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Gaetano "Tommy" DeVito (June 19, 1928 – September 21, 2020) was an American musician. He was best known as a founding member, vocalist, and lead guitarist of rock band the Four Seasons . [ 1 ]
Frankie Valli's first commercial release was "My Mother's Eyes" (as Frankie Valley) in 1953. The following year, he and guitarist Tommy DeVito formed The Variatones (with Hank Majewski, rhythm guitar, Frank Cottone, accordion, and Billy Thompson, drums), [15] which between 1954 and 1956 performed and recorded under a variety of names before settling on the name The Four Lovers, based upon a ...
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. DeVito died Monday night in ...
DeVito died Monday night in Las Vegas, and a funeral service for the baritone singer will be planned in New Jersey, Alfredo Nittoli, a friend, wrote on Facebook. Tommy DeVito, founding member of ...
Tommy DeVito (American football) (born 1998), American football quarterback Tommy DeVito (musician) (1928–2020), American musician and singer, member of The Four Seasons Tommy DeVito, a character in the film Goodfellas played by Joe Pesci, based on real-life gangster Thomas DeSimone (1946–1979)
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Gaudio (left) with The Four Seasons in 1966. In 1960, after a failed audition at a bowling establishment in Union Township, called the "4 Seasons", songwriter/pianist Gaudio shook hands with lead singer Valli and formed the Four Seasons Partnership, and Gaudio, Valli, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi became The Four Seasons.
As an entertainer from Belleville, he was acquainted with guitarist Tommy DeVito of The Four Lovers, a novelty act from Belleville that included singer Frankie Valli; Pesci also knew keyboardist Bob Gaudio of The Royal Teens. Pesci introduced Gaudio to DeVito and Valli in 1958, which led to the formation of the band The Four Seasons. [5]