Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons "Anthology" (1988)

Anthology (compilation)
release date: Sep. 28, 1988
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5]

Tracklist: 1. "Sherry" (5 / 5) - 2. "Big Girls Don't Cry" - 3. "Walk Like a Man" - 4. "Candy Girl" - 5. "Marlena" - 6. "Dawn (Go Away)" - 7. "Stay" - 8. "Ronnie" - 9. "Rag Doll" - 10. "Silence Is Golden" - 11. "Save It for Me" - 12. "Big Man in Town" - 13. "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" - 14. "Girl, Come Running" - 15. "Let's Hang On" - 16. "Don't Think Twice (performed as 'The Wonder Who?')" - 17. "Working My Way Back to You" - 18. "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)" - 19. "I've Got You Under My Skin" - 20. "Tell It to The Rain" - 21. "Beggin' " - 22. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (relased by Frankie Valli) - 23. "C'mon Marianne" - 24. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" - 25. "Who Loves You" - 26. "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"

This is a great compilation album if you don't want a lot of albums with minor tracks. Normally, I would prefer to dig into the whole discography of an artist that I like, and one day I might just try to get hold of everything I can by this fantastic vocal act. I'm really not a huge fan of doo-wop or 1960s vocal groups, except for maybe soul-related artists, but this is classic, memorable, and very original stuff. The falsetto of Frankie Valli is legendary, and I guess most people know it from their biggest hit "Sherry" but also, very often people have no idea of who did it and / or what else they made, 'cause fact is they made many other great songs, and a lot of them happen to be on this Anthology.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons / The Four Seasons "Sherry" (1962)

Sherry & 11 Others [debut]
release date: Oct. 1962
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5]

Tracklist: 1. "Big Girls Don't Cry" - 2. "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" - 3. "Peanuts" - 4. "La Dee Dah" - 5. "Teardrops" - 6. "Apple of My Eye" - 7. "Never on Sunday" - 8. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - 9. "The Girl in My Dreams" - 10. "Oh Carol" - 11. "Lost Lullabye" - 12. "Sherry" (5 / 5)

The debut album released as The 4 Seasons. At this point of their early career they were also known as The Four Seasons, but from early 1970s they became known as Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons due to their eminent lead vocalist, Frankie Valli, who released his first solo album titled The Four Seasons Present (1967). From then on, he concentrated on his solo career, which had a boost in 1978 with his vocal appearance on the soundtrack album Grease with the homonymous song written by Barry Gibb. After the release of this debut album, the band shortly became the most popular vocal pop band, at least until The Beatles' debut in 1963.