Sherry & 11 Others [Limited Mono Mini LP Sleeve Edition]

Sherry & 11 Others [Limited Mono Mini LP Sleeve Edition]

Sherry & 11 Others [Limited Mono Mini LP Sleeve Edition]

Sherry & 11 Others [Limited Mono Mini LP Sleeve Edition]

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Overview

The Four Seasons achieved the unusual feat of taking a popular musical style, doo wop, that was in decline to the point of being nearly moribund and reinventing it, their chief tools being lead singer Frankie Valli's falsetto and the songwriting ability of group member Bob Gaudio, who penned the number one hit that led to the release of this debut album, "Sherry," as well as its number one follow-up, also included here, "Big Girls Don't Cry" (co-written with producer Bob Crewe). Together, Valli, Gaudio, and Crewe would revolutionize the group vocal sound on the East Coast, just as the Beach Boys were doing on the West Coast, and take it into the post-Beatles era. Like most albums of its time, Sherry & 11 Others consists largely of the hit(s) plus filler: the title is apt. The arrangements of standards like "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" are especially ripe. But the Seasons' takes on such recent hits as "Never on Sunday" and "Oh! Carol" make the songs their own and make this album more than a throwaway. And, perhaps as a joke, they covered "You're the Apple of My Eye," which had been a chart single for them under the name the Four Lovers in 1956. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date: 09/11/2015
Label: Real Gone Music
UPC: 0848064003861

Tracks

  1. Big Girls Don't Cry
  2. Yes Sir, That's My Baby
  3. Peanuts
  4. La De 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

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons   Primary Artist
The Four Seasons   Primary Artist
Bob Crewe   Conductor

Technical Credits

Bob Gaudio   Composer,Orchestral Arrangements,Arranger
Bob Crewe   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Cover Design,Orchestral Arrangements
Manos Hadjidakis   Composer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Neil Sedaka   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Gordon Clark   Engineer
Sid Bass   Arranger,Orchestral Arrangements
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Frank Slay   Composer
Frankie Valli   Performer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Howard Greenfield   Composer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
J. Lawrence Cook   Composer
Robin Swenson   Composer
Billy Towne   Composer
Roy Calhoun   Composer
Barry Goldner   Composer
Fred Matheson   Photography
Edwin Charles   Composer
Nick Massi   Arranger,Vocal Arrangement
Helen Stanley   Composer
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