I’m 56. My parents had all the vinyl of Frankie from the beginning. My parents had date in our living room and when they danced to this one ❤WOW!!! When I hit my teen years I started understanding the hot passion of this song!! I need a fire extinguisher STAT every time I hear it & dance to it ❤❤
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You- Frankie Valley and 4 Seasons. Gents pretty confident you will like this song. It was a huge charting song back in 68. Love to see you react to it! Thanks for this great reaction.
@@vintwin69 I agree.... I saw this sort- of mini documentary and Gerry Polci said he did not like to sing lead tho. Bummer, because he's got an awesome voice. He'd probably be up there with the Phil Collins's and Don Henley's of the lead drummer-singers, imo of course.
The DRUMMER was married to Frankie's Daughter....this is from 1975 when the band lineup had changed many times. The last 90 seconds is a FUNK masterpiece- edited for corrections below
@@TheDivayenta very true....but being funky is not necessarily Funk. This song is very clean and structured. Funk is all over the place...and slower, amongst other things. 😀🪩
An absolute phenomenon. No auto tune, pitch correction....all analog. Real musicianship. Pure talent. "OH What a Night", and original version of "Beggin'" (covered by Maneskin). Blow your mind.
Y'all ought to listen to their number one hit... December, 1963 ("Oh What A Night") where the drummer Gerri Polci sings lead. It is their biggest hit, having been streamed almost 500 million times now on Spotify. (the next closest is "Sherry" at about 110 million streams) The original and remix versions of "Oh What A Night" spent a combined, near-record 54 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Gerri joined the band in 1973 and really re-energized their career.
The importance of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons cannot be overstated. Sherry walk like a man my eyes adored you Are three of the greats. Jersey Boys was a hit for a reason
The Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” is a terrific and detailed look at the careers of Frankie Valley & The Four Seasons. Generally, I don’t care for musicals but this was more like a concert with narration.
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons go back all the way to 1962 when their first hit "Sherry" topped the charts...26 hits later, movies about them, awards given, and they are still relevant. ✌😎.
Fenom is correct! Frankie Valli and Joe Pesci from my home state of NJ. They were both from Newark and the original band started there in 1960. Great song and thanks for reacting to the tune
Oh Fenom, Joe Pesci grew up with the original 4 Seasons members .. Love Frankie Valli and all of their catalog, it's a deep, deep rabbit hole. Big Girls Don't Cry, Sherry, Walk Like A Man, and a zillion more!!! He's STILL performing into his 80's!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I heard Sherry when I was 11 or 12 years old. We all thought the group was black. The 4 Seasons had a lot of hits. This is a good one. Watch the movie Jersey Boys.
There Is a line in good fellas when henry hill stood up the girl for dinner and she went looking for him she said "you got some nerve standing me up! Who do you think you are Frankie Valli or something?"😅😅
Always love FB & The four seasons & saw them in person as a teen. This one brings back good memory vibes but I was not aware of the date it came out which was my 16th birthday. Makes it even more special to me.
Great song guys!! Frankie Valle is one hell of a singer and he’s got a load of songs over many years on the charts! This song swings and is really catchy!!!
You guys have become my fave reactors! I love your comments after the song is over, you don't interrupt the performances, and man what enthusiasm you have. I know this song well from club hopping with my old friends back in the day, but had never seen this video. Thanks mucho!
Franki Valli had a part in the Sapranos. Played the 4 seasons while in high school on cassette player in the car, '66 Chevy Caprice, we blasted their music😂😂 so much fun back then💃☘️
Right into Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons ,saw Jersey boys show , absolutely brilliant . Once again I have to say the 70s was the best decade for music .
Your reaction to this hit is priceless! The mid-70s Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons were: Gerry Polci (drums); Lee Shapiro (keyboards); John Paiva (rhythm guitar); Don Ciccone (bass & rhythm guitar). Original members: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio (who co-wrote Who Loves You! and many of their other big hits), Nick Massi (bass), and Tommy DeVito (guitar).
Frankie Valli's range was critical to the early success for the group, but he wanted to be a more complete singer, actually more of a jazz singer. He eventually got the record label to agree to let him do some more traditional sounds, but it was a very good working relationship with the group, and the guy who wrote most of the 4 Seasons songs wrote many of Valli's "solo" hits. First was Can't Take My Eyes Off You, which I think was going to be released as a Four Seasons song, but the label decided against it. As it turned out, bringing in non-falsetto songs was likely critical to the long term success of the group. They did have a down period in the late 60s/early 70s before a massive comeback with Who Loves You, Oh What a Night (December 63), and Valli's individual hits, including the massive "My Eyes Adored You." As usual, they have a lot of lesser known songs that are exceptional.
My childhood favorite group. Singing along with Frankie’s falsetto actually helped me learn to control my soprano voice. Still listen and sing with the original songs from the 60s most days. My favorites are “Let’s Hang On” and “Opus 17”, but love all of them. Being a Jersey Girl, I’ve been a huge fan and have seen Frankie perform 3 times, plus the play “Jersey Boys”and the movie several times.
I'm thinking "December 1963" should be next, also from 1975. They had a bunch of GREAT earlier hits but, IMO, were more Pop songs. This song and "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)" showed more versatility and quality song writing. And yes, Frankie Valli was known mostly for singing incredible falsetto.
my uncle knew frankie and was a drummer . frankie asked him to play drums for him. all from newark nj. the next song from the same time is, oh what a night december 1963. its also a funky dance song i know you will like
This is a production masterpiece. I won’t even get into all the reasons why this song is amazing. and I also won’t get into all of the craziness behind the song with the shuffling around of the vocals and Frankie Valli being out of the country and the management doing weird stuff. Infighting etc. But the production is just so freaking good. (The Sound Factory there is a story in itself right there!) So much great music was made in that studio.
FRANKIE VALLI WAS HUGE HITS IN 1950 AND 1960S WHEN MY MOTHER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL... SHE TOLD ME THE JUNKBOX WAS FRANKIE VALLI STACKED... LIKE HAPPY DAYS ERA .... MY MOTHER ALWAYS WATCHING HAPPY DAYS " THATS MY HIGH SCHOOL WORLD"" THAT'S WHY FRANKIE WAS IN 1982 MOVIE GREASE BECAUSE IT WAS A 1960 HIGH SCHOOL LIKE MOVIE SO FRANKIE BOUGHT THE RTHYM TO THE 80S MOVIE MY MOTHER WAS A FRANKIE VALI SONG ... I REMEMBER DANCING TO THESE SONGS.. 1980S SONGS CAME OUT AND SHE'D SAY THATS A REDO SONG AND WHEN THERE WAS A TRACK TOSSED INTO 1980S BEST SONGS... WITH HEUY LEWIS. GREASE MOVIE FRANKIE AVALON SANG BEAUTY SCHOOL DROP OUT IN THE MOVIE . FRANKIE AVALON AND FRANKIE VALLI HUGE FRANKIE 1 AND FRANKIE 2 !!!! LOVE MY GUY COREY ROY SOUTHERN NOLA BELLE 🔔 💋
I grew up on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. I was blessed with parents who listened to a multitude of genres/artists. This really brought back memories. Thank you for reacting to it and may I suggest "My Eyes Adored You" next for them.
When I get carried down memory lane and watch - some younger reactors. Boy, they know how to take the mood away.. So, thank you for this reaction and knowing this is how we used to listen to music and not try to analyze every note or meaning...
The "NEW" 4 SEASONS in the video were Gerry Polci on drums, Don Ciccone bass, Lee Shapiro keyboards and John Paiva lead guitar---these 4 backed up Frankie Valli from 1973 through 1977-Gerry Polci sang lead on their next song--"Dec.'63 -Oh What a Night" -their biggest hit
The first 45 I bought was Walk Like a Man by the Four Seasons, one of the most popular groups (aliong with the Beatles) of my youth. So many enjoyable hits. If only for your own enjoyment, you guys need to take a deep dive into the Four Seasons catalog. One other thought - A catchphrase of Telly Savalas in the TV series Kojak (1973-1978) was "Who loves ya, baby?" The Four Seasons hit was released in 1975, I believe. I've often wondered if either of those two entities influenced the other with that phrase.
Jersey Boys is a stage play about their young lives becoming a group. Some were what they referred to as juvenile delinquents. Their stars were alined for making music, and, as they say, the rest is history.
BTW, "Who Loves You" hit #3 in '75 BUT "December 1963" was the #4 song on Billboards' Top 100 for the YEAR in '76. At least according to what I can find.(official disclaimer)🙂
Funny you mentioned The Beach Boys because The Beach Boys actually called them out on a song called “Surfers Rule”. In the 1980’s they cut a record together playing up to their rivalry called “East Meets West”.
“ Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” by Frankie is a MUST!!!!!!
Sherry , walk like a man , Big Girls don't cry , My Eyes adored you, Oh what a night, Rag doll, all bangers ❤️🔥🔥
Im a metal head, but I love me some Frankie Valli. Their harmonies are amazing.
Oh what a night
Late December, 1963
Oh yeah! Loved Frank Valli!
In the 60's, the Four Seasons were to the East Coast what the Beach Boys were to the West Coast!
Jersey Boys
Frankie Valli is still with us at 90 years of age 👍 every time I hear him sing it takes me back to my childhood… in a good way
And he’s still touring.
I’m 56. My parents had all the vinyl of Frankie from the beginning. My parents had date in our living room and when they danced to this one ❤WOW!!!
When I hit my teen years I started understanding the hot passion of this song!! I need a fire extinguisher STAT every time I hear it & dance to it ❤❤
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You- Frankie Valley and 4 Seasons. Gents pretty confident you will like this song. It was a huge charting song back in 68. Love to see you react to it! Thanks for this great reaction.
Frankie Valli sang this as his first solo, not with the 4 seasons
The drummer/blonde dude has a phenomenal voice!!!
That’s Gerry Polci! He is a teacher now.
He's fabulous in _Oh What A Night!_ - Gerry Polci.
December 63 Oh What a Night - Frankie Valley and 4 Seasons. Gents another huge song from them. Upbeat banger and would love to see you react to it.
Great suggestion
The Drummer sings most of it
A great voice in his own right
@@vintwin69 I agree.... I saw this sort- of mini documentary and Gerry Polci said he did not like to sing lead tho. Bummer, because he's got an awesome voice. He'd probably be up there with the Phil Collins's and Don Henley's of the lead drummer-singers, imo of course.
@@RuthBair-ht1fj 👍
Now thats BASS TO DIE FOR!!!
I am a Gen X female, and I can attest this song works on me. Very well. Love the video too.
Pure gold!💛
The DRUMMER was married to Frankie's Daughter....this is from 1975 when the band lineup had changed many times. The last 90 seconds is a FUNK masterpiece- edited for corrections below
I thought it wad the drummer
@@rocknroller77 - yes, the drummer Gerry Polci was his son in law. Played with them from 1973-1990.
Funk?...High Hat cymbal, 4 on the floor...dude that's DISCO.
@@11dswdisco included a lot of funky tunes.
@@TheDivayenta very true....but being funky is not necessarily Funk. This song is very clean and structured. Funk is all over the place...and slower, amongst other things. 😀🪩
An absolute phenomenon. No auto tune, pitch correction....all analog.
Real musicianship. Pure talent.
"OH What a Night", and original version of "Beggin'" (covered by Maneskin). Blow your mind.
Y'all ought to listen to their number one hit... December, 1963 ("Oh What A Night") where the drummer Gerri Polci sings lead. It is their biggest hit, having been streamed almost 500 million times now on Spotify. (the next closest is "Sherry" at about 110 million streams) The original and remix versions of "Oh What A Night" spent a combined, near-record 54 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Gerri joined the band in 1973 and really re-energized their career.
At the end of each Jersey Boys stage performances, this is played at the end. The band and cast stay on stage and the crowd goes nuts.
I’ve seen that show three times and would go again!
@@TheDivayenta me too! So good.
The importance of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons cannot be overstated.
Sherry
walk like a man
my eyes adored you
Are three of the greats.
Jersey Boys was a hit for a reason
You both were just smiling! That says it ALL! I love your reactions!
😊 thank you
The Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” is a terrific and detailed look at the careers of Frankie Valley & The Four Seasons. Generally, I don’t care for musicals but this was more like a concert with narration.
You gentlemen are OUTSTANDING !!!
The drummer is Gerry Polci
Love this song. "Begging" is another 4 Season song that is a classic and covered by so many bands
Frankie can sing with a falsetto, one of the most famous sounds in the biz. Incredibly versatile singer
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons go back all the way to 1962 when their first hit "Sherry" topped the charts...26 hits later, movies about them, awards given, and they are still relevant. ✌😎.
Fenom is correct! Frankie Valli and Joe Pesci from my home state of NJ. They were both from Newark and the original band started there in 1960. Great song and thanks for reacting to the tune
Oh Fenom, Joe Pesci grew up with the original 4 Seasons members .. Love Frankie Valli and all of their catalog, it's a deep, deep rabbit hole. Big Girls Don't Cry, Sherry, Walk Like A Man, and a zillion more!!! He's STILL performing into his 80's!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
In Newark!
I heard Sherry when I was 11 or 12 years old. We all thought the group was black. The 4 Seasons had a lot of hits. This is a good one. Watch the movie Jersey Boys.
So happy that you guys love this one also! 😁 💃🎶🕺🎵💃
... this was the HUGE 1975 comeback song for the group. They had been absent from the Hot 100 for quite a while, but they came back with a BANG!!!
There Is a line in good fellas when henry hill stood up the girl for dinner and she went looking for him she said "you got some nerve standing me up! Who do you think you are Frankie Valli or something?"😅😅
Love this song❤
Oh what a night was another good one
I can remember being a small boy listening to this song in my mom's br on America's Top 40.
Frankie played Rusty Millio on The Sopranos! ❤ He’s got the look!
You are so right!!!
Always love FB & The four seasons & saw them in person as a teen. This one brings back good memory vibes but I was not aware of the date it came out which was my 16th birthday. Makes it even more special to me.
Great song guys!! Frankie Valle is one hell of a singer and he’s got a load of songs over many years on the charts! This song swings and is really catchy!!!
Thank you for covering this! What MEMORIES this brings back to me….7th grade…Friday night at the skating rink….good times! Thank you! 💜💜💜💜
That was one of my ALL TIME GREAT GROUPS...................HARMONY, BRO!
All over pop radio back in the day cool tune.
Love Frankie
This is amazing!! I am so blessed to have grown up with such good music!!
A great classic. I love their music! 🎶🎶😘👍
The Four Seasons did awesome change in their career. Thanks you 3 for the tune ❤. Enjoy!!
I saw Frankie and the 4 seasons at Little Darlins in Old Town, Orlando Fl. in the 80's and they were amazing live.
Bob Gaudio wrote this one, an unbelievable talent teamed with an unbelievable vocalist in Frankie Valli.
Simply the Best!!!
I love them. FYI the beegees wrote the theme song for Grease.
This was their early entry into the disco sweepstakes, but what a hell of a lot of fun this song is.
Favorite tune from Frank and the band.
This has the beautiful sound of the seventies orchestra, a'la Barry White.
Corey is such a _delight_ his face is just like sunshine!
Fabulous, perceptive reaction, chaps - love it! 🖤
You guys have become my fave reactors! I love your comments after the song is over, you don't interrupt the performances, and man what enthusiasm you have. I know this song well from club hopping with my old friends back in the day, but had never seen this video. Thanks mucho!
Franki Valli had a part in the Sapranos.
Played the 4 seasons while in high school on cassette player in the car, '66 Chevy Caprice, we blasted their music😂😂 so much fun back then💃☘️
Right into Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons ,saw Jersey boys show , absolutely brilliant . Once again I have to say the 70s was the best decade for music .
Your reaction to this hit is priceless! The mid-70s Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons were: Gerry Polci (drums); Lee Shapiro (keyboards); John Paiva (rhythm guitar); Don Ciccone (bass & rhythm guitar). Original members: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio (who co-wrote Who Loves You! and many of their other big hits), Nick Massi (bass), and Tommy DeVito (guitar).
Opus 17 is a song that I think is overlooked. Its my fav of theirs.
My fave FV track Complex, haunting, beautiful.
Frankie Valli's range was critical to the early success for the group, but he wanted to be a more complete singer, actually more of a jazz singer. He eventually got the record label to agree to let him do some more traditional sounds, but it was a very good working relationship with the group, and the guy who wrote most of the 4 Seasons songs wrote many of Valli's "solo" hits. First was Can't Take My Eyes Off You, which I think was going to be released as a Four Seasons song, but the label decided against it. As it turned out, bringing in non-falsetto songs was likely critical to the long term success of the group. They did have a down period in the late 60s/early 70s before a massive comeback with Who Loves You, Oh What a Night (December 63), and Valli's individual hits, including the massive "My Eyes Adored You." As usual, they have a lot of lesser known songs that are exceptional.
It will take you a while to get through his catalogue. Worth it.
May favorite Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons song is Can't Take My Eyes Off You.
My childhood favorite group. Singing along with Frankie’s falsetto actually helped me learn to control my soprano voice. Still listen and sing with the original songs from the 60s most days. My favorites are “Let’s Hang On” and “Opus 17”, but love all of them. Being a Jersey Girl, I’ve been a huge fan and have seen Frankie perform 3 times, plus the play “Jersey Boys”and the movie several times.
I'm thinking "December 1963" should be next, also from 1975. They had a bunch of GREAT earlier hits but, IMO, were more Pop songs. This song and "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)" showed more versatility and quality song writing. And yes, Frankie Valli was known mostly for singing incredible falsetto.
So talented
my uncle knew frankie and was a drummer . frankie asked him to play drums for him. all from newark nj. the next song from the same time is, oh what a night december 1963. its also a funky dance song i know you will like
Thank you for reacting to this song
This is a production masterpiece. I won’t even get into all the reasons why this song is amazing. and I also won’t get into all of the craziness behind the song with the shuffling around of the vocals and Frankie Valli being out of the country and the management doing weird stuff. Infighting etc.
But the production is just so freaking good.
(The Sound Factory there is a story in itself right there!)
So much great music was made in that studio.
Thanks guys! My Eyes Adored You is my favorite song from this group. I hope you can give it a listen.
FRANKIE VALLI WAS HUGE HITS IN 1950 AND 1960S WHEN MY MOTHER WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL... SHE TOLD ME THE JUNKBOX WAS FRANKIE VALLI STACKED...
LIKE HAPPY DAYS ERA .... MY MOTHER ALWAYS WATCHING HAPPY DAYS " THATS MY HIGH SCHOOL WORLD""
THAT'S WHY FRANKIE WAS IN 1982 MOVIE GREASE BECAUSE IT WAS A 1960 HIGH SCHOOL LIKE MOVIE SO FRANKIE BOUGHT THE RTHYM TO THE 80S MOVIE
MY MOTHER WAS A FRANKIE VALI SONG ... I REMEMBER DANCING TO THESE SONGS.. 1980S SONGS CAME OUT AND SHE'D SAY THATS A REDO SONG AND WHEN THERE WAS A TRACK TOSSED INTO 1980S BEST SONGS... WITH HEUY LEWIS.
GREASE MOVIE FRANKIE AVALON SANG BEAUTY SCHOOL DROP OUT IN THE MOVIE .
FRANKIE AVALON AND FRANKIE VALLI HUGE FRANKIE 1 AND FRANKIE 2 !!!!
LOVE MY GUY COREY ROY
SOUTHERN NOLA BELLE 🔔 💋
I miss listening to musicians.
Now that was such a good song!
I grew up on Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. I was blessed with parents who listened to a multitude of genres/artists. This really brought back memories. Thank you for reacting to it and may I suggest "My Eyes Adored You" next for them.
Please keep going with them!!!❤
I grow up with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. We danced every Friday night to them. They did a Broadway play on the called The Jersey Boys.
ok .....but i like his early to mid 60's songs
I grew up with that music
You’ve probably also heard another one of their monster songs, DECEMBER 1963, OH WHAT A NIGHT! Would love a see a reaction to that one, guys.
👍
Just as good at singing and harmonizing, than they are at their instruments. Straight 🔥 MF's!!!
My wife and me attended a Frankie Vallie concert earlier this year and in his 80’s he still sounds the same.
I never knew Scarface could sing like that!
🤣🤣🤣
When I get carried down memory lane and watch - some younger reactors. Boy, they know how to take the mood away.. So, thank you for this reaction and knowing this is how we used to listen to music and not try to analyze every note or meaning...
Great reaction guys 👍
Glad you enjoyed
He has a very, high voice ❤❤❤
The "NEW" 4 SEASONS in the video were Gerry Polci on drums, Don Ciccone bass, Lee Shapiro keyboards and John Paiva lead guitar---these 4 backed up Frankie Valli from 1973 through 1977-Gerry Polci sang lead on their next song--"Dec.'63 -Oh What a Night" -their biggest hit
The first 45 I bought was Walk Like a Man by the Four Seasons, one of the most popular groups (aliong with the Beatles) of my youth. So many enjoyable hits. If only for your own enjoyment, you guys need to take a deep dive into the Four Seasons catalog. One other thought - A catchphrase of Telly Savalas in the TV series Kojak (1973-1978) was "Who loves ya, baby?" The Four Seasons hit was released in 1975, I believe. I've often wondered if either of those two entities influenced the other with that phrase.
Always been one of my favorites.
Definitely a rabbit hole to go down !! Timeless!!
My first concert.
Loved it!!
Jersey Boys is a stage play about their young lives becoming a group. Some were what they referred to as juvenile delinquents. Their stars were alined for making music, and, as they say, the rest is history.
The movie jersey Boys movie is also great ….. directed by Clint Eastwood
BTW, "Who Loves You" hit #3 in '75 BUT "December 1963" was the #4 song on Billboards' Top 100 for the YEAR in '76. At least according to what I can find.(official disclaimer)🙂
Funny you mentioned The Beach Boys because The Beach Boys actually called them out on a song called “Surfers Rule”. In the 1980’s they cut a record together playing up to their rivalry called “East Meets West”.
"WALK LIKE A MAN", another real banger from these same fellows!!
Sun ain't gonna shine anymore....great song
One you’d know because of covers is ‘beggin’ or the night probably not most peoples favourites but mine
Great reaction. Oh What a Night is a great song that I think you would like. ❤✌
Some old Frankie Valley and Four seasons sons are: Ragdoll, Sherry, Big girls don’t cry, Walk like a man and Let’s hang on.
What a Hit List!!!
Love, love, love this song ❤
Run Around Sue and/or The Wanderer - Dion and the Belmonts. I'm sure the Four Seasons suggestions have flooded in by now, I'll start giving thumbs up.
Thanks for the great song ❤️Great reactions.
Much love!!! Thank you so very much!!!