Robert John "Bob" Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer born in the Bronx, New York. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For other uses, see Bronx (disambiguation). ... “NY” redirects here. ...

He shot to musical fame at the age of 15 as a member of the Royal Teens when he co-wrote the hit "Short Shorts", which was used during the 1980s by Nair to advertise its hair removal spray. In 1958, while he and the group were promoting the single, they met Frankie Valli and his group The Four Lovers as they prepared to perform on a local television program. Shortly afterwards, he left the Royal Teens as he was getting tired of touring; the group dissolved shortly afterwards (another member of the Royal Teens became a notable star on his own afterwards: Al Kooper). This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1934[1] in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey as Francis Stephen Castelluccio) is best known as the lead singer of The Four Seasons, a music act of the 1960s, which continued from then to the 1970s disco scene to the present day. ... The Four Seasons, (known off and on since 1967 as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons), was an American pop and rock group, distinct from many similar groups of the early to mid-1960s in its traditional Italian-American sound. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

One year after he "retired" from touring, Gaudio joined The Four Lovers. While commercial success was elusive, the group was kept busy with steady session work (with Bob Crewe as the producer) and a string of performances at night clubs and lounges. In 1961, after a failed audition at a Union Township, Union County, New Jersey bowling establishment, songwriter/keyboardist Gaudio shook hands with lead singer Valli and formed the Four Seasons Partnership, and Gaudio, Valli, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi became the Four Seasons. Bob Crewe (born November 12, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American songwriter and music producer, probably best known for co-writing a number of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons. ... Map of Union Township in Union County Union is a Township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. ... There are several people named Tommy DeVito. ... Nick Massi (born Nicholas Macioci) (September 19, 1935 - December 24, 2000) was the bass singer for the Four Seasons, born in Newark, New Jersey. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Gaudio wrote the Seasons' first hit, "Sherry", within 15 minutes before a group rehearsal in 1962. With producer Bob Crewe often assisting with lyrics, Gaudio wrote a string of subsequent hits for the Seasons, including "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," "Dawn (Go Away)," "Ronnie," "Rag Doll," "Save It for Me," "Big Man In Town," "Bye Bye Baby," "Girl Come Running," "Beggin'," and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (the first big success under Valli's name as a "solo artist"). Crewe/Gaudio compositions also became major hits for other artists, including the Tremeloes ("Silence Is Golden", originally the B-side of The Four Seasons' "Rag Doll") and The Walker Brothers ("The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", originally recorded by The Four Seasons as a Valli "solo" single). Sherry is a song written by Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. ... Bob Crewe (born November 12, 1931 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American songwriter and music producer, probably best known for co-writing a number of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons. ... Big Girls Dont Cry is a song recorded by The Four Seasons. ... Walk Like a Man is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. ... Dawn (Go Away) is a classic pop song written by Bob Gaudio and Sandy Linzer and recorded by The Four Seasons in late 1963 as the Four Seasons Partnership (Gaudio and lead vocalist Frankie Valli) were involved in a royalty dispute with Vee-Jay Records. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A rag doll is a cloth doll, typically home-made from (and stuffed with) spare scraps of material. ... Save It for Me is a song written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe. ... SONG TITLES 01. ... Girl Come Running is a song recorded by The Four Seasons and released as a single in 1965. ... Beggin is the title of a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1967. ... Cant Take My Eyes Off You, written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, was a 1967 single by Frankie Valli. ... The Tremeloes were a British pop group from Dagenham, Essex. ... Silence Is Golden is a song by: Silence Is Golden (Garbage song) by Garbage, the UK group between the 1990s to 2000s Silence Is Golden (The Tremeloes song) by The Tremeloes, the UK group between 1960s to 1980s This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Rag Doll is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. ... The Walker Brothers is a 1960s and 1970s rock band, founded by three Californians, who ultimately found their fame and fortune in the UK, rather than their homeland. ... The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore is the name of a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. ...

"Rag Doll" is regarded by many as the greatest achievement of the Four Seasons. The story behind the origin of the song has been told many times. Gaudio was on the way to a recording session and his car was stopped at an extremely long traffic light in Hell's Kitchen. Often, kids would wash the car windows during the long waits and ask for some change. In Gaudio's case, a scruffy little girl washed his window. When Gaudio went to give her change, all he had was a $5 bill. After a moment's hesitation, he gave her the bill because he couldn't give her nothing. The astonished look on her face stayed with him and inspired the subsequent song. Hells Kitchen (also known as Clinton) is a neighborhood of New York City that includes the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. ...

After The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was released in June 1967, Gaudio saw the pop music market changing, and sought to position the Four Seasons into the trend of socially conscious music. One night he went to The Bitter End in Greenwich Village and saw Jake Holmes performing. Gaudio was taken with Holmes' song, "Genuine Imitation Life", and decided to base a Four Seasons album upon it. With Holmes as his new lyricist, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette album was released in January 1969. The album was too radical a change for the group's fan base to accept, and the group had been too "establishment" for the hippies to accept. So the album became a commercial failure and marked the end of the Four Seasons' first period of success. But the album's quirky newspaper-style cover influenced the covers of subsequent albums by Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull, and John Lennon. Appreciation of The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has grown over the years, and it was re-released on CD (minus the newspaper cover) in the 1990s by Rhino in the U.S. and Ace in the U.K. Gaudio and Holmes also wrote and produced Frank Sinatra's 1969 album Watertown. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Sgt. ... The Bitter End is arguably the most famous nightclub in New York Citys Greenwich Village. ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (IPA pronunciation: ), also called simply the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City named after Greenwich, London. ... The cover of Holmes debut album Jake Holmes (born December 18, 1939 in San Francisco, California) is an American folk-rock singer/songwriter of the late 1960s. ... Jefferson Airplane is an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement. ... Jethro Tull are a Grammy Award winning English rock band that formed in 1967-1968[1]. Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead flute work of front man Ian Anderson. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. ... There existed 2 Ace Records. ... “UK” redirects here. ... “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Watertown is an album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music). ...

In the 1970s Gaudio replaced Crewe as The Four Seasons' producer and wrote "Who Loves You" and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" with his future wife Judy Parker. The songs became big hits for a reconstituted Four Seasons group (only Valli was left were left of the original lineup; Gaudio stopped touring with the group early in 1972 to concentrate on writing and producing for the group and for others). The 1961-1965 Four Seasons membership were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Who Loves You is the title song of a 1975 album by The Four Seasons. ... December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) is a 1976 hit song by The Four Seasons about a young man losing his virginity to an anonymous stranger. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ...

In addition to his work for the Seasons and Sinatra, he wrote and/or produced for Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Eric Carmen, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack. In particular, he has produced six complete albums for Neil Diamond, as well as the movie soundtrack albums for Diamond's The Jazz Singer and Little Shop of Horrors. For the author-illustrator, see Diana Ross (author). ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter best known for his recordings I Write the Songs, Mandy and Copacabana. His career achievements include selling more than 75 million records worldwide. ... Eric Howard Carmen (born August 11, 1949, in Cleveland, Ohio, USA) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist. ... Peabo Bryson (born Robert Peabo Bryson on April 13, 1951) is an American R&B and soul singer, born in Greenville, South Carolina. ... Roberta Flack Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American singer. ... Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter and sometime Actor. ... The Jazz Singer was a 1980 musical remake of the 1927 classic, The Jazz Singer. ... Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 screen adaptation of the off-Broadway stage musical of the same name. ...

In the 1990s Gaudio moved to Nashville and produced recordings for Canadian country artist George Fox, among others. He lured Neil Diamond to Nashville to record the album Tennessee Moon. In recent years Gaudio has focused on musical theater, writing the music for the 2001 London production of Peggy Sue Got Married. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... For other persons named George Fox, see George Fox (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Peggy Sue Got Married is a West End musical adapted from the Francis Ford Coppola film of the same name. ...

Gaudio was instrumental in mounting Jersey Boys, a musical play based on the lives of The Four Seasons, which ran at the La Jolla Playhouse through January 2, 2005 and then opened on Broadway on Nov. 6, 2005 to mostly positive reviews. In 2006, the play won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 2007, it has won a Grammy Award in the Best Musical Show Album category. In Jersey Boys, credit is given to a then-teenaged Joe Pesci for introducing Gaudio to Tommy DeVito, thus initiating the original makeup of the Four Seasons. Jersey Boys is a documentary-style musical based on the lives of one of the most successful 60s rock n roll groups, the Four Seasons. ... One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove La Jolla, California, is a seaside resort community comprised of 42,808[1] residents within the city of San Diego. ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album has been awarded since 1959. ... Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), best known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman. ... Tommy DeVito (born June 19, 1928) is an American musician and singer, best-known as a member and the lead guitarist of the pop group The Four Seasons. ...

Gaudio is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ...

External links

• Bob Gaudio at the Songwriters Hall of Fame
• Genuine Imitation Life Gazette fan page
• Jersey Boys Blog is the Broadway musical story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.