By: David Cace

David Cace — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:21:52 +0000

This 4 Seasons’ appearance on Hullabaloo is commercially available if anyone is interested in obtaining the entire show. The entire show was very good actually. Hullabaloo had a guest host every week and this week it was Trini Lopez as you could see from the introduction. Vicki Carr was on the show as was Herman’s Hermits and Freddy and the Dreamers. Does anyone remember “Do The Freddy.” It was a form of “jumping jacks” done to music. It was performed on this show. Thankfully the 4 Seasons did NOT come out to dance the “Freddy” with the rest of the guests. I believe Martha and the Vandellas were also on the show as was Chuck Berry and one or two other “minor guests” (the Brothers 3 or the Travelers 3, or was that 4?). To me, the best part of the show was the closing where all the guests came out to sing their “non hit” songs. The 4 Seasons did Bobby Freeman’s “Do You Wanna Dance” from the “Dawn” album with the recorded track but with Frankie singing live, and the fellas participated with all the other guests in singing “With A Little Bit of Luck” with Frankie’s falsetto being heard above everyone else. There was even some “movement” by the fellas during this song, I wouldn’t call it dancing exactly but some “shuffling” anyway.

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By: David Cace