By: Ted Hammond

Ted Hammond — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:57:25 +0000

According to Joel Whitburn’s “Top Pop Singles” timeline, there appears to be some overlap between the times Bob Gaudio and Al Kooper were with The Royal Teens. Recently, Al Kooper credited Bob Gaudio for his first big break. The Four Seasons’ use of horns from “Big Girls Don’t Cry” forward could have been one inspiration for Al Kooper’s later works.

By: stubbleyou

stubbleyou — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:27:30 +0000

Al Kooper replaced Bob Gaudio in the Royal Teens? Now that’s interesting! ‘Dja ever notice that toward the end of everybody’s favorite, “Cry For Me,” an organ comes in in the background; I think it’s a Hammond, with that ‘skating rink’ sound — it always reminded me of the sound of the organ Al Kooper played behind Bob Dylan on “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Positively Fourth Street.” Could there be some kind of connection? Talk about “six degrees of Bob Gaudio!”

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