Comments on: Jersey Boys Curtain Speech Honoring Bob Crewe by Rick Elice #BobCreweDay

By: Merle Garbe

Merle Garbe — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 01:45:01 +0000

Beautifully said, Rick. Many people don’t realize what a mover and shaper of the music business Crewe was. As well as his role in the success of the Four Seasons, in the 60′s, he also wrote and/or produced for Bobby Darin, Lesley Gore, Freddy Cannon, The Rays, and more. He was known as “the boy genius”. He also produced the original cast album of Leader of the Pack – The Ellie Greenwich Musical. Oh, and did I mention, he threw parties that were legendary, with guest lists that would be the envy of any celebrity gawker!

By: Len Gersten

Len Gersten — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:05:14 +0000

A fitting tribute to a great man! Thank you Rick Elice and the Jersey Boys companies around the world for honoring this talented man. In addition to his work with the Four Seasons and Frankie Valli, I have also very much enjoyed his musical associations with Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Leslie Gore, Oliver, the Rays, Diane Renay (“Navy Blue,” “Kiss Me Sailor” and an album’s worth of ’60′s girl-group sounds), Billie and Lillie (“La Dee Dah,” and “Lucky Ladybug” both songs recorded and released on early Four Seasons albums on Vee Jay Records), and the late, great Bobby Darin’s final studio-produced release on Motown Records in the early ’70′s. I also believe Bob Crewe was involved with another hit single from the sixties I have really come to enjoy, “Walking My Cat Named Dog,” by Norma Tanega. He truly was the “Fifth” Season.

By: Lulu Thompson

Lulu Thompson — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:30:51 +0000

A heartfelt tribute from the man who writes the words that is music to our ears about the man who wrote the words to the songs we still sing.

By: stubbleyou

stubbleyou — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:37:16 +0000

All his songs were spectacular.