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Beggin'
"Beggin" is a song composed by Bob Gaudio and Peggy Farina and first released as a single by American band the Four Seasons in 1967. Initially charting at number 16 in the US Billboard Chart, the song became popular in the Northern soul scene in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. It has been covered multiple times, with versions by Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon and Italian rock band Måneskin topping music charts in Europe and beyond. The Four Seasons' version was remixed in 2007 by French DJ Pilooski and re-released as a single, reaching number 32 in the UK Singles Chart, commercially outperforming the band's original release in the UK. Original version Keyboardist-songwriter Bob Gaudio had not written a Four Seasons single since 1965's " Girl Come Running", although he had written or co-written almost every hit for the band up to then. "Beggin, the second single from the Four Seasons' ''New Gold Hits'' album in 1967, marked Gaudio's "return" as the Seasons' songwriter, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Måneskin
is an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band is composed of lead vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, Måneskin rose to prominence after coming in second in the X Factor (Italian season 11), eleventh season of the Italian version of ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor'' in 2017. Their international breakthrough occurred when the foursome won the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 for with the song "". Måneskin has released three studio albums, (2018), ''Teatro d'ira: Vol. I'' (2021), and ''Rush!'' (2023), plus an extended play, and 13 singles, which have topped Italian and European music charts. They have received 34 platinum and seven gold certifications from Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana, FIMI, and had sold over a million records in Italy before their post-Eurovision breakthrough. Previously, the band's most successful Italian si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Madcon
Madcon is a Norwegian musical duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa. They have released eight albums as of 2018, and became known for their 2007 cover of the 1967 song "Beggin'" by The Four Seasons. They took their name from the phrase "mad conspiracy". Members Yosef Wolde-Mariam Yosef Wolde-Mariam (born August 4, 1978) is an Ethiopian-Norwegian TV presenter and rapper. His parents were from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Wolde-Mariam grew up in Grefsen, Norway with his mother, moving many times, living in Røyken, Grønland, Grünerløkka, and Bekkelaget. In 2012, and from 2015 to present, he has been a mentor on the Norwegian version of '' The Voice'', known as '' The Voice: Norges beste stemme'', broadcast on the " TV 2" Norwegian television channel.''Aftenposten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Four Seasons (band)
The Four Seasons is an American band formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey. Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. They are one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. The band evolved out of a previous band called The Four Lovers, with Frankie Valli on lead and falsetto vocals, Bob Gaudio on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito (musician), Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals. The Four Seasons had two distinct eras of widespread success: the 1960s, during which Massi departed in 1965, and was replaced initially by Charles Calello and more permanently by Joe Long, and the mid- to late 1970s, with the lineup consisting of Valli, Don Ciccone (bass guitar and baritone/soft falsetto vocals), John Paiva (lead guitar and harmony vocals), Gerry Polci (drums and tenor vocals), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bob Gaudio
Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the band's music, including hits like "Sherry" and " December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", as well as " Can't Take My Eyes Off You" for Valli. Though he no longer performs with the group, Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli remain co-owners of the Four Seasons brand. Early career Born in the Bronx, New York, Gaudio was raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bergenfield High School. Rotella, Mark"Straight Out of Newark" ''The New York Times'', October 2, 2005. Accessed October 9, 2007. "Originally from the Bronx, Mr. Gaudio had, at age 15, written the hit "Who Wears Short Shorts", which he made up while driving with friends along the main drag in Bergenfield." His mother worked for the publishing house Prentice Hall and his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jersey Boys
''Jersey Boys'' is a jukebox musical with a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the formation, success and breakup of the 1960s rock 'n' roll group The Four Seasons. The musical is structured as four "seasons", each narrated by a different member of the band who gives his own perspective on its history and music. Songs include " Big Girls Don't Cry", " Sherry", " December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", "My Eyes Adored You", " Stay", " Can't Take My Eyes Off You", " Walk Like A Man", " Who Loves You", " Working My Way Back to You" and " Rag Doll". The musical premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2004 and ran on Broadway from 2005 to 2017. Since its debut it has been on two North American national tours and two national tours of the UK and Ireland. The show has been produced in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne and other Australian cities, Singapore, South Africa, the Netherlands, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Peggy Santiglia
Margaret "Peggy" Santiglia (born May 4, 1944) is an American pop singer of the "girl group era". She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit " My Boyfriend's Back" with The Angels, which she recorded at the age of 18. Biography Santiglia was born in Belleville, New Jersey, to Pietro (Peter) Santiglia and Michelina (Margaret) (née Gallina) where she was raised in a musical Italian family with her two older siblings, Joseph and Anna. Pietro immigrated to the United States when he was 18, bringing with him many musical talents. An accomplished musician, Pietro played clarinet, mandolin and guitar locally and statewide in several community orchestras. Career: 1950s In 1958, while still in elementary school, Santiglia met childhood friends Denise Ferri and Arleen Lanzotti. At the suggestion of a teacher, the three girls performed in their school's talent show to much acclaim, and formed the all-girl group, '' The Delicates''. Starting out at the Brill Building in New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jersey Boys (soundtrack)
''Jersey Boys (Music from the Motion Picture and Broadway Musical)'' is the soundtrack to the 2014 film ''Jersey Boys'' directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. The album, released on June 24, 2014 by Rhino Entertainment, features a mix of original recordings by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, plus new recordings from the cast members and tracks from the original Broadway cast recording. The album was preceded by the single "Cry For Me". Background In an interview to ''Collider'', Eastwood claimed though he liked music of all kinds, such as jazz, pop he was not a fan of Frankie Valli and no idea on the music from the 1930s. However, he admired The Four Seasons' work and thought that their music was far superior and consisted mostly "energetic music". He admitted Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was one of the "real classic songs of that era" and go down as one among any time in the history. Eastwood decided to record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tell It To The Rain
"Tell It to the Rain" is a song composed by Mike Petrillo and Chubby Cifelli and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1966 and early 1967. The single reached the #10 position on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The song's arrangement includes a prominent 12-string electric guitar part, as well as sound effects and a crescendo of vocals toward the end. ''Cash Box'' said the single is "loaded with the group’s usual effective sound and infectious arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...." Chart history (* - Canadian ''RPM'' chart data incomplete for early 1967) References 1966 songs 1966 singles The Four Seasons (band) songs Philips Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe {{1960s-single-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
C'mon Marianne
"C'mon Marianne" is a song composed by L. Russell Brown and Raymond Bloodworth and popularized by The Four Seasons in 1967. Produced by Bob Crewe, the single was the last Four Seasons single to reach the Top Ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the 1960s, and their last Top Ten hit until "Who Loves You" in 1975. "C'mon Marianne" hit the charts less than a month after lead singer Frankie Valli's "solo" (with Four Seasons participation) hit, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", hit No. 2. Originally on the ''New Gold Hits'' album, a different version of the song was distributed on promotional singles distributed to disk jockeys and released commercially, but when people did not react positively to a recording that was slower than and mixed differently from the "more familiar" LP version, the single was replaced with the album version. Ultimately, "C'mon Marianne" reached the No. 9 position on the Hot 100. This song begins with Acapella in B-Flat Major, with the first verse beginn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ryan Molloy
Ryan Molloy (born 21 November 1972) is a British actor, singer and songwriter. He has been successful in stage and musical theatre at West End and Broadway, appearing in a number of hit musicals, like ''Taboo'', '' Jerry Springer: The Opera'', '' Tonight's the Night'', ''Godspell'' and six years in ''Jersey Boys'' playing as Frankie Valli made him the longest-running star in a West End musical. In 2004, he replaced Holly Johnson as the lead singer in Frankie Goes to Hollywood for a charity concert at Wembley Arena being a band member until 2007, and since 2012 is often active with the Trevor Horn Band with whom recorded the album '' Made in Basing Street''. He is known for his countertenor voice and falsetto. Early life and education Molloy was born on 21 November 1972 in North Shields in Tyneside, to Bob and Winnie/Minnie Molloy. He recalls it was "tough living there". He attended Marden Bridge Middle School and Monkseaton High School. He left high school at the age of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nick Massi
Nicholas E. Macioci (September 19, 1927 – December 24, 2000) was an American bass singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist. He is best known for his work as the bassist and bass vocalist for The Four Seasons, for whom he performed under the stage name Nick Massi. Biography Born in Newark, New Jersey, Nicholas "Massi" Macioci was first taught to play the bass fiddle by Newark native and musician Anthony Gaeta. As a bass singer, Massi had been playing with several bands before he joined The Four Lovers in 1958, including some groups that featured future Four Lovers and Four Seasons members Frankie Valli and Tommy DeVito. Valli credited Macioci as one of his most influential early mentors in the music business. In October 1959, Macioci, by this point billed as "Nickie Massey," was signed to Brunswick Records as frontman for the Nite-Lites; he recorded one single, the self-composed "Tell Me You Care," which received a positive review in '' Cashbox'' but eventually failed to chart. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
