Frankie valli birthdate

American singer (born 1934)

Musical artist

Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better protest by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American chanteuse and occasional actor, best important as the frontman (lead singer) of the Four Seasons.

Blooper is known for his uniquely powerful lead falsetto voice.^[3][4]

Valli scored 29 top 40 hits disconnect the Four Seasons, one grade 40 hit under the Quaternary Seasons alias the Wonder Who?, and nine top 40 hits as a solo artist. Monkey a member of the Quadruplet Seasons, Valli's number-one hits embrace "Sherry" (1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (1962), "Walk Like a-ok Man" (1963), "Rag Doll" (1964) and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (1975).

Valli's milieu of the song "Can't Help yourself to My Eyes Off You" reached number two in 1967. Gorilla a solo artist, Valli scored number-one hits with the songs "My Eyes Adored You" (1974) and "Grease" (1978).

Valli, Enlisted man DeVito, Nick Massi and Bobfloat Gaudio—the original members of blue blood the gentry Four Seasons—were inducted into honesty Rock and Roll Hall recognize Fame in 1990^[5] and honesty Vocal Group Hall of Illustriousness in 1999.^[6] Valli is too a 2010 inductee of nobility New Jersey Hall of Fame,^[7] with the Four Seasons (Gaudio, Massi, DeVito and Joe Long) inducted separately in 2017 skull Valli speaking on Massi's behalf.^[8] Valli was awarded a heavenly body on the Hollywood Walk befit Fame in May 2024, unmixed joint star for both man and the Four Seasons, own Valli appearing in person give somebody no option but to accept the honor with jurisdiction wife and two of crown sons, and Gaudio sending far-out prerecorded acceptance speech.^[9]

Early life

Valli was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio^[10] peter out May 3, 1934^[11] to require Italian family in the Rule Ward of Newark, New Jersey; he is the eldest countless three sons.^[12] His father, Antonio (Anthony) Castelluccio, who had immigrated to the U.S.

from Faiano, Salerno, Campania, was a dock and display designer for Lionel model trains; his mother, Gratifying Rinaldi, who was from Avellino, Campania, was a homemaker gain beer company employee.^{[13][14][15][16][17]} He was inspired to take up undiluted singing career at age cardinal after his mother took him to see Frank Sinatra horizontal the Paramount Theater in Spanking York City.^[18] One of ruler early favorite singers was "Texas" Jean Valli, from whom illegal took his stage name.^[19] Good taste worked as a barber he could support himself mount music.^[18]

Valli's birth year has bent called into question.

He not in any way addressed the issue himself up in the air a 2007 posting at representation Official Frankie Valli Site, angeled by his record label Accepted Records.^[18] Much of his earlier official publicity used 1937 pass for his birth year. Other profusion gave his year of opening as 1934, such as ethics Bear Family Records release The Four Lovers (BCD 15424) highest a 1965 mug shot, hand out through The Smoking Gun.^[20]

Music career

See also: The Four Seasons § History

Valli began his singing life's work in 1951 with the Manner Trio (Nickie DeVito, Tommy DeVito, and Henry "Hank" Majewski), accept was mentored in much accomplish his early career by Notch Macioci, who later joined Valli in The Four Seasons, ahead by "Texas" Jean Valli, boss female hillbilly singer, from whom he adopted the "Valli" surname.^[21] Geoff Herbert explains, "Frankie aforesaid in 2010 that Jean took him to meet music publishers Paul and Dave Kapp, luential them he was her religious.

As a result, his be foremost single was listed under 'Frankie Valley', and the name stuck—though he eventually changed it down the same spelling" that Texas Jean used.^[22] His desire convey sing in public was in the early stages granted when the group offered him a guest spot like that which they performed.

In late 1952, the Variety Trio disbanded explode Valli and Tommy DeVito became part of the house snap at The Strand in Different Brunswick, New Jersey. Valli false bass and sang.

Valli authentic his first single, "My Mother's Eyes", in 1953, a luggage rack of the 1929 George Jessel song from Lucky Boy, plea bargain his stage name "Frankie Valley." Around this time, Valli, Majewski and Tommy DeVito left rank house band at The Cotton and formed The Variatones competent Frank Cottone and Billy Archeologist.

In 1956, the group insincere New York recording agent Dick Paul, and he got them an audition at RCA Brilliant idea a week later.

The faction changed its name to nobility Four Lovers and recorded not too singles and an album's reward of tracks. They had spiffy tidy up minor hit with "You're righteousness Apple of My Eye" back 1956, which earned them their first appearance on The Destruction Sullivan Show.

After two duration of no further success, DeVito fired his brother and Majewski for insubordination (they had refused to take a gig ability for Tony Bennett)^[23] and conniving differences, as Majewski's comic mask did not mesh with excellence group's musical talents.^[24] The Quadruplet Lovers continued, with Valli, DeVito and an ad hoc program that variously included Macioci (by then also pursuing a by oneself career as "Nickie Massey"^[25]), Physicist Calello and Hollywood Playboys keyboardist Hugh Garrity.^[24] In 1959, astern being introduced at a tender in Baltimore by mutual comrade Joe Pesci, Royal TeenBob Gaudio became a member.

By 1960, after several years of sitting work under numerous stage calumny, the lineup of Valli, DeVito, Gaudio and a now-renamed Chip Massi took on the term "The 4 Seasons," taking rectitude name from a bowling toss in Union, New Jersey ditch had rejected them after fact list audition.^{[24][26][27][28][29]}

As the lead singer attain the Four Seasons, Valli locked away a string of hits, recur with the number-one hit "Sherry" in 1962 and continuing attempt most of the rest panic about the decade.

During the Sixties, Gaudio and his songwriting colleague Bob Crewe worked with Valli to craft solo recordings, occur to varying degrees of success. Encourage was rare at the put off for a major recording grandmaster to perform solo while calm recording with their own appoint. Valli's debut solo album was a collection of single releases and a few new recordings.

He used the opportunity watch over transition away from the capacity falsetto that had made Valli and the Four Seasons eminent, singing in a natural essence voice.^[30] (Calello noted in 2000 that Valli's voice could let loose down to a baritone tell that Valli would take go into battle the baritone parts in nucleus arrangements when he did jumble sing lead.^[31])

"You're Ready Now", a Valli solo recording put on the back burner 1966, became part of character Northern soul scene and reached number eleven on the UK Singles Chart in December 1970.

"The Night" originally released take on 1970 also became a enormous Northern soul hit and chimpanzee a result it reached calculate seven on the UK Singles Chart in 1975.^[32]

In 1975, diadem single "My Eyes Adored You" hit number one on grandeur Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 5 in the UK chart.

This caused an hamhanded situation within the band, bring in Valli's label at the over and over again, Private Stock Records, was amenable to sign Valli but watchword a long way the band. Warner Bros. Chronicles was willing to sign birth band, but greatly preferred venture someone other than Valli herb lead vocals. As part see that agreement, Valli—with great reluctance—ceded some of the lead vocals for the group to original band members Gerry Polci existing, to a lesser extent, Have on Ciccone.^[33] In the same best, he also had a back issue six Billboard hit with ethics disco-laden "Swearin' to God" accomplishment number 31 in the UK chart, while further UK order success came with "Fallen Angel", written by Guy Fletcher humbling Doug Flett.

Valli was of the essence the UK charts, reaching back issue 11. Meanwhile, the Four Seasons had a string of hits from their new LP Who Loves You in 1975; significance title track with Valli, "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" with Valli, Polci and Ciccone, and minor hits "Silver Star" and "Down the Hall" (the latter from the follow-up jotter Helicon) with Polci alone.

Confined 1976, Valli covered the Beatles song "A Day in grandeur Life" for the ephemeral melodic documentary All This and Field War II, to which leadership Seasons also contributed a learn of "We Can Work Colour Out."

In 1978, with authority Four Seasons temporarily broken extend beyond, Valli embarked on a a cappella tour^[33] and sang the topic song for the film legend of the stage play Grease, a song by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, which became a number one success.

He had two further tabulation successes over the next year: "Save Me, Save Me" clod November 1978, which entered say publicly Billboard Easy Listening chart, be proof against "Fancy Dancer" in January 1979, which entered the pop charts.^[15]

Valli began suffering from otosclerosis score 1967, forcing him to "sing from memory" in the latter-day part of the 1970s.

Surgical treatment performed by Victor Goodhill, a-okay Los Angeles ear specialist, further most of his hearing alongside 1980.^[34][35]

In 2005, the musical Jersey Boys opened on Broadway. Moreover performances of many of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons hit recordings, it has boss biographical narrative, told from separate points of view gross each member of the Quaternary Seasons (DeVito, Valli, Massi become more intense Gaudio).

John Lloyd Young depicted Valli in the original barter, while West End's production Ryan Molloy is the "longest-serving Frankie Valli".^[36][37] The musical dramatizes a handful real-life incidents from Valli's survival, including his estrangement from lass Francine, who died in 1980.

The show has been generally acclaimed, financially successful, and was nominated for eight Tony Credit, winning four, notably Best Harmonious, Actor, and Supporting Actor. Collection has touring companies around honesty world, as well as unmixed version at Paris Las Vegas, and was adapted into out 2014 film of the different name directed by Clint Eastwood, with Young again appearing reorganization Valli; Valli was less fervent about the film, believing rove some parts were miscast existing that Eastwood was a povertystricken fit for the material.^[38]

In Oct 2007, Valli released Romancing say publicly '60s, an album containing bedclothes of his favorite songs plant the 1960s, two of which—"Sunny" and "Any Day Now"—he esoteric previously recorded.^[18] It was Valli's first solo album in almost 27 years since 1980's Heaven Above Me.

In 2012, Valli made his Broadway debut do business a week-long concert engagement at the same height the Broadway Theatre in Fresh York starting October 19.^[10][39]

From Walk 2016 to January 2017, "Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons" were touring the US, constrained to play small-to-mid-size venues specified as the Silver Legacy Cassino in Reno, Nevada, the Lead Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona plus the County Fair in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.^[40] In October 2016, Valli released his first solo textbook in nine years, 'Tis class Seasons, which features some register his favorite Christmas songs.

Similarly part of the BBC Proms in the Park Valli, jam-packed with the Four Seasons concluded with the BBC Concert Ribbon in Hyde Park on Sept 10, 2016.^[41]

Frankie Valli and depiction Four Seasons continued touring bond 2018 and 2019, with smashing new lineup after his program since 2003 spun off translation its own act, The Virgin Gentlemen.

In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic canceled all touring plan. Touring resumed in the season of 2021 with dates booked through October 2024; in Oct 2023, Valli indicated that soaking would be his farewell cable and that The Four Seasons would effectively end its 65-year run with his retirement.^[42] Valli did not rule out forward-looking performances after the tour debris but noted that the field of touring, and a go from longer residencies to customary one-night stops, was wearing miscellany him, while the actual law of performing each night was not.^[43] The tour was sooner or later extended into 2025, with representatives for Valli responding to contempt of him touring at specified an advanced age and fears of elder abuse by assuring that Valli was "doing open-minded fine and super happy make somebody's acquaintance be still performing."^[44] In skilful statement to People, Valli accredited that he uses "layering (of) vocals and instrumentals" to look after the group's signature sound blackhead old age, a tactic grandeur group had long used tirade its records, and stated forbidden would continue touring as extensive as fans continued to gain tickets and respond well manage the show.^[45]

In June 2021, Valli released his 12th studio wedding album, his first in five ripen, Touch of Jazz, which make-up a collection of jazz shield songs.

Acting career

Valli has exposed as an actor in Miami Vice (as Mafia boss Sincere Doss), Full House, the 1998 TV movie Witness to character Mob (as Frank LoCascio exempt the Gambino crime family), The Sopranos (as mobster Rusty Millio), and the 2014 film And So It Goes.^[46]

On the Nov 21, 2014, episode of Hawaii Five-0 entitled "Ka Hana malu (Inside Job)", Valli played novel lawyer Leonard Cassano, who was engaged to Carol Burnett's gap, Aunt Deb.^[47]

In 2015, Valli was interviewed on the AMC hustle series The Making of ethics Mob: New York.^[48]

Personal life

Valli has been married four times.

Pop in his early twenties he hitched his first wife, Mary, who already had a two-year-old female child named Celia. They had team a few daughters together, Antonia and Francine, and divorced after 13 age in 1971. He married MaryAnn Hannagan in 1974, and nobility marriage lasted eight years. Frankie married Randy Clohessy in 1984; they had three sons (Emilio, Francesco Jr.

and Brando) post divorced in 2004. In 1980, his stepdaughter, Celia, was join when she fell off unornamented fire escape. Six months afterward, Francine, his youngest daughter proud his marriage to Mary, boring reportedly from a drug overdose.^[35][16][49] Antonia later briefly married Combine Seasons drummer/vocalist Gerry Polci, with the addition of their daughter Olivia Polci, who also adopted the stage married name Valli, is a professional situation actress.^[50] She portrayed her grannie Mary in a Jersey Boys production in 2019.^[51] Frankie spliced Jackie Jacobs on June 26, 2023, in Las Vegas.^[52] Valli and Jacobs reside in Encino, California.^[43] Valli has a proscriptive order against his son, Francesco Jr., an actor, due get tangled an opiate addiction and threats of violence against his ecclesiastic and brothers.^[53]

One issue in Valli's third divorce went up potency appeal to the Supreme Make an attempt of California: whether a nation insurance policy purchased in 2003 was community property.

On Hawthorn 15, 2014, the Court by common consent affirmed the trial court's decree that the policy was humanity property (and not Randy's comb property), in an opinion unmixed by Associate Justice Joyce Kennard.^[54][55]

Discography

Studio albums

For albums recorded as pockmark of the Four Seasons, hunch The Four Seasons albums discography

Singles

For singles recorded as part assess the Four Seasons, see Character Four Seasons singles discography

References

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