schoolrdgal Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Had to laugh to myself when I typed in the topic title similar threads came up. Don Valley, Gleadless Valley didn't know that they was entertainment! Well it made me laugh. Back to the thread, Frankie was on breakfast news this morning and the place that stuck in his mind that he played in the 70s was the fiesta in Sheffield and the one in Stockton Didn't realise I was so old until I saw him, I try not to look in mirrors these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diksey Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Always been a big fan of Frankie Valli, remember Rag Doll from the early sixties. Still looks good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabbas Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 81 year old and still goin strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) It is a rock cliché, but delicious nevertheless. We were at a Four Seasons concert after they had broken up, Turns out that the drummer had wrote and sung a song in Frankie's absence that became a huge hit, "Oh what a night". WTF? They supposedly hated each other. We saw them on tour but when it came time for the chorus, guess who stepped in from the wings to complete the song? yes Frankie. Memorable! Edited June 30, 2015 by trastrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaster Bate Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The drummer also sang Silver Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redted50 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I saw him at the Fiesta.He was rubbish,his voice had gone,he couldn't hit those high notes any more.What a shame.At least I can sat I saw him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlfc Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Saw him on his own in 1992 at the City Hall and he was brill. Voice was great. Then saw Jersey Boys about 5 years ago and that was superb too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleetwood Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 It is a rock cliché, but delicious nevertheless. We were at a Four Seasons concert after they had broken up, Turns out that the drummer had wrote and sung a song in Frankie's absence that became a huge hit, "Oh what a night". WTF? They supposedly hated each other. We saw them on tour but when it came time for the chorus, guess who stepped in from the wings to complete the song, yes Frankie. Memorable! We were on a Princess Cruise in the Caribbean and one of the activities was a Pop Choir for any of the passengers that wanted to join. Me belonging to a show choir in the Vancouver area, was very interested and joined and one of the five songs that we sang was 'Oh What A Night' and it went down very well, so well that we got Champaign from the music director after the show which many of the guests on ship were watching. One of the singers had it recorded and he said he would put in on 'Youtube' . I don't think that came about but there were many other Pop Choirs that sang on different cruises that were on and can still be viewed to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabbas Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I saw him at the Fiesta.He was rubbish,his voice had gone,he couldn't hit those high notes any more.What a shame.At least I can sat I saw him. This might have been because Frankie Valli was almost totaly deaf at one point. He did have operations, i think his last one helped him to some extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyedges Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Watched the movie 'The Four Seasons' over the weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed it but I am sure the stage version is even better. A brilliant song that gets very little airplay is 'The Night'. Think it was recorded on the Motown label. Very often gets confused with 'Oh What a Night (December 63)' which gets much more commercial exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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