Lady Put the Light Out

This article is about the Frankie Valli album. For the title track, see Lady Put the Light Out (song).

Lady Put the Light Out
Studio album by Frankie Valli
Released	November 1977 (1977-11)
Studio	Media Sound Studios, New York City
Length	38:48
Label	Private Stock
Producer	Charles Calello
Frankie Valli chronology
Valli (1976) Lady Put the Light Out (1977) Frankie Valli... Is the Word (1978)

Lady Put the Light Out is an album by Frankie Valli, released in November 1977 on the Private Stock label.

Background, composition and recording

Frankie Valli assembled some New York City session players for the album Lady Put the Light Out, and chose songs by songwriters such as Eric Carmen, Paul Anka, Carole Bayer Sager, and the team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The song "Native New Yorker", which was later covered in a hit version by the band Odyssey, was written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who had been writing songs for the Four Seasons since the 1960s. "I Need You" was also a hit for the band 3T.

Track listing

1. "I Need You" (Eric Carmen) – 3:23
2. "Second Thoughts" (Paul Anka) – 3:15
3. "I Could Have Loved You" (Albert Hammond, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:28
4. "With You" (Carole Bayer Sager, Ken Ascher) – 3:48
5. "Native New Yorker" (Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer) – 5:18
6. "Lady Put the Light Out" – 4:28
7. "Boats Against the Current" (Eric Carman) – 4:03
8. "Rainstorm" (Chris Andrews) – 3:55
9. "I'm Gonna Love You" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 3:04
10. "There's Always a Goodbye" (Randy Richards) – 4:06

Personnel

• Frankie Valli – vocals
• David Spinozza, Jay Berliner, Jeff Layton, Jeff Mironov, John Tropea, Lance Quinn, Vinnie Bell – guitar
• Bob Babbitt, Gordon Edwards, Wilbur Bascomb – bass
• Kenny Ascher, Richard Tee – keyboards
• Larry Fast – synthesizer
• Allan Schwartzberg, Steve Gadd – drums
• David Friedman – percussion
• Richie Gajate-Garcia – congas
• Marvin Stamm – horns
• Gene Orloff – strings
• Margaret Ross – harp
• Helen Miles, Hilda Harris, Lani Groves, Linda November, Ullanda McCullough, Vivian Cherry, Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals