Frankie Valli ( born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio ; born May 3, 1934 ) is an American singer, best known as the frontman of the vocal pop group The Four Seasons [1] and the owner of a powerful falsetto .
| Frankie valli | |
|---|---|
 Frankie Valley, 2013 | |
| basic information | |
| Birth name | Francesco stephen castelluccio |
| Date of Birth | May 3, 1934 (85 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Newark , New Jersey |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | singer |
| Years of activity | 1951 - present time |
| Singing voice | |
| Instruments | |
| Genres | rock and roll , traditional pop music |
| Labels | |
| Awards | [d] |
Content
Biography
Valley's voice range is three and a half octaves. He can switch to falsetto from his “natural” baritone without the usual gap for falsetto singers. When, on the advice of producer Bob Crew, to use this ability of the singer, The Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio wrote the song “Sherry” , great success came to the group - at the end of the summer of 1962 Sherry topped the American national chart . Around this time [2] (according to other sources, in 1964), Gaudio and Valli shook hands with an informal agreement to always divide their income between themselves in half. Since then, they have worked together on many projects and for many decades now, regardless of which one of them earns, this agreement is being observed [3] .
In the mid-1960s, while still a member of the group, Wally began a solo career. He achieved triumph with the song “ Can't Take My Eyes Off You, ” which, according to the results of 1967, was nominated for a Grammy , and the single from it was certified gold for sales in more than a million copies. She remained the only solo gold success of the singer until 1976, when "My Eyes Adored You" led the "hot hundred" of "Billboard" . And in 1978, the singer recorded the title song written by Barry Gibb in for the film-musical " Grease ". The single with her became platinum [2] .
In 1967, the singer was diagnosed with atherosclerosis . Doctors told him that sooner or later he would go deaf. At some point, he began to hear so badly that he could barely hear music at concerts. His career could have come to an end, but in the late 1970s, almost by a miracle, with a series of operations his hearing was restored [2] .
To date, Frank Valley continues to record CDs and perform concerts [2] .
Discography
Singles
- See the article “ List of US singles by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons ” in English. section.
Albums
- For a list of albums released by Frank Valley with The Four Seasons, see The Four Seasons § Discography . section.
| Title | More details | Charts |
|---|---|---|
| US [four] | ||
| The 4 Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo |
| 34 |
| Timeless |
| 176 |
| Closeup |
| 51 |
| Inside you |
| - |
| Our Day Will Come |
| 107 |
| Valli |
| - |
| Lady put the light out |
| - |
| Frankie Valli ... Is the Word |
| 160 |
| Heaven above me |
| - |
| Romancing the '60s |
| 167 |
Notes
- ↑ Hal Leonard Corp. Chicken Soup for the Soul Piano Songbook: 40 Inspirational and Heartwarming ....
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Jacqueline Edmondson Ph.D. (editor). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and ....
- ↑ Frankie Valli Oh, What a Life! - Personal Success, Frankie Valli . - People.com, 2008-05-26.
- ↑ Frankie Valli: Awards . AllMusic . Date of treatment April 29, 2012.
Literature
List
- Mark Rotella. Amore: The Story of Italian American Song . - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010-09-14. - P. 249–. - ISBN 978-1-4299-7847-7 .
- Taylor, Chuck. Frankie Valli, A Perennial Redio Fave, Reflects On A Well-Seasoned Career : [ eng. ] // Billboard . - Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 1997. - Vol. 109, no. 19 (10 May). - P. 71. - ISSN 0006-2510 .
- Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Album Reviews // Billboard Jul 15, 1967 . - Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 1967-07-15. - P. 1–. - ISBN ISSN 00062510 .
- The FOUR SEASONS // British Hit Singles and Albums . - Guinness, 2005 .-- P. 35.
- Computational Thinking in Sound: Teaching the Art and Science of Music and Technology . - Oxford University Press, USA, 2014-03-24. - P. 97–. - ISBN 978-0-19-936463-3 .
- Julia Rubiner. Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music . - Gale, 1993-11-19. - P. 250, 251, ..., 254. - ISBN 978-0-8103-2218-9 .
- Michael Uslan and Bruce Solomon. Dick Clark's The First 25 Years of Rock and Roll . - 1981. - P. 121, 122.
- Steve Sullivan. Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings . - Scarecrow Press, 2013-10-04. - P. 699–. - ISBN 978-0-8108-8296-6 .
- Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century . - Routledge, 2014-01-27. - P. 224–. - ISBN 978-1-135-92946-6 .
- Bob Leszczak. Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000 . - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014-12-11. - P. 137–. - ISBN 978-1-4422-4008-7 .
- Gene Busnar. It's rock 'n' roll . - Wanderer Books: [distributed by Simon & Schuster], 1979-01. - P. 206. - ISBN 978-0-671-32978-5 .
- Joel Whitburn. 4 SEASONS, The // Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . - Record Research, 2007. - P. 316. - ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7 .
- Joseph Murrells. Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory . - Batsford, 1984-12-31. - P. (253, 329). - ISBN 978-0-7134-3843-7 .
- Hao Huang. Music in the 20th Century . - ME Sharp, 1999 .-- P. 229. - ISBN 978-0-7656-8012-9 .
- Todd Decker. Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz . - University of California Press, 2011-06-24. - P. 238–. - ISBN 978-0-520-95006-1 .
- Harry Sumrall. Pioneers of rock and roll: 100 artists who changed the face of rock . - Billboard Books, 1994-05-01. - P. 119. - ISBN 978-0-8230-7628-4 .
- Ian van Tuyl. Popstrology: The Art and Science of Popstars . - Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008-12-01. - P. 315–. - ISBN 978-1-59691-957-0 .
- Ronnie Phillips Rock and Roll Fantasy ?: The Reality of Going from Garage Band to Superstardom . - Springer Science & Business Media, 2012-11-19. - P. 11–. - ISBN 978-1-4614-5900-2 .
- Lillian Roxon. Rock Encyclopedia . - Grosset & Dunlap, 1969 .-- P. 505.
- Katherine Charlton. Rock Music Styles: A History . - McGraw Hill, 1997. - P. 52. - ISBN 978-0-697-34055-9 .
- The Four Seasons (p. 179), Frankie Valli (p. 509) // Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock 'n roll, the modern years . - TY Crowell Co., 1978. - P. 179 (The Four Seasons), 509 (Frankie Valli). - ISBN 978-0-690-01196-8 .
- Colin King Rock on! : the rock 'n' roll greats . - Caxton, 2004-12-31. - P. 83. - ISBN 978-1-84067-473-6 .
- Rock Stars Encyclopedia . - DK Pub., 1999. - P. 378, 379, 380. - ISBN 978-0-7894-4613-8 .
- Clay Cole. Sh-Boom !: The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll (1953-1968) . - Morgan James Publishing, 2009-10-01. - P. 102–. - ISBN 978-1-60037-768-6 .
- Joseph Murrells. The book of golden discs . - Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. - P. 211 (The Four Seasons "SHERRY"), 342 (Frankie Valli "CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU").
- The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from Its Beginnings to the Mid-1970s . - Routledge, 2014-05-22. - P. 83–. - ISBN 978-1-317-72068-3 .
- Jay Warner The Da Capo Book of American Singing Groups: A History, 1940-1990 . - Da Capo Press, 1992 .-- P. 209, 384. - ISBN 978-0-306-80923-1 .
- Phil Hardy. The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music . - Da Capo Press, 1995. - P. 215. - ISBN 978-0-306-80640-7 .
- Mitchell K. Hall. The Emergence of Rock and Roll: Music and the Rise of American Youth Culture . - Taylor & Francis, 2014-05-09. - P. 66–. - ISBN 978-1-135-05357-4 .
- The Guide to United States Popular Culture . - Popular Press, 2001. - P. 296–. - ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2 .
- Colin Larkin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Threepenny Opera-ZZ Top . - Guinness Pub., 1995 .-- P. 4298, (4544). - ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3 .
- Mike Clifford. The Harmony illustrated encyclopedia of rock . - Harmony Books, 1986-10-01. - P. 85, 86, 247. - ISBN 978-0-517-56264-2 .
- Four Seasons // The Illustrated encyclopedia of rock . - Harmony Books, 1978.- P. 86.
- The Four Seasons // The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . - Simon and Schuster, 2004. - P. 308–. - ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8 .
- Jack Doyle Jack Doyle, “Bandstand Performers: 1963,” . PopHistoryDig.com (April 30, 2012). Date of treatment January 2, 2015.
- Andrew J. Edelstein. The pop sixties: a personal and irreverent guide . - World Almanac Publications, 1985. - P. 5, 6, 7. - ISBN 978-0-911818-67-3 .
- Holly George-Warren. BOB CREWE ON THE FOUR SEASONS // The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years . - HarperCollins, 2009-10-06. - P. 53.
- Brock Helander The Rock Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary and Critical Discography Including Rhythm-And-Blues, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk, Country, Easy Listening, Punk, and New Wave . - Schirmer / Mosel Verlag GmbH, 1982. - P. 192, 193. - ISBN 978-0-02-871250-5 .
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist . - Random House, 1992. - P. 260. - ISBN 978-0-679-73729-2 .
- Colin Larkin. The Virgin encyclopedia of fifties music . - Virgin, 1998-09. - P. 149.
- Vickie L. Milazzo. Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman . - John Wiley & Sons, 2011-09-20. - P. 118–. - ISBN 978-1-118-16269-9 .
- Donald Clarke. All or nothing at all: a life of Frank Sinatra . - Macmillan, 1997-04-18. - P. 230.
Links
- frankievallifourseasons.com - Frankie Valley official website
- Ratings> 100 vocalists> Frankie Valley on Rolling Stone magazine's Russian website
- Frankie Valley at the Internet Movie Database
- Frankie Valley on the Internet Broadway Database