July 18, 2016

Today in Four Seasons History–July 18, 1964: Rag Doll Tops the @billboard Hot 100 Chart! @frankievalli

July 18th, 2016

Fifty-two years today on July 18, 1964, Rag Doll by The Four Seasons topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remained at No. 1 for two consecutive weeks.

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  1. Such a beautiful sounding, well written song only the 4 seasons could sing. You know at this time in pop music history you had the Spector sound, the beach boy sound, and the Motown sound and it took the 4 seasons to put it all together and come up with Rag Doll. I’ve often wondered why this song never made the top 500 best songs of all time according to rolling stone magazine or for that matter any valli or 4 seasons song.

    Nothing like the smooth voice of Frankie Valli bouncing off a great drum beat driven by classic sounding hand claps and awesome guitar work.

    Comment by George perez — July 18, 2016 @ 7:19 pm

  2. Such a beautiful sounding, well written song only the 4 seasons could sing. You know at this time in pop music history you had the Spector sound, the beach boy sound, and the Motown sound and it took the 4 seasons to put it all together and come up with Rag Doll. I’ve often wondered why this song never made the top 500 best songs of all time according to rolling stone magazine or for that matter any valli or 4 seasons song.

    Comment by George perez — July 18, 2016 @ 7:20 pm

  3. You would think that at least “CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU” would have made the list.

    Comment by R A MILLER — July 19, 2016 @ 7:55 am

  4. RAGDOLL is MY all time favorite Frankie Valli song.. There is a story behind this song as well.

    But Frankie and The Four Seasons have earned their place in musical history!! Hopefully, we can continue to hear from him personally for a longer time. To have achieved what he has done, is amazing!

    God Bless you Frankie and all those associated with your phenomenal success.

    Comment by Audrey G — July 19, 2016 @ 1:34 pm

  5. Billy Joel finally admitted that the last line of “Rag Doll” was the inspiration for “Just The Way You Are”. And the B Side, “Silence Is Golden”, remake by The Tremeloes in 1967 was their most successful song in the US. Four Seasons B Sides were better than many artists A sides. Maybe The Tremeloes should have changed the lyrics to “Even The Bad Times Are Good”, to “Even Their B Sides Are Good”.

    Comment by Ted — July 20, 2016 @ 10:41 pm

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