Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Patch of Blue
Goin' to Tarrytown
everybody knows me there
I've been away too long in a concrete world, where no one cares
So you say that you gotta be lonely
It's a sign that can never change
I'll paint a patch of blue
on your weather beaten skies for you
Oh I'll make the sun come through
for you girl, you know I will
you know I will
If you believe in love
take my hand and come along
Loneliness never ends
when your livin' where
you can't belong
set your mind for a chance to be happy
let your heart find a way to love
I'll paint a patch of blue
on your weather beaten skies for you
Ooh I'll make the sun come through
for you girl, you know I will
you know I will
doo doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo
doo doo doo doo
I'll paint a patch of blue
on your weather beaten skies for you
Hey I'll make the sun come through
for you girl, you know I will
you know I will
I'll paint a patch of blue
on your weather beaten skies for you
Hey I'll make the sun come through
for you girl, you know I will
you know I will
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Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1937 in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as the lead singer of The Four Seasons, a music act of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day.
Valli scored over 25 Top-40 hits with The Four Seasons, a handful of Top-40 hits dubbed as a solo act in the late 1960s, one dubbed as "The Wonder Who?" in 1965 and again in the mid to late 1970s. Together they made the hit single December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) that can still be heard on the radio today. His best known "solo" single is Can't Take My Eyes Off You which reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967' 'Are you ready now' became a surprise hit in the UK as part of the Northern Soul scene and hit no11 on the UK pop charts in 1971. Valli scored big again in 1975 when 'My Eyes Adored you' hit no 1 on Billboards Hot 100. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with The Four Seasons in 1990.
Valli started his singing career in 1952. He cut his first single in 1953 as "Frankie Valley," a name he adopted from Jean Valley, his favorite female singer. In the mid-1950s he split up with the Travellers and joined The Variety Trio, which consisted of Tommy DeVito, twin brother Nick, and Hank Majewski. They redubbed themselves the Variatones, and later, "The Four Lovers" and had a top 40 hit with "Apple of My Eye" in 1956. After a few more name changes, the group was renamed "The Four Seasons" in 1960. About the same time, Valli "re-Italianized" his name to its current form. Nick DeVito and Majewski left the group in 1960 or 1961 and were replaced by Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi. Nick Massi was replaced in 1965 by Charlie Calello, the group's arranger, and then shortly after Charlie was replaced by Joe Long. As the lead singer of the Four Seasons, he had a string of hits beginning with #1 hit "Sherry" in 1962. Valli has been the lead singer from then until the present time, occasionally releasing singles under his own name, notably the theme song from the film version of Grease, (written by Barry Gibb), which was a #1 hit. In 1976, Valli covered the Beatles song "A Day in the Life" for the ephemeral musical documentary All This and World War II.
Valli is best remembered for his falsetto vocals, once prompting comedian Jackie Mason, referring to the hit Walk Like A Man, to exclaim, "Sing like a man, Frankie!"
He has made several appearances on the hit series The Sopranos as New York mob captain Rusty Millio. Valli himself was referenced earlier in the series. In the Season Four episode, "Christopher," the owner of a Native American casino offers Tony Soprano his help in getting a local Indian organization to drop its planned anti-Columbus Day demonstration. In exchange, Tony is asked to get Frankie Valli to agree to perform at the casino. He was also a guest star (as himself) in an episode of Full House.
John Lloyd Young won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Valli in the musical Jersey Boys. After the great success of the musical on Broadway, it has been reported that Valli is excited at the prospect for bringing the show to Las Vegas.
Valli recently released an album entitled "Romancing the 60's."
The Four Seasons, (known off and on since 1967 as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons), are an American pop and rock group, distinct from many similar groups of the early to mid-1960s in its traditional Italian-American sound. It also had a sound somewhat reminiscent of doo wop, but it was not known as a doo wop quartet. By the mid 1960s it became an internationally famous rock and roll group.
In 1961, the group known as The Four Lovers evolved into The Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, Bob Gaudio (formerly of The Royal Teens) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals (Massi was replaced in 1965 by Charles Calello, who was in turn replaced in 1965 by Joe Long on bass guitar and bass vocals).
The official name of the organization is the Four Seasons Partnership, formed by Gaudio and Valli after a failed audition in 1961. While singers, producers, and musicians have come and gone, Gaudio and Valli remain the group's constant (with each owning fifty percent of the act and its assets, including virtually all of its recording catalog).
The Four Seasons (group members 1961–1965) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
Info courtesy of Wikipedia.org
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