Jersey Boys Blog

Was there a Beach Boys/Four Seasons rivalry back in the ’60s when both American groups were topping the charts? On their 1963 album “Surfer Girl,” The Beach Boys let the world (and The Four Seasons) know that they were in charge with the song, “Surfers Rule.” Check out around 1:35 when they state, “Four Seasons, [...]

On January 27, 1966, The Four Seasons were guests on Dick Clark’s “Where The Action Is,” performing “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” Check out some amusing looks the guys are giving other as they’re singing between 0:45-0:52. Great stuff!

In honor of Rick Faugno’s final performance as “Frankie Valli” in JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas this Sunday, we have saluted him this week. Check out his fabulous interview on the “MORE” program on KVVU, back in 2008!

The first single Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi, and Frankie Valli released under the new name “The Four Seasons” was not “Sherry,” the song that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks back in 1962. Their first single was actually “Bermuda,” a song that the group released back in 1961 on George [...]

Let’s go back to 1987 for Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons’ fantastic appearance on “The Late Show” with host Joan Rivers! How about that horn section?

I don’t know about you guys, but the “Cry For Me” scene & musical number is one of my very favorite parts of JERSEY BOYS & of course, on the OBCR! Well, check out Frankie Valli’s amazing version of this song. Turns out it was the B side of the 1966 single “You’re Ready Now”!

On August 26, 1978, Frankie Valli hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with “Grease,” the theme song from the blockbuster movie. This hit, written by Barry Gibb, remained atop the chart for two consecutive weeks.

“Swing The Jingle” was an ambitious mid ’60s Coca Cola advertising project. The idea was to have the pop and soul artists of the day sing the “Things Go Better with Coca-Cola” jingle. The song was always written and performed in the style of the particular performing artist so that young people would identify and [...]

According to Greg Adams’ entry in the All Music Guide, Pepsi used the slogan “Come Alive! You’re in the Pepsi Generation” and a melody titled “Music to Watch Girls By” in their mid-’60s advertisements. Legendary producer Bob Crewe took his cue from the T-Bones, who had enjoyed a hit the previous year with an Alka-Seltzer [...]

If you were already a fan of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons back in 1975, you may remember all of their television appearances! In fact, they were ubiquitous on the tube! I can’t tell you how many times I attempted to tape them on my not so state-of-the-art audio cassette recorder! Throughout the year, [...]

On October 6, 1963, The Angels (sisters Phyllis “Jiggs” & Barbara Allbut and Peggy Santiglia) appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and performed “My Boyfriend’s Back.” The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from August 31-September 20, 1963.

During the summer of 1966, The Four Seasons released their second single, “On The Goodship Lollipop” under the name “The Wonder Who.” The song peaked at #87 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and remained on the chart for three weeks. “On the Goodship Lollipop” was from the 1934 movie “Bright Eyes” that starred Shirley Temple. Now, [...]

The song that almost never saw the light of day for Frankie Valli, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” ended up selling three million copies and peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1967. The song has been covered by some 200 artists over the years, in many countries, being [...]