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	Bob Gaudio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bob Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from the Bronx, New York.
		Gaudio was instrumental in mounting Jersey Boys, a musical play based on the lives of The Four Seasons, which is running ran at the La Jolla Playhouse through January 2, 2005 and is headed for Broadway.
		Gaudio is a member of the Songwriters' Hall of Fame.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Gaudio (536 words)

	''RAG DOLL'' BY THE FOUR SEASONS
		Gaudio had written "Rag Doll" not long before this session: "I was driving into [Manhattan] for a session and I got stopped at Eleventh Avenue, which back then seemed like the longest traffic light in the world; like three minutes long," he recalls.
		Gaudio and Crewe chose an African hair drum that happened to be there, and Saltzman, who was set up in the middle of the room with the rest of the band, played it along with a rack tom to create the opening bars of the song and the rhythm tattoo that carried the choruses.
		Gaudio remembers that it was rushed to mastering and was on the radio within 10 days of the session.
	mixonline.com /mag/audio_rag_doll_four/index.html (1504 words)

	4seasons
		Bob Gaudio was responsible for much of the songwriting and the Four Seasons were never short on imagination when it came to production.
		When Bob Gaudio joined them they changed the name to The Four Seasons and added the strength of Philadelphia Producer Bob Crewe to their recording work.
		I had the good fortune to work on the same bill with them around 1965 on their UK tour and they were as musically brilliant and cohesive live as they were on their recordings, in fact even more so.
	joemoretti.ifrance.com /r&r_10.htm (415 words)

	"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
		Gaudio and Valli remained business partners, though, owning all rights to the group name, and all of their old masters as well.
		That song was written by Bob Gaudio, along with a lady friend, Judy Parker.
		In 1984 Valli and Gaudio formed FBI Records, and the Four Seasons teamed with their old sixties rivals the Beach Boys for the single "East Meets West." More recent incarnations of the group boast six Seasons or more.
	www.superseventies.com /1976_10singles.html (556 words)

	Bob Gaudio: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Although it was Frankie Valli [+]'s name in lights, Bob Gaudio [+] was the driving creative force behind the success of the Four Seasons [+] -- the group's primary songwriter, he teamed with producer Bob Crewe [+] to refine their signature harmony pop sound while authoring some of the biggest hits of the rock era.
		Gaudio soon joined the Four Seasons [+]; at the time, the Valli-led quartet was virtually unknown, primarily playing clubs in addition to serving as Crewe's studio backing group.
		Gaudio and Crewe jointly wrote the Four Seasons [+]'; follow-up, "Big Girls Don't Cry," which, like its predecessor, remained at number one for five weeks; though Valli's powerful falsetto remained the group's chief drawing card, Gaudio and Crewe orchestrated the group's bold, harmony rich sound, which drew heavily upon doo wop and RandB.
	music.com /person/bob_gaudio/1 (590 words)

	CMT.com : Bob Gaudio : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gaudio soon joined the Four Seasons; at the time, the Valli-led quartet was virtually unknown, primarily playing clubs in addition to serving as Crewe's studio backing group.
		Their continued lack of success so frustrated Valli that he threatened to break ranks, prompting Gaudio to write the song "Sherry"; the single topped the charts for five weeks in 1962, beginning a string of hits that continued throughout the decade.
		By this time, Gaudio was also freelancing as a writer and producer for artists including Nancy Sinatra and the team of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye; in 1974, he retired from performing to focus full-time on his behind-the-scenes work.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/gaudio_bob/bio.jhtml (401 words)

	1974 Interview with Bob Crewe--- BobbyDarin.net/BobbyDarin.com
		On February 22, 1974, legendary songwriter/producer/recording star, Bob Crewe was interviewed by Jim Stone of WLNZ radio in Lansing, Michigan.
		Crewe is perhaps best remembered for his extremely successful hits co-written with Bob Gaudio for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, among many other amazing accomplishments and is still going strong today.
		Crewe worked with Bobby in the studio shortly before Bobby's death, producing Bobby's single "Happy" as well as undertaking the bittersweet and sombering task of assembling the Motown tribute LP Darin 1936-1973, which was released shortly after this interview was conducted.
	www.bobbydarin.com /darincrewe.html (255 words)

	Sherry by The Four Seasons Songfacts
		Gaudio was adamant about not changing the name to "Peri," which was Crewe's record label.
		It took less time for Gaudio to compose this than it took the group to decide upon a name for the song.
		Gaudio and Valli were so certain this would be a hit that they gave Crewe an ultimatum: release it as The Four Seasons or let them out of their contract.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.lasso?id=1935 (450 words)

	Bob Crewe biography : albums : icebergradio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One of the most successful pop/rock producers of the 1960s, Bob Crewe is primarily known for his work with the Four Seasons, many of whose hits he also had a hand in writing.
		Although this was written by Four Seasons member Bob Gaudio, the equally massive follow-up, "Big Girls Don't Cry," was penned by Gaudio and Crewe.
		Gaudio and Crewe would write many of the Seasons' big '60s hits -- including "Walk Like a Man," "Ronnie," "Rag Doll," "Save It for Me," and "Silence Is Golden" -- although they also wrote separately for the group.
	www.icebergradio.com /artist/24195/bob_crewe.html (649 words)

	simpleton
		Recalls Bob Gaudio: "It was designed to be a TV special, a story of a small town and a guy's trials and tribulations.
		The record hasn't got a potential single, the melodies are without hooks or radio-friendly phrasing, and the lyrics rely heavily on that plodding "she does this and then she does that" play-by-play that gained ground in the seventies and eighties.
		Bob Gaudio composed or co-composed most of the hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and even when he's consciously limiting himself, he retains his gifts for melody and lyrical flow.
	www.simpleton.com /20021230.html (2669 words)

	Bob Grimm
		We explored our original music and it brought us to a television show seen by Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons at a time when he and his group were performing at the Club Venus, a popular night spot in Baltimore in the sixties and seventies.
		Gaudio contacted us through one of our old managers and we came to the club Venus, one afternoon, to audition.
		Bob invited me to come on the road with the Four Seasons as a back up guitarist.
	bobgrimm.net /bio.shtml (1262 words)

	FOUR SEASONS, The : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ex-Royal Teen Bob Gaudio (b 17 Nov. '42, NYC) on piano replaced Nick DeVito, led to crucial elaboration of doo-wop-based sound; another major factor was Bob Crewe of Swan Records, who signed group '60 and co-wrote with Gaudio (who'd written Royal Teens' 'Short Shorts', big '58 novelty): they highlighted Valli's three-octave voice.
		The hits tailed off as they went progressive after Sgt Pepper: their Genuine Imitation Life Gazette '69 was an expensive flop (and the album Gaudio wrote for Frank Sinatra didn't do too well either: Watertown '70); prod.
		Crewe was dumped as they left Philips, buying the rights to their master tapes as they had when leaving Vee-Jay, ensuring healthy future earnings.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/f/F70.HTM (572 words)

	McAnuff goes rock 'n' roll again \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Gaudio is supplying the music for the show, some of which will be new.
		Gaudio was the Seasons' primary songwriter and more recently a producer for such artists as Nancy Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson and Neil Diamond.
		That's what inspired Bob to use that incredible falsetto in 'Sherry'," said McAnuff, referring to Valli's big vocal range, which segues smoothly into a high falsetto with "no break or transition in the voice.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040223/news_1c23season.html (787 words)

	ShowMag.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Songwriter Bob Gaudio (Daniel Reichard) is the only one of the original four with sufficient personal grounding to avoid the “Boys In the Hood” mentality in favor of a legal partnership with Valli that will preserve the Four Seasons' name and music beyond the inevitable adult dissolution of a boy group.
		With the exception of Gaudio, these are blue collar guys with little grasp of the world outside their childhood haunts.
		Composer Bob Gaudio and lyricist Bob Crewe with Music Director/Conductor Ron Melrose, an inspired orchestra, and the voices of the group fill the theater with a sound impossible to forget because we never forgot it in the first place.
	www.showmag.com /theater/theater703.html (798 words)

	Bob Grimm
		Bob Grimm, a former member of a band now in the Rock'N'Roll Hall Of Fame (The Four Seasons) has refined a guitar technique that has earned him a reputation as one to see!
		He is owner and head arranger and producer at K.B. Productions, a music production company hidden away in the Catskills, where Bob works from his home studio as a full time musician, offering different musical acts to resorts, nite clubs and special events outlets.
		Bob's first musical influences came from his dad who was a drummer during the big band era.
	www.caitlinproductions.com /subpage66.html (160 words)

	Nick Massi Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musician Directory
		It was Massi's pop savvy that allowed the Four Seasons to be one of the few American bands, along with the Beach Boys, to weather the British invasion, as they continued to release successful singles after the arrival of The Beatles.
		Bob Crewe, writer and producer for the Four Seasons, told the Newark paper, "He was one of the most informed musicians I've ever worked with, with an innate sense of how things worked together."
		Not too far away, Bob Gaudio was born in Bronx, NY on Nov. 17,1942, or those of you that are new Frankie Valli and 4 Seasons fans or are unaware, Bob Gaudio wrote most of the songs for the group.
	elvispelvis.com /nickmassi.htm (858 words)

	Spectropop Group Discussion Archives: #0278 - 22 Jun 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I attended not only my own recording sessions, that Bob wrote most of my songs for, and produced, but all of the Four Seasons, as well as the many other artists that Bob wrote material for and produced.
		Bob wrote many songs even before he was a well known record producer.
		I believe one of the songs he wrote before his rise to hit maker was "Silhouettes." I sat many hours in his home, watching him create at the piano with Bob Gaudio, when they would write songs and Bob would talk about the feel and sound he wanted to create.
	www.spectropop.com /archive/digest/m316.html (1360 words)

	Body
		Bob Crewe took it to Vee-Jay Records after changing the name at the last minute to "Sherry".
		Sherry was released in the summer and moved slowly until the group performed on "American Bandstand"...."Sherry" sold 200,000 copies the next day catapulting Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons into rock and roll superstardom.
		Gaudio wrote or co-wrote and produced almost the entire four Seasons catalogue with heavy involvement by Bob Crewe.
	www.luckmedia.com /frankievalli/events.htm (872 words)

	Bob Crewe: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		One of the most successful pop/rock producers of the 1960s, Bob Crewe [+] is primarily known for his work with the Four Seasons [+], many of whose hits he also had a hand in writing.
		Although this was written by Four Seasons [+] member Bob Gaudio [+], the equally massive follow-up, "Big Girls Don't Cry," was penned by Gaudio and Crewe.
		A prototypical easy listening/pop crossover instrumental with a '60s, party, go-go beat and Herb Alpert [+]-like brass, it's still easily recognized today, and was ideal for use as background music for radio and television links.
	www.music.com /person/bob_crewe/1 (831 words)

	Shows You Gotta See! - "Jersey Boys" La Jolla Playhouse 8/5-11/21
		Former Four Seasons member and JERSEY BOYS composer Bob Gaudio was also the band's primary songwriter.
		Bob Crewe, according to Rolling Stone, is a major architect of American pop music.
		Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio) appeared in the original cast of Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration.
	www.sdtheatrescene.com /w-agora/view.php?key=1093448389&bn=sdtheaterinfoforums_openings&site=sdtheaterinfoforums (1432 words)

	Find Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Music
		May have been inspired by squeegee girl in New York City who came out to wash Bob Gaudio's car while he was stopped at a traffic light.
		Written by Bob Gaudio, was not a cover, but many others covered it, such as Andy Williams.
		Bob Gaudio rearranged it for the Four Seasons after seeing Frank Sinatra perform it (see here).
	www.planetshoup.com /easy/supplies/seasons.shtml (3731 words)

	The Four Seasons
		With the addition of organist Bob Gaudio, the Four Seasons' definitive line-up included singer/guitarist Tommy DeVito and bass player/vocalist Nick Massi (replaced in 1965 by Joe Long).
		One afternoon in 1962, Bob Gaudio, who had sung with the Royal Teens before joining Frankie Valli's Four Lovers, was getting ready to go down to a Four Seasons rehearsal.
		By this time, the Four Seasons had signed a deal with producer was Bob Crewe, a singer-turned-songwriter/producer who worked with acts like Bobby Darin, Freddy Cannon, and Danny and the Juniors.
	www.classicbands.com /seasons.html (1338 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- 'Boys' walks like a man
		They've taken the initial impulse of Valli and original Four Seasons singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio (both of whom were in the opening-night audience) to tell their story, and with the estimable aid of writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice's book, have found the art in it.
		More shrewd than the others, all of whom have been involved in petty theft and worse, Gaudio arranges for them to labor away doing backup vocals in studio sessions for record producer Bob Crewe (Liberace-like Peter Gregus).
		Gaudio's too busy writing down the notes to a little tune that's just popped into his head – a ditty they quickly arrange for the session.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20041019-9999-1c19jersey.html (833 words)

	Turbula - Autumn 2004 - Review of "Jersey Boys"
		Valli and mates Tommy DeVito, Nick Massi and Bob Gaudio are presented with all their warts fully intact.
		Which isn't to say that this is a negative production – the story is full of admiration (and was written with the cooperation of the three surviving members), but it is nevertheless honest about that story.
		And Daniel Reichard's portrayal of Gaudio, the composer for the band who believed in the music above all, captures a feel for devotion to artistry.
	www.turbula.net /2004-fall/theater-ljp-jersey.html (533 words)

	Fagan Bio
		Bob Gaudio has produced such greats as Diana Ross, The Four Seasons, Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand.
		In addition, Bob Gaudio got a Mercury Records contract for the songwriter and produced his disc debut, Richard Fagan.
		He and Gaudio recorded Jiver as his follow-up LP, but Mercury Records went through an executive shake-up, and Fagan lost his contract in 1982.
	www.ofmusic.com /hook-623/bio.html (1862 words)

	Collins' Oldies Website: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
		The original members of the Four Seasons besides Frankie were Tom DeVito, Bob Gaudio, and Nick Massi.
		Bob wrote or co-wrote many of the songs in the anthology reviewed below.
		The narrator realizes that there's no space for him in the girl's heart, so he urges her to marry the man who IS in her heart, and from this point on stop worrying about the narrator.
	www.srv.net /~roxtar/valli_frankie.html (1737 words)

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