix) (1989)
December 1963 (Oh what a Night) (Ben Liebrand Re-mix)  (1989)