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The song was first published in 1913 with the title "Farewell Song" in a six-song songbook by Dick Burnett, titled Songs Sung by R. D. Burnett—The Blind Man—Monticello, Kentucky. [2] There exists some uncertainty as to whether Dick Burnett is the original writer. In an interview he gave toward the end of his life, he was asked about the song:
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 ...
Valli was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, [10] on May 3, 1934, [11] to an Italian family in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey; he is the eldest of three sons. [12] His father, Antonio (Anthony) Castelluccio, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Faiano, Salerno, Campania, was a barber and display designer for Lionel model trains; his mother, Mary Rinaldi, who was from Avellino, Campania ...
The Foggy River Boys was the name of two related American male singing quartets from southern Missouri specializing in Southern gospel, spiritual, and country music in the 1940s and 1950s. 1940s group
Frankie Valli. This is a list of singles and some albums recorded and released by Frankie Valli and/or The Four Seasons in their various guises since 1953. This list includes only commercially released singles on which Valli or some configuration of the group was credited with performing or producing.
Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse. [8] The voices of the Soggy Bottom Boys were provided by Dan Tyminski (lead vocal on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright. [9]
Lee Shapiro, who had idolized Gaudio as a child, would be hired as Gaudio's replacement, while Gaudio continued to produce and write songs for the Four Seasons and continued to be credited as a full member. [6] 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 ...
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.