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Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
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Frankie Valli Born 3 May 1934 In The Italian First Ward Of Newark New Jersey USA As Francis Stephen Castelluccio Is Best Known As The Lead Singer Of The Four Seasons. The Band Was One Of The Biggest Music Acts Of The 1960s. During His Tenure With The Group Valli Released Several Albums As A Solo Artist. His Best Known Solo Single Is 1967's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." He Also Enjoyed A String Of Hit Singles During The Disco Era Including "My Eyes Adored You" U.S. #1 In 1974 "Swearin' To God" U.S. #6 In 1975 And The Title Track From The Film Grease #1 In 1978 . Valli Scored Over Twenty-Five Top-40 Hits With The Four Seasons A Handful Of Top-40 Hits Dubbed As A Solo Act In The Late 1960s One Dubbed As The Wonder Who? In 1965 And Again As A Solo Act In The Mid To Late 1970s. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Along With The Four Seasons In 1990. Valli Started His Singing Career In 1952. He Cut His First Single In 1953 As "Frankie Valley" –-A Name He Adopted From Jean Valley His Favorite Female Singer. In The Mid-1950s He Split Up With The Travellers And Joined The Variety Trio Which Consisted Of Tommy DeVito Twin Brother Nick And Hank Majewski. They Redubbed Themselves The Variatones And Later As The Four Lovers. Under This Moniker They Scored A Top 40 Hit With "You're The Apple Of My Eye" In 1956. After A Few More Name Changes The Group Finally Settled On The Four Seasons In 1960. About The Same Time Valli Italianized His Name To Its Current Form. Nick DeVito And Majewski Left The Group In 1960 Or 1961. Bob Gaudio And Nick Massi Replaced Them. With Valli As Its Lead Singer The Four Seasons Had A Series Of Hits Including Five Number One Singles On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Their First Chart-Topper Was "Sherry" In 1962. They Scored Their Final Number One Single In The U.S. In 1975 With "December 1963 Oh What A Night ." The Song Enjoyed A Second Run On The U.S. Charts In 1994 Credited As Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons When A Remixed Version Hit #14 On The Hot 100.
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"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Is A 1967 Song Written By Bob Crewe And Bob Gaudio. It Was Recorded And Released As A Single By Frankie Valli. The Song Was Among His Biggest Hits Earning A Gold Record And Reaching No. 2 On The Billboard Hot 100 For A Week. Gaudio Was A Bandmate Of Valli's In The Four Seasons. It Was Valli's Biggest Solo Hit Until He Hit No. 1 In 1975 With "My Eyes Adored You". Gaudio An Original Member Of The Four Seasons Refers To "Eyes" As "the One That Almost Got Away" Until Windsor Ontario Radio Station CKLW A Station Also Serving The Detroit Metro On The American Side Of The Border Intervened. In 1967 The Record's Producers Urged Paul Drew Program Director At The Legendary Station To Consider The Tune For Rotation. For Much Of The 1960s And 1970s CKLW Was Credited With Launching Hit Records Via Its Powerful Signal Blanketing The Great Lakes Region. Drew Did Not Warm To The Song At First But Accepted An Invitation To Hear It Live At The Roostertail Where Valli Was Performing A Weeklong Stint With The Four Seasons. Drew Liked What He Heard And Added The Song To His Station's Playlist. "The Switchboards Lit Up And The Rest As They Say Is History " Gaudio Recalls. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Has Been Recorded In Many Other Arrangements Many Of Which Have Charted In Different Countries. The Song Is A Staple Of Television And Film Soundtracks. The Song Was Written By Bob Crewe And Bob Gaudio. Melodic Elements Bear A Similarity To Passages From The Adagio Of Spartacus And Phrygia Section Of The 1956 Ballet Spartacus Suite No. 2 By Aram Khachaturian. The Original Recording From An Arrangement By Gaudio And Artie Schroeck Was Made At A & R Studio 2 Formerly Columbia Studio A At 799 7th Avenue In New York City With Crewe Producing And Phil Ramone For Engineering. Billboard Described The Single As "strong Rhythm Ballad Material From The Pen Of Bob Crewe And Bob Gaudio With An Exceptional Valli Vocal Combined With An Exciting Artie Schroeck Arrangement." Cash Box Called The Single A "smooth Gentle Softly Spoken Romancer."
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Biography - Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli Born 3 May 1934 In The Italian First Ward Of Newark New Jersey USA As Francis Stephen Castelluccio Is Best Known As The Lead Singer Of The Four Seasons. The Band Was One Of The Biggest Music Acts Of The 1960s. During His Tenure With The Group Valli Released Several Albums As A Solo Artist. His Best Known Solo Single Is 1967's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You." He Also Enjoyed A String Of Hit Singles During The Disco Era Including "My Eyes Adored You" U.S. #1 In 1974 "Swearin' To God" U.S. #6 In 1975 And The Title Track From The Film Grease #1 In 1978 . Valli Scored Over Twenty-Five Top-40 Hits With The Four Seasons A Handful Of Top-40 Hits Dubbed As A Solo Act In The Late 1960s One Dubbed As The Wonder Who? In 1965 And Again As A Solo Act In The Mid To Late 1970s. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Along With The Four Seasons In 1990. Valli Started His Singing Career In 1952. He Cut His First Single In 1953 As "Frankie Valley" –-A Name He Adopted From Jean Valley His Favorite Female Singer. In The Mid-1950s He Split Up With The Travellers And Joined The Variety Trio Which Consisted Of Tommy DeVito Twin Brother Nick And Hank Majewski. They Redubbed Themselves The Variatones And Later As The Four Lovers. Under This Moniker They Scored A Top 40 Hit With "You're The Apple Of My Eye" In 1956. After A Few More Name Changes The Group Finally Settled On The Four Seasons In 1960. About The Same Time Valli Italianized His Name To Its Current Form. Nick DeVito And Majewski Left The Group In 1960 Or 1961. Bob Gaudio And Nick Massi Replaced Them. With Valli As Its Lead Singer The Four Seasons Had A Series Of Hits Including Five Number One Singles On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Their First Chart-Topper Was "Sherry" In 1962. They Scored Their Final Number One Single In The U.S. In 1975 With "December 1963 Oh What A Night ." The Song Enjoyed A Second Run On The U.S. Charts In 1994 Credited As Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons When A Remixed Version Hit #14 On The Hot 100.
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"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was recorded and released as a single by Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week. Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli's in the Four Seasons. It was Valli's biggest solo hit until he hit No. 1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You".
Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons, refers to "Eyes" as "the one that almost got away" until Windsor, Ontario, radio station CKLW (a station also serving the Detroit metro on the American side of the border) intervened. In 1967, the record's producers urged Paul Drew, program director at the legendary station, to consider the tune for rotation. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, CKLW was credited with launching hit records via its powerful signal, blanketing the Great Lakes region. Drew did not warm to the song at first but accepted an invitation to hear it live at the Roostertail, where Valli was performing a weeklong stint with the Four Seasons. Drew liked what he heard and added the song to his station's playlist. "The switchboards lit up, and the rest, as they say, is history," Gaudio recalls.
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" has been recorded in many other arrangements, many of which have charted in different countries. The song is a staple of television and film soundtracks.
The song was written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. Melodic elements bear a similarity to passages from the Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia section of the 1956 ballet Spartacus (Suite No. 2) by Aram Khachaturian.
The original recording, from an arrangement by Gaudio and Artie Schroeck, was made at A & R Studio 2 (formerly Columbia Studio A), at 799 7th Avenue in New York City, with Crewe producing and Phil Ramone for engineering.
Billboard described the single as "strong rhythm ballad material from the pen of Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio with an exceptional Valli vocal combined with an exciting Artie Schroeck arrangement." Cash Box called the single a "smooth, gentle, softly spoken romancer." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.