FRANKI VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS - SHERRY

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CATLP248
Barcode: 5060397602480
Release Date: 08 Sep 2023
Genre: Pop

IT ONLY TOOK FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR BOB GAUDIO TO PEN THE LYRICS TO SHERRY, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED JACKIE BABY AS A TRIBUTE TO FIRST LADY JACQUELINE KENNEDY. PRODUCER BOB CREWE HAD SUGGESTED TO GAUDIO THAT HE SHOULD WRITE A SONG WHICH EXPLOITED VALLI’S REMARKABLE VOCAL RANGE. IT REACHED NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA AND STAYED THERE FOR FIVE WEEKS ALONG WITH TOP-TEN SUCCESS IN THE BRITISH CHARTS. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, THE GROUP FOLLOWED UP WITH BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY AND ANOTHER NUMBER 1 IN THE AMERICAN CHARTS ENSUED. THE FOUR SEASONS WERE ONE OF THE FEW AMERICAN ACTS TO SURVIVE THE BRITISH INVASION OF 1964. INDEED, THEY ARE THE ONLY ACT TO HAVE A US NUMBER 1 HIT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE BEATLES SUCCESSFULLY INVADED THE USA.

SIDE ONE
1. SHERRY
2. BIG GIRL’S DON’T CRY
3. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
4. GIRL IN MY DREAMS
5. YES SIR! THAT’S MY BABY
6. PEANUTS
7. LA DEE DAH
8. TEARDROPS

IDE TWO
1. OH CAROL
2. NEVER ON SUNDAY
3. YOU’RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE
4. SPANISH LACE
5. CONNIE O
6. 6. REAL (THIS IS REAL)
7. I’VE CRIED BEFORE
8. I GO APE

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