Frankie Valli Reflects on ‘Romancing the ’60s’
October 26th, 2007In a UPI.com story, Frankie Valli states that he enjoyed revisiting his past on his new album, “Romancing the ’60s.”
Valli — whose group, the Four Seasons, is the subject of the hit musical Jersey Boys — says the “Romancing the ’60s” project “gave me an opportunity to do some songs I would have liked to record in the ’60s.” Among those are favorites by Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Young Rascals, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and more.
“This was quite a challenge,” Valli notes, “doing material that everybody already knew, and all No. 1 songs. The need and desire to make these songs your own was quite challenging.”
“Romancing the ’60s” was released on Universal Motown. Valli was with the Motown label briefly during the early ’70s.
Valli continues to tour and promote productions of Jersey Boys. He says a movie version of the musical is probably some years off, however.
This week, “Romancing the ’60s” is in the #167 position on the Billboard 200.
I loved this cd!! i’m a little old lady in santa rosa, ca. and this one really turned me on. especially the song Sunny. loved the tempo and the rhythms of the songs..
thank you franki!!
Comment by anita clark — October 27, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
FRANKIE AT HIS BEST, A LOT OF SONGS AND ALL NUMBER ONES, THE SEASONS NUMBER ONES WERE BETTER BUT FRANKIE DOING THE OTHER ARTISTS MAKES THESE SONGS BETTER!
Comment by JAMES PETRECCA — October 28, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
I have this new CD and I LOVE it. He is just as good as he always was.
Comment by Carol — November 2, 2007 @ 9:00 am