The Four Seasons - One Of The Greatest Vocal Groups Of All Time: "Sherry", "Dawn (Go Away)", "Big Girls Don't Cry". Featuring Lee Shapiro, L. Russell Brown, Robby Robinson And John Paiva!
Episode Notes
The Four Seasons are one of the greatest vocal groups of all time. Led by Frankie Valli, their lead singer with the distinctive falsetto voice, they had dozens of hits beginning in the early 1960s including “Sherry”, “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, “Can’t Take Me Eyes Off Of You”, “Dawn (Go Away)”, “Rag Doll”, “Working My Way Back To You” and many more.
My guests in this episode all had important roles with The Four Season. L. Russell Brown wrote their hit song “C’mon Marianne”. Lee Shapiro was their longtime Keyboard player and the arranger for their hits “December 1963: Oh What A Night” and “Who Loves You”. Robby Robinson is the band’s current Keyboard player and Musical Director for the last 46 years. And John Paiva was the band’s guitarist from 1973-78.
In honor of The Four Seasons my featured song is “Sherry”, their first smash hit.
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