| Who Loves You | ||||
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| Released | November 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Sound Factory (Hollywood) | |||
| Length | 36:45 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros., Curb | |||
| Producer | Bob Gaudio | |||
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Who Loves You is an album by The Four Seasons. It was released in 1975 on Warner/Curb Records.
The record introduced the new Four Seasons lineup which now included John Paiva (guitar), Don Ciccone (bass), Lee Shapiro (keyboards) and Gerry Polci (drums). Who Loves You was the first album from The Four Seasons to de-emphasize Frankie Valli as lead singer. During the initial recording sessions, Valli—who already had a solo deal with Private Stock Records—was in Europe and did not have the time to learn the song when he returned, so Ciccone, a former lead singer of The Critters, recorded the lead vocal on the song's title track "Who Loves You," initially as a demo. (Joe Long, whom Ciccone was replacing as bassist, agreed to record the bass and bass vocal track for the demo; it would be his last song with the group. [1] [2] ) When Bob Gaudio pitched the demo to Warner Bros., according to Ciccone, they were so impressed with the song, and intrigued by the idea of a new Four Seasons lead vocalist to help differentiate the Seasons from the Valli solo records he was recording for Private Stock, that they signed the Seasons to a new record deal and declared Ciccone the Four Seasons' new lead singer. When Valli returned and learned of the signing, he was furious that Warner Bros. had let Ciccone upstage him. Valli then recorded the new lead vocal track, removing Ciccone's demo vocals except for his group contributions on the chorus. [3] "Who Loves You" established the band as stars of the 1970s (peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart).
Despite Valli's objections (as well as Long's, who thought that the band was moving too far away from its trademark sound and left in part because of that fact [4] ), Ciccone and Polci would handle the bulk of lead vocals on the new album. "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", released in December 1975, spent six months on the charts and became the group's all-time best-selling single. "Silver Star", the last single, also hit the Top 40, reaching #38 on the Hot 100 in 1976. All three singles from the album were successes in the UK, each placing in the top six positions of the UK Singles Chart.
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Best Ever Albums | [6] |
All songs written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Silver Star" | 6:05 |
| 2. | "Storybook Lovers" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Harmony, Perfect Harmony" | 4:46 |
| 4. | "Who Loves You" | 4:22 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Mystic Mr. Sam" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Slip Away" | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Emily's (Salle De Danse)" | 6:40 |
Album - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Billboard 200 | 38 |
| 1976 | Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] | 55 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Who Loves You" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| 1976 | "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| 1976 | "Silver Star" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 38 |
The Four Seasons is an American vocal quartet formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey. Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The band evolved out of a previous band called The Four Lovers, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, Bob Gaudio on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals. On nearly all of their 1960s hits, they were credited as The 4 Seasons. The band had two distinct lineups that achieved widespread success: the original featuring Valli, Gaudio, DeVito, and Massi that recorded hits throughout the 1960s, and a 1970s quintet consisting of Valli, Lee Shapiro, Gerry Polci, Don Ciccone and John Paiva, with Gaudio and Long providing studio support.
Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, best known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice.
Robert John Gaudio is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced the vast majority of the band's music, including hits like "Sherry" and "December, 1963 ", as well as "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" for Valli. Though he no longer performs with the group, Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli remain co-owners of the Four Seasons brand.
"December, 1963 " is a song originally performed by the Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's album Who Loves You (1975).
"Big Girls Don't Cry" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by the Four Seasons. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 1962, and, like its predecessor "Sherry", spent five weeks in the top position but never ranked in the Billboard year-end charts of 1962 or 1963. The song also made it to number one, for three weeks, on Billboard's Rhythm and Blues survey. It was also the quartet's second single to make it to number one on the US R&B charts.
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, and first recorded and released as a single by Gaudio's Four Seasons bandmate Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, making it Valli's biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You".
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"Rag Doll" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded by the Four Seasons and released as a single in 1964.
"Working My Way Back to You" is a song made popular by the Four Seasons in 1966 and the Spinners in 1980.
"My Eyes Adored You" is a 1974 song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. It was originally recorded by The Four Seasons in early 1974. After the Motown label balked at the idea of releasing it, the recording was sold to lead singer Frankie Valli for $4000. After rejections by Capitol and Atlantic Records, Valli succeeded in getting the recording released on Private Stock Records, but the owner/founder of the label, Larry Uttal, wanted only Valli's name on the label. It is from the album Closeup. The single was released in the US in November 1974 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975. "My Eyes Adored You" also went to number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1975.
The Four Lovers was a band formed in 1956 that was the result of vocalist Frankie Valli joining The Variatones in 1954. The Four Lovers achieved minor success before a name change to The Four Seasons in 1960. During those five years, group members also included Nicolas DeVito, Hugh Garrity, Charles Calello (bass), Nick Massi, Bob Gaudio, and Philip Mongiovi (drums).
The Wonder Who? was a nom de disque of The Four Seasons for four single records released from 1965 to 1967. It was one of a handful of names used by the group at that time, including Frankie Valli and The Valli Boys. Wonder Who? recordings generally feature the falsetto singing by Valli, but with a softer falsetto than on "typical" Four Seasons recordings.
"Who Loves You" is the title song of a 1975 album by The Four Seasons. It was composed by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1975.
"Silver Star" is the lead song on the Four Seasons album Who Loves You. As was the case of all the songs on the LP, it was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio. Drummer Gerry Polci sang lead. Frankie Valli's contribution was limited to harmony vocals, since he was gradually losing his hearing in the 1970s due to otosclerosis. An operation restored most of Valli's hearing in the 1980s.
"Let's Hang On!" is a song composed by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, and Denny Randell that was popularized by the Four Seasons in 1965.
Valli is the sixth solo LP album by Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons, released by Private Stock under catalog number PS-2017 as a stereo recording in 1976. It was reissued on compact disc in 2008, paired with his first solo effort from Private Stock, Closeup, by Collector's Choice.
Donald Joseph Ciccone was an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member of the pop group the Critters, singing their biggest hits "Younger Girl" and "Mr. Dieingly Sad". The latter he wrote about his girlfriend Kathy Cobb before he entered the Air Force during the time of the Vietnam War. Cobb later became his wife. When the Critters' first album started to take off, Ciccone was in the Air Force and the band had to tour without him. This is why many videos on YouTube do not feature him, but instead have Ken Gorka lip-syncing Ciccone's part.
Closeup is an album by Frankie Valli, released in February 1975 on the Private Stock label. It had been seven years since his prior album, and afforded Valli his first of two number-one solo hits in the US. The LP reached number 51 on the U.S. Billboard albums chart.
Lady Put the Light Out is an album by Frankie Valli, released in November 1977. It was his final album for Private Stock Records, which folded in early 1978.
