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According to the co-writer and longtime group member Bob Gaudio, the song's lyrics were originally set in 1933 with the title "December 5th, 1933", celebrating the repeal of Prohibition, [6] but after the band revolted against what Gaudio would admit was a "silly" lyric being paired with an instrumental groove they knew would be a hit, [7] Parker, who had not written a song lyric before by ...
Polci played and sang in the band variously between 1973 and 1990. He sang lead and played drums on a number of their major hits, including the 1976 and 1994 worldwide hit, "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)". [1] Polci was married briefly to Antonia Valli, the daughter of Frankie Valli.
In 1975 Gaudio wrote "Who Loves You" and "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" with his future wife Judy Parker. The Bob and Judy songs became big hits for a reconstituted Four Seasons group (only Valli was left of the original lineup; Gaudio stopped touring with them in 1971 to concentrate on writing and producing).
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", released in December 1975, spent six months on the charts and became the group's all-time best-selling single. " Silver Star ", the last single, also hit the Top 40, reaching #38 on the Hot 100 in 1976.
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", a song by the Four Seasons, 1975 "Oh What a Night", a song by Elle Varner from Perfectly Imperfect, 2012
“O night divine,” she sings, hitting a high note at the end. It’s been nearly 20 years since Hudson burst on the scene as a contestant on “American Idol” and with every success she has ...
The Beach Boys had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Surfin' U.S.A.", the number one song of 1963. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963, which appeared in the December 28, 1963 issue of Billboard. [1] [2]
In the following year, 1969, The Dells' soulful remake of their debut hit, "Oh What a Night" gave the group their second chart-topping R&B single and also reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100. For a second time, the song sold over a million copies. [6] Subsequent hits included "Open Up My Heart", "Oh What a Day", and "On the Dock of the ...