Origins And Early Years 1953-62 (CD) – Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

The Four Seasons, featuring the remarkable and unmistakeable voice of Frankie Valli, were one of the most popular and successful groups of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic, and one of the few American groups to withstand the onslaught of the British Invasion to carry their chart career through into the 1970s. When they had their first big hit as The Four Seasons in 1961 with “Sherry”, they were by no means new to the pop scene and both Frankie Valli and the group had paid their dues for the best part of a decade, honing their skills in a variety of guises on an equally bewildering array of record labels. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set features most of Frankie Valli’s early recordings, both solo and with various groups before they became The Four Seasons in 1960, and then presents their early successes under that name. It comprises selected A & B sides as Frankie Valley, Frankie Valley & The Travellers, The Four Lovers, Frankie Valli & The Romans, The Village Voices, Billy Dixon & The Topics, Johnny Halo, Hal Miller and The Rays, and The Four Seasons for the Corona, Mercury RCA, Epic, Okeh, Cindy, Decca, Topix, Gone and Vee-Jay labels. It also features the tracks from The Four Lovers album “Joyride” and the Four Seasons album “Sherry &11 Others”. Quite apart from setting the scene for the rest of their career as the Four Seasons, this collection of doowop and rock ‘n’ roll from the era when Frankie and his colleagues were exploring the potential of their talent, is hugely entertaining and offers a real insight into what lay behind The Four Seasons’ success.

Track List

1. My Mother’s Eyes
2. The Laugh’s on Me
3. Forgive and Forget
4. Somebody Else Took Her Home
5. You’re the Apple of My Eye
6. The Girl in My Dreams
7. Honey Love
8. Please Don’t Leave Me
9. Be Lovey Dovey
10. Jambalaya
11. Happy Am I
12. Never Never
13. I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)
14. (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
15. Such a Night
16. Joyride
17. This Is My Story
18. Memories of You
19. San Antonio Rose
20. It’s Too Soon to Know
21. White Christmas
22. Night Train
23. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
24. Cimarron (Roll on)
25. Shake a Hand
26. The Stranger
27. My Life for Your Love
28. Pucker Up
29. I Go Ape
30. If You Care
31. Come Si Bella
32. Real (This Is Real)
33. It May Be Wrong
34. Please Take a Chance
35. Red Lips
36. I Am All Alone
37. Trance
38. An Angel Cried
39. More Lovin’ Less Talkin’
40. Bermuda
41. Spanish Lace
42. Sherry
43. I’ve Cried Before
44. Big Girls Don’t Cry
45. Connie-O
46. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
47. Christmas Tears
48. The Merry Christmas Medley
49. Yes Sir That’s My Baby
50. Peanuts
51. La Dee Dah
52. Teardrops
53. Apple of My Eye
54. Never on Sunday
55. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
56. The Girl in My Dreams
57. Oh Carol
58. Lost Lullabye