On November 12, 1931, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and phenomenal record producer Bob Crewe was born! We wish Mr. Crewe a very Happy 78th Birthday today!
(Photos 5 & 6: BroadwayWorld.com)
(more...) Jim Farmer of Sovo.com has a feature on Jonathan Hadley, who plays Bob Crewe in the national tour of JERSEY BOYS.
One of the surprises many audience members members receive when watching the musical “Jersey Boys” is learning that there was an unofficial fifth member of the legendary Four Seasons band, Bob Crewe, and […]
On March 2, 1963–forty-six years ago this week, The Four Seasons had their third chart-topper: “Walk Like A Man”! The song remained in the Number One position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three straight weeks.
(more...)On November 12, 1931, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and phenomenal record producer Bob Crewe was born! We wish Mr. Crewe a very Happy 77th Birthday today!
Photos 4-5 by BroadwayWorld.com; Photo 6 by Superiorpics.com
(more...)Oh, What A Gala–Saturday, May 3, 2008–Jersey Boys Opening Night at The Palazzo!!
Photos by the Tech Half and Danielle Gaudio-Lalehzar.
Walking into the magnificent Palazzo on Saturday evening, May 3, 2008 for one of the most exciting things ever to hit Las Vegas–Jersey Boys Opening Night Gala and Frankie Valli’s 74th birthday celebration–was a night like […]
On March 22, 1975, Frankie Valli hit Number One on the Billboard Pop Chart with “My Eyes Adored You.” The song stayed in the top spot for one week and remained on the chart for 23 weeks.
This song, written by the Four Seasons long-time producer and co-writer, Bob Crewe, and Kenny Nolan, was a sentimental […]
In Act One of Jersey Boys, before becoming The Four Seasons, the guys are singing background for Bob Crewe’s other artists in the recording studio. Among those singers featured is the Hal Miller character, singing “An Angel Cried” (written by Bob Gaudio). In 1961, Hal Miller and The Rays recorded that song on the Topix […]
(more...)According to Businesswire.com, sports fans across America will be humming songs from EMI Music Publishing songwriters after the Super Bowl on Sunday (February 3), after the world’s most creative music publisher completed agreements to feature its music within some of the most eagerly-anticipated television commercials of the year.
While full details of the details of the […]
“Music to Watch Girls By” by The Bob Crewe Generation (Peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967)
We wish Bob Crewe a Happy 76th Birthday today!
Bob Crewe was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. While Crewe is perhaps best remembered for the parade of hits he co-wrote with Four Seasons […]
Jersey Boys Blog wishes Bob Crewe a Happy 75th Birthday!
Bob Crewe was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. While Crewe is perhaps best remembered for the parade of hits he co-wrote with Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, his music career began much earlier. Crewe, a Newark, New Jersey native who got […]
Broadwayworld.com provides fabulous coverage of the Jersey Boys Tony Awards party held at the Hard Rock Cafe. In addition to shots of the cast, crew, and producers, there are some great photos of original Four Seasons’ members Bob Gaudio and Tommy DeVito, and producer/songwriter Bob Crewe.
(more...)In today’s Los Angeles Times’ The Envelope web site, Gold Derby blogger Tom O’Neil says don’t be deceived by the fact that eight of The Envelope’s nine Tony Award pundits pick Jersey Boys to win Best Musical this Sunday night.
The odds — drafted by David Scott of America’s Line, based upon critics’ views — […]
The Jersey Boys Blog was thrilled to receive a thank you note from the legendary songwriter/producer/artist Bob Crewe for our recent post about his phenomenal accomplishments. Bob also noted that his visual artworks are currently represented by the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles.
(more...)In Jersey Boys, we’re introduced to Bob Crewe (played by Peter Gregus), the flamboyant, horoscope-obsessed song writer/record producer who helped to put the Four Seasons on the road to chart topping success in the 1960s. Crewe has had a very illustrious career as a musician, songwriter, record producer, and artist.
Bob Crewe was inducted into […]
Broadwayworld.com announced that Seth’s Broadway Chatterbox will showcase three cast members from the hit show Jersey Boys on Thursday, February 2nd at 6PM. Peter Gregus, who plays flamboyant, horoscope-obsessed record producer Bob Crewe, J. Robert Spencer, who plays original Four Seasons member Nick Massi, and Titus Burgess, who plays a number of roles throughout the […]
(more...)In a previous post, Jersey Boys Bog asked the question, Jersey Boys: A Rock Biography or a Jukebox Musical?? Although Chris Byrne of Gay City News believes that it is a jukebox musical, it demonstrates that the maligned genre is not all bad. He writes,
“Jukebox Musical” has become a term that is generally used derisively […]
(more...)The latest Jersey Boys review out there is from Gay City News. Christopher Byrne, like so many others, loved it! Here’s a sampling of what he said:
With “Jersey Boys,” writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, composer Bob Gaudio and lyricist Bob Crewe have demonstrated that there might be decent shows to be developed from pre-existing […]
(more...)Several Broadway-related websites have done a great job capturing the magic of Jersey Boys rehearsals, the Opening Night gala, performances at the August Wilson Theater, and TV appearances featuring the cast, the original Four Seasons members, and other people associated with the show. Below are some highlights:
This Broadway.com video features rehearsal footage with cast members […]
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