Golden Hits of the Four Seasons
1963 greatest hits album by the Four Seasons
Golden Hits of the Four Seasons | ||||
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Greatest hits album by the Four Seasons | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Length | 29:52 | |||
Label | Vee-Jay | |||
Producer | Bob Crewe | |||
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Golden Hits of the Four Seasons is an LP album by the Four Seasons, released by Vee-Jay Records under catalog number LP-1065 as a monophonic recording in 1963, and later in stereo under catalog number SR-1065 the same year. It reached number 15 on the Billboard 200. The album features seven tracks that charted on the US pop chart, six of which within the top 40 and three number-one singles. In 1964, the album was repackaged as The Beatles vs the Four Seasons in a double-LP set with Vee-Jay's Introducing... the Beatles.[1]: 18 This version charted at number 142.[1]: 37
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Sherry" | Bob Gaudio | Sherry & 11 Others | 2:21 |
2. | "I've Cried Before" | Gaudio | 2:21 | |
3. | "Marlena" | Gaudio | The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others | 2:32 |
4. | "Soon (I'll Be Home Again)" |
| The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others | 2:26 |
5. | "Ain't That a Shame" |
| The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others | 2:33 |
6. | "Walk Like a Man" |
| Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others... | 2:11 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Connie-O" |
| 2:29 | |
2. | ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" |
| Sherry & 11 Others | 2:25 |
3. | "Starmaker" | Crewe | 2:40 | |
4. | "Candy Girl" | Larry Santos | The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others | 2:40 |
5. | "Silver Wings" | Crewe | 2:35 | |
6. | "Peanuts" | J. Lawrence Cook | Sherry & 11 Others | 2:30 |
Personnel
- Nick Massi – vocal arrangements
- Charlie Calello, Sid Bass – orchestral arrangements
- Charlie Calello – conductor
- Gordon Clark – engineer
Charts
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1962 | "Sherry" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
1962 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
1963 | "Walk Like a Man" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
1963 | "Ain't That a Shame" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 22 |
1963 | "Soon (I'll Be Home Again)" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 77 |
1963 | "Candy Girl" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
1963 | "Marlena" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 36 |
References
- ^ a b Schaffner, Nicholas (1977). The Beatles Forever. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Cameron House. ISBN 0811702251.
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The Four Seasons
- Frankie Valli
- Tommy DeVito
- Bob Gaudio
- Nick Massi
- Charles Calello
- Joe Long
- Gerry Polci
- Don Ciccone
- Lee Shapiro
- Sherry & 11 Others (1962)
- The 4 Seasons Greetings (1962)
- Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons (1963)
- Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits (1966)
- The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (1969)
- Chameleon (1972)
- Closeup (1975)
- Who Loves You (1975)
- Valli (1976)
- Lady Put the Light Out (1977)
- Frankie Valli... Is the Word (1978)
- The Very Best of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (2002)
- "Bermuda"
- "Sherry"
- "Big Girls Don't Cry"
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- "Walk Like a Man"
- "Ain't That a Shame"
- "Candy Girl"
- "New Mexican Rose"
- "Dawn (Go Away)"
- "Stay"
- "Ronnie"
- "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)"
- "Rag Doll"
- "Silence Is Golden"
- "Save It for Me"
- "Sincerely"
- "Big Man in Town"
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
- "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)"
- "Since I Don't Have You"
- "Girl Come Running"
- "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
- "Let's Hang On!"
- "Don't Think Twice"
- "Working My Way Back to You"
- "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)"
- "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
- "I've Got You Under My Skin"
- "The Proud One"
- "Tell It to the Rain"
- "Beggin'"
- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
- "C'mon Marianne"
- "Lonesome Road"
- "Watch the Flowers Grow"
- "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
- "The Night"
- "My Eyes Adored You"
- "Swearin' to God"
- "I Can't Live a Dream"
- "Who Loves You"
- "Our Day Will Come"
- "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
- "Silver Star"
- "We're All Alone"
- "Native New Yorker"
- "I Need You"
- "Grease"
- "Spend the Night in Love"
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- Albums
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- The Wonder Who?
- Bob Crewe
- "Ces soirées-là"
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