Frankie Valli (before The Four Lovers, 1953-1956)
1953
"My Mother's Eyes"/"The Laugh's on Me" (as Frank Valley) - Corona Records
1954
"Somebody Else Took Her Home"/"Forgive and Forget" (as Frankie Valley and the Travelers) - Mercury
[edit] The Four Lovers (1956-1961)
1956
"You're the Apple of My Eye" (#62)/"The Girl in My Dreams" - RCA Victor
"Honey Love"/"Please Don't Leave Me" - RCA Victor (Simultaneous release with "You're the Apple of My Eye")
"Jambalaya"/"Be Lovey Dovey" - RCA Victor
1957
"Never Never"/"Happy Am I" - RCA Victor
"Shake a Hand"/"The Stranger" - RCA Victor
"The Stranger"/"Night Train" - RCA Victor
"My Life for You"/"Pucker Up" - Epic
1958
"I Go Ape"/"If You Care" (as Frankie Tyler) - Okeh
1959
"Please Take a Chance"/"It May Be Wrong" (as Frankie Vally) - Decca
"Come Si Bella" (as Franke Valle and the Romans)/"Real (This Is Real)" (as Frankie Valley) - Cindy
1960
"Too Young to Start"/"Red Lips" (as The Village Voices) - Topix/Peri
1961
"Spanish Lace"/"1,000,000 Tears" (Bob Gaudio as Turner Disentri) - Topix/Peri
"I Am All Alone"/"Trance" (as Billy Dixon and The Topics) - Topix/Peri
"An Angel Cried"/"Hope, Faith and Dreams" (as Harold Miller and The Rays) - Topix/Peri
"Lost Lullaby"/"Trance" (as Billy Dixon and The Topics) - Topix/Peri
"Betty Jean"/"More Lovin' Less Talkin'" (as Johnny Halo) - Topix/Peri
[edit] The Four Seasons (1961-present)
1961
"Bermuda"/"Spanish Lace" - Gone
1963
"Walk Like a Man" (#1)/"Lucky Ladybug" - Vee-Jay
"Ain't That a Shame!" (#22)/"Soon (I'll Be Home Again)" (#77) - Vee-Jay
"Candy Girl" (#3)/"Marlena" (#36) - Vee-Jay
"New Mexican Rose" (#36)/"That's the Only Way" (#88) - Vee-Jay
1964
"Peanuts"/"Stay" - Vee-Jay
"Dawn (Go Away) (#3)/"No Surfing Today" - Philips
"Stay" (#16)/"Goodnight My Love" - Vee-Jay
"Ronnie" (#6)/"Born to Wander" - Philips
"Alone" (#28)/"Long, Lonely Nights" - Vee-Jay
"Rag Doll" (#1)/"Silence Is Golden" - Philips
"Save It for Me (#10)/"Funny Face" - Philips
"Sincerely" (#75)/"One Song" - Vee-Jay
"You're the Apple of My Eye"/"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" - Vee-Jay (A-side is a re-recording of The Four Lovers' first record)
"Big Man in Town" (#20)/"Little Angel" - Philips
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"/"Christmas Tears" - Vee-Jay
1965
"Bye Bye Baby (#12)/"Searching Wind" - Philips (A-side renamed Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye) on reissues)
"Never on Sunday"/"Connie-O" - Vee-Jay
"Toy Soldier" (#64)/"Betrayed" - Philips
"Girl Come Running" (#30)/"Cry Myself to Sleep" - Philips
"Since I Don't Have You"/"Tonite, Tonite" - Vee-Jay
"Let's Hang On!" (#3)/"On Broadway Tonight" - Philips
"Don't Think Twice" (#12)/"Sassy" (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"Little Boy (in Grown-Up Clothes)" (#60)/"Silver Wings" - Vee-Jay
1966
"Working My Way Back to You" (#9)/"Too Many Memories" - Philips
"Peanuts"/"My Sugar" (as The Wonder Who) - Vee-Jay (both sides recorded in 1962 for Vee-Jay as The Four Seasons)
"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)" (#13)/"Beggar's Paradise" - Philips
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" (#87)/"You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" (#96) (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (#9)/"Huggin' My Pillow" - Philips
"Tell It to the Rain" (#10)/"Show Girl" - Philips
1967
"Beggin'" (#16)/"Dody" - Philips
"C'mon Marianne" (#9)/"Let's Ride Again" - Philips (two versions issued, first one slower than "hit" second version)
"Lonesome Road" (#89)/"Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround)" (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"Watch the Flowers Grow" (#30)/"Raven" - Philips
1968
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (#24)/"Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround)" - Philips
"Saturday's Father"/"Goodbye Girl" - Philips (first Philips Four Seasons single not to appear in the Hot 100)
"Electric Stories" (#61)/"Pity" - Philips
1969
"Idaho" (#75)/"Something's on Her Mind" (#98) - Philips
"And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)" (#45)/"The Singles Game" - Crewe
1970
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"A Dream of Kings" - Philips
"Patch of Blue" (#94)/"She Gives Me Light" - Philips (A-side is only original Philips recording credited to "Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons")
"Lay Me Down (Wake Me Up)"/"Heartaches and Rainbows" - Philips (B-side credited to Frankie Valli)
1971
"Where Are My Dreams?"/"Any Day Now"-"Happy Day" - Philips
1972
"Walk On, Don't Look Back"/"Sun Country" - MoWest
1973
"How Come"/"Life and Breath" - Motown
"Hickory"/"Charisma" - Motown
1975
"Who Loves You" (#3)/"Who Loves You (Disco version)" - Warner Brothers
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (#1)/"Slip Away" - Warner Brothers
1976
"Silver Star" (#38)/"Mystic Mr. Sam" - Warner Brothers
1977
"Down the Hall" (#65)/"I Believe in You" - Warner Brothers
1980
"Spend the Night in Love" (#91)/"Slip Away" - Warner Brothers
1981
"Heaven Must Have Sent You (Here in the Night)"/"Silver Star" - Warner Brothers
1985
"Streetfighter"/"Deep Inside Your Love" - MCA/Curb
"Moonlight Memories"?"What About Tomorrow" - MCA/Curb
1986
"East Meets West"/"Rhapsody" - FBI (A side: Four Seasons and The Beach Boys)
"Book of Love"/"What About Tomorrow" - MCA/Curb
[edit] Frankie Valli "solo" (recorded 1964-1974 with The Four Seasons)
Each of the following was produced by Bob Crewe and was recorded in Four Seasons recording sessions.
1965
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"/"This Is Goodbye" - Smash
1966
"(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" (#39)/"Night Hawk" - Smash (B-side by The Four Seasons as "The Valli Boys")
"You're Ready Now"/"Cry for Me" - Smash
"The Proud One" (#68)/"Ivy" - Philips
1967
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (#2)/"The Trouble With Me" - Philips
"I Make a Fool of Myself" (#18)/"September Rain (Here Comes the Rain)" - Philips
"To Give (The Reason I Live)" (#29)/"Watch Where You Walk" - Philips
1969
"The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low" (#52)/"A Face Without a Name" - Philips
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"The Dream of Kings" - Philips (withdrawn upon release of Motown single below)
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"Listen to Yesterday" - Motown
1970
"The Scalawag Song"/"Listen to Yesterday" - Motown
"My Mother's Eyes"/"Circle in the Sand" - Philips (A-side is a re-recording of Valli's 1953 recording)
1971
"Love Isn't Here"/"Poor Fool" - MoWest
1975
"My Eyes Adored You" (#1)/"Watch Where You Walk" - Private Stock (recorded as part of aborted Motown Four Seasons album. Valli bought the master and Private Stock released it as a Valli single)
NOTE: Promotional copies of "The Night", a song The Four Seasons recorded for Motown, were distributed to radio stations and promotional outlets as a Frankie Valli "solo" single in 1971, but it was never commercially available as a single in the United States.
[edit] Frankie Valli solo (recorded after 1974 without The Four Seasons)
1975
"Swearin' to God" (#6)/"Why" - Private Stock (first Frankie Valli recording without Four Seasons or Four Lovers participation since 1953)
"Our Day Will Come" (#11)/"You Can Bet" - Private Stock
1976
"Fallen Angel" (#36)/"Carrie (I Would Marry You)" - Private Stock
"We're All Alone" (#78)/"You to Me Are Everything" - Private Stock
"Boomerang"/"Look at the World, It's Changing" - Private Stock
1977
"Easily"/"What Good Am I Without You" - Private Stock
"Second Thoughts"/"So She Says" - Private Stock
"I Need You"/"I'm Gonna Love You" - Private Stock
1978
"I Could Have Loved You"/"Rainstorm" - Private Stock
"Grease" (#1)/"Grease (Instrumental)" - RSO
"No Love At All"/"Save Me, Save Me" - Warner Brothers
1979
"Fancy Dancer"/"Needing You" - Warner Brothers
1980
"Where Did We Go Wrong" (#90)/"Doctor Dance" (Frankie Valli with Chris Forde) - MCA/Curb
1982
"Can't Say No to You"/"You Make It Beautiful" (Frankie Valli with Cheryl Ladd) - Capitol
1983
"American Pop"/"Why" (Manhattan Transfer with Frankie Valli) - Atlantic
Frankie Valli (before The Four Lovers, 1953-1956)
1953
"My Mother's Eyes"/"The Laugh's on Me" (as Frank Valley) - Corona Records
1954
"Somebody Else Took Her Home"/"Forgive and Forget" (as Frankie Valley and the Travelers) - Mercury
[edit] The Four Lovers (1956-1961)
1956
"You're the Apple of My Eye" (#62)/"The Girl in My Dreams" - RCA Victor
"Honey Love"/"Please Don't Leave Me" - RCA Victor (Simultaneous release with "You're the Apple of My Eye")
"Jambalaya"/"Be Lovey Dovey" - RCA Victor
1957
"Never Never"/"Happy Am I" - RCA Victor
"Shake a Hand"/"The Stranger" - RCA Victor
"The Stranger"/"Night Train" - RCA Victor
"My Life for You"/"Pucker Up" - Epic
1958
"I Go Ape"/"If You Care" (as Frankie Tyler) - Okeh
1959
"Please Take a Chance"/"It May Be Wrong" (as Frankie Vally) - Decca
"Come Si Bella" (as Franke Valle and the Romans)/"Real (This Is Real)" (as Frankie Valley) - Cindy
1960
"Too Young to Start"/"Red Lips" (as The Village Voices) - Topix/Peri
1961
"Spanish Lace"/"1,000,000 Tears" (Bob Gaudio as Turner Disentri) - Topix/Peri
"I Am All Alone"/"Trance" (as Billy Dixon and The Topics) - Topix/Peri
"An Angel Cried"/"Hope, Faith and Dreams" (as Harold Miller and The Rays) - Topix/Peri
"Lost Lullaby"/"Trance" (as Billy Dixon and The Topics) - Topix/Peri
"Betty Jean"/"More Lovin' Less Talkin'" (as Johnny Halo) - Topix/Peri
[edit] The Four Seasons (1961-present)
1961
"Bermuda"/"Spanish Lace" - Gone
1962
"Sherry" (#1)/"I've Cried Before" - Vee-Jay
"Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1)/"Connie-O" - Vee-Jay
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (#23)/"Christmas Tears" - Vee-Jay
1963
"Walk Like a Man" (#1)/"Lucky Ladybug" - Vee-Jay
"Ain't That a Shame!" (#22)/"Soon (I'll Be Home Again)" (#77) - Vee-Jay
"Candy Girl" (#3)/"Marlena" (#36) - Vee-Jay
"New Mexican Rose" (#36)/"That's the Only Way" (#88) - Vee-Jay
1964
"Peanuts"/"Stay" - Vee-Jay
"Dawn (Go Away) (#3)/"No Surfing Today" - Philips
"Stay" (#16)/"Goodnight My Love" - Vee-Jay
"Ronnie" (#6)/"Born to Wander" - Philips
"Alone" (#28)/"Long, Lonely Nights" - Vee-Jay
"Rag Doll" (#1)/"Silence Is Golden" - Philips
"Save It for Me (#10)/"Funny Face" - Philips
"Sincerely" (#75)/"One Song" - Vee-Jay
"You're the Apple of My Eye"/"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" - Vee-Jay (A-side is a re-recording of The Four Lovers' first record)
"Big Man in Town" (#20)/"Little Angel" - Philips
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"/"Christmas Tears" - Vee-Jay
1965
"Bye Bye Baby (#12)/"Searching Wind" - Philips (A-side renamed Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye) on reissues)
"Never on Sunday"/"Connie-O" - Vee-Jay
"Toy Soldier" (#64)/"Betrayed" - Philips
"Girl Come Running" (#30)/"Cry Myself to Sleep" - Philips
"Since I Don't Have You"/"Tonite, Tonite" - Vee-Jay
"Let's Hang On!" (#3)/"On Broadway Tonight" - Philips
"Don't Think Twice" (#12)/"Sassy" (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"Little Boy (in Grown-Up Clothes)" (#60)/"Silver Wings" - Vee-Jay
1966
"Working My Way Back to You" (#9)/"Too Many Memories" - Philips
"Peanuts"/"My Sugar" (as The Wonder Who) - Vee-Jay (both sides recorded in 1962 for Vee-Jay as The Four Seasons)
"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)" (#13)/"Beggar's Paradise" - Philips
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" (#87)/"You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" (#96) (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"I've Got You Under My Skin" (#9)/"Huggin' My Pillow" - Philips
"Tell It to the Rain" (#10)/"Show Girl" - Philips
1967
"Beggin'" (#16)/"Dody" - Philips
"C'mon Marianne" (#9)/"Let's Ride Again" - Philips (two versions issued, first one slower than "hit" second version)
"Lonesome Road" (#89)/"Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround)" (as The Wonder Who?) - Philips
"Watch the Flowers Grow" (#30)/"Raven" - Philips
1968
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (#24)/"Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround)" - Philips
"Saturday's Father"/"Goodbye Girl" - Philips (first Philips Four Seasons single not to appear in the Hot 100)
"Electric Stories" (#61)/"Pity" - Philips
1969
"Idaho" (#75)/"Something's on Her Mind" (#98) - Philips
"And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)" (#45)/"The Singles Game" - Crewe
1970
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"A Dream of Kings" - Philips
"Patch of Blue" (#94)/"She Gives Me Light" - Philips (A-side is only original Philips recording credited to "Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons")
"Lay Me Down (Wake Me Up)"/"Heartaches and Rainbows" - Philips (B-side credited to Frankie Valli)
1971
"Where Are My Dreams?"/"Any Day Now"-"Happy Day" - Philips
1972
"Walk On, Don't Look Back"/"Sun Country" - MoWest
1973
"How Come"/"Life and Breath" - Motown
"Hickory"/"Charisma" - Motown
1975
"Who Loves You" (#3)/"Who Loves You (Disco version)" - Warner Brothers
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (#1)/"Slip Away" - Warner Brothers
1976
"Silver Star" (#38)/"Mystic Mr. Sam" - Warner Brothers
1977
"Down the Hall" (#65)/"I Believe in You" - Warner Brothers
1980
"Spend the Night in Love" (#91)/"Slip Away" - Warner Brothers
1981
"Heaven Must Have Sent You (Here in the Night)"/"Silver Star" - Warner Brothers
1985
"Streetfighter"/"Deep Inside Your Love" - MCA/Curb
"Moonlight Memories"?"What About Tomorrow" - MCA/Curb
1986
"East Meets West"/"Rhapsody" - FBI (A side: Four Seasons and The Beach Boys)
"Book of Love"/"What About Tomorrow" - MCA/Curb
1988
"Big Girls Don't Cry (Enhanced Original Mix)"/"Big Girls Don't Cry (Dirty Dancing Rap)" - MCA/Curb
[edit] Frankie Valli "solo" (recorded 1964-1974 with The Four Seasons)
Each of the following was produced by Bob Crewe and was recorded in Four Seasons recording sessions.
1965
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"/"This Is Goodbye" - Smash
1966
"(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself" (#39)/"Night Hawk" - Smash (B-side by The Four Seasons as "The Valli Boys")
"You're Ready Now"/"Cry for Me" - Smash
"The Proud One" (#68)/"Ivy" - Philips
1967
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (#2)/"The Trouble With Me" - Philips
"I Make a Fool of Myself" (#18)/"September Rain (Here Comes the Rain)" - Philips
"To Give (The Reason I Live)" (#29)/"Watch Where You Walk" - Philips
1969
"The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low" (#52)/"A Face Without a Name" - Philips
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"The Dream of Kings" - Philips (withdrawn upon release of Motown single below)
"You've Got Your Troubles"/"Listen to Yesterday" - Motown
1970
"The Scalawag Song"/"Listen to Yesterday" - Motown
"My Mother's Eyes"/"Circle in the Sand" - Philips (A-side is a re-recording of Valli's 1953 recording)
1971
"Love Isn't Here"/"Poor Fool" - MoWest
1975
"My Eyes Adored You" (#1)/"Watch Where You Walk" - Private Stock (recorded as part of aborted Motown Four Seasons album. Valli bought the master and Private Stock released it as a Valli single)
NOTE: Promotional copies of "The Night", a song The Four Seasons recorded for Motown, were distributed to radio stations and promotional outlets as a Frankie Valli "solo" single in 1971, but it was never commercially available as a single in the United States.
[edit] Frankie Valli solo (recorded after 1974 without The Four Seasons)
1975
"Swearin' to God" (#6)/"Why" - Private Stock (first Frankie Valli recording without Four Seasons or Four Lovers participation since 1953)
"Our Day Will Come" (#11)/"You Can Bet" - Private Stock
1976
"Fallen Angel" (#36)/"Carrie (I Would Marry You)" - Private Stock
"We're All Alone" (#78)/"You to Me Are Everything" - Private Stock
"Boomerang"/"Look at the World, It's Changing" - Private Stock
1977
"Easily"/"What Good Am I Without You" - Private Stock
"Second Thoughts"/"So She Says" - Private Stock
"I Need You"/"I'm Gonna Love You" - Private Stock
1978
"I Could Have Loved You"/"Rainstorm" - Private Stock
"Grease" (#1)/"Grease (Instrumental)" - RSO
"No Love At All"/"Save Me, Save Me" - Warner Brothers
1979
"Fancy Dancer"/"Needing You" - Warner Brothers
1980
"Where Did We Go Wrong" (#90)/"Doctor Dance" (Frankie Valli with Chris Forde) - MCA/Curb
1982
"Can't Say No to You"/"You Make It Beautiful" (Frankie Valli with Cheryl Ladd) - Capitol
1983
"American Pop"/"Why" (Manhattan Transfer with Frankie Valli) - Atlantic