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The Four Seasons is an American band formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey.Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.Known for the use of a traditional Italian-American sound, [5] they are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.
Past and present members of the band The Four Seasons, sometimes known as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Pages in category "The Four Seasons (band) members" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
This is the lineup which adopted the name "The Four Seasons" (billed numerically as the 4 Seasons on most of their early albums), named after a bowling alley in Union, New Jersey, that had a lounge where they had auditioned. Signed by songwriter/producer Bob Crewe, the Four Seasons cut their first single under that name, "Bermuda", in November ...
Tommy DeVito, a son of New Jersey who became a founding member and lead guitarist for Frankie Valli’s beloved doo wop quartet, the Four Seasons, has died. He was 92.
Massi left the Four Seasons in September 1965, and was replaced temporarily by Charles Calello who, in turn, was replaced by Joe Long. Massi, Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli, and Bob Gaudio—the original members of The Four Seasons—were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 [3] and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. [4]
The Four Seasons frontman, 89, and the former CBS marketing executive, 60, began dating in 2015 but have known each other since 2007. Valli and his now-wife were introduced during a dinner with ...
Gaudio was taken with Holmes' song "Genuine Imitation Life" and decided to base a Four Seasons album upon it. With Holmes as his new lyricist, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette album was released in January 1969. The album was a commercial failure and symbolized the end of the Four Seasons' first period of success.
Shapiro did not give up performing, and in 2010 he formed the band The Hit Men. Initially conceived as a partial reunion of the 1970s-era Four Seasons lineup including Don Ciccone and Gerry Polci, Shapiro revamped the concept after Ciccone's death in 2016. [4] Shapiro was married in 1977 to Georgia and they have one daughter, Ariel. [1]