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The Four Seasons discography

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This is a list of singles and some albums recorded and released by Frankie Valli and/or The Four Seasons in their various guises since 1953. This list includes only commercially released singles on which Valli or some configuration of the group was credited with performing or producing. Promotional-only releases and extended play records (EPs) are omitted from this list.

Reissued singles and records in which the Four Lovers did only session work (including singles by Danny & the Juniors, Freddy Cannon, and Bobby Darin) are also not included here.

Albums

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Studio albums

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The Four Lovers

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Title Album details
Joyride
  • Released: September 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Format: LP

The Four Seasons

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
UK
[2]
Sherry & 11 Others
  • Released: September 1962
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
6 20
The 4 Seasons Greetings
  • Released: December 1962
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
13
Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others...
  • Released: February 1963
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
8
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others
  • Released: June 1963
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
47
Born to Wander
  • Released: February 1964
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
84
Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs
  • Released: March 1964
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
6
Rag Doll
  • Released: July 1964
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
7
The 4 Seasons Entertain You
  • Released: March 1965
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
77
The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan...
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
106
Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits
  • Released: January 1966
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
50
New Gold Hits
  • Released: May 1967
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
37
The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
85
Half & Half (half Four Seasons, half Frankie Valli solo)
  • Released: May 1970
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
190
Chameleon
  • Released: May 1972
  • Label: MoWest
  • Format: LP
Who Loves You 38 12
Helicon
  • Released: April 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: LP
168
Streetfighter
  • Released: August 1985
  • Label: MCA/Curb
  • Format: LP
Hope + Glory
  • Released: September 1992
  • Label: Curb
  • Format: LP
Jersey Babys: The Instrumental Music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons for Kids
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Green Hill Records
  • Format: CD

Re-released in 2024.

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Frankie Valli

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[4]
AUS
[5]
The 4 Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo
  • Released: June 1967
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
34
Timeless
  • Released: July 1968
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
176
Closeup 51 70
Inside You
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: MoWest
  • Format: LP
Our Day Will Come
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: Private Stock
  • Format: LP
107
Valli
  • Released: September 1976
  • Label: Private Stock
  • Format: LP
Lady Put the Light Out
  • Released: November 1977
  • Label: Private Stock
  • Format: LP
Frankie Valli... Is the Word
  • Released: August 1978
  • Label: Warner Bros
  • Format: LP
160
Heaven Above Me
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: MCA/Curb
  • Format: LP, Cassette
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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The Four Seasons

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Title Album details Peak US chart position
[1]
On Stage with The 4 Seasons
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
68
Reunited Live
  • Released: January 1981
  • Label: Warner Bros
  • Format: LP

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1]
UK
[2]
Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons
  • Released: August 1963
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
15
Folk-Nanny
(reissued as Stay and Other Great Hits in 1964)
  • Released: September 1963
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
100
More Golden Hits by the Four Seasons
  • Released: August 1964
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
105
The International Battle of the Century: The Beatles vs. the Four Seasons
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Vee-Jay
  • Format: LP
142
The 4 Seasons' Gold Vault of Hits
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
10
The 4 Seasons' 2nd Vault of Golden Hits
  • Released: November 1966
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
22
Lookin' Back
  • Released: November 1966
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
107
The 4 Seasons' Christmas Album
(reissue of previously released The Four Seasons Greetings)
  • Released: November 1966
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
28
Edizione D'Oro: The 4 Seasons Gold Edition – 29 Gold Hits
  • Released: December 1968
  • Label: Philips
  • Format: LP
37 11[A]
The Four Seasons Story
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Private Stock
  • Format: LP
51 20
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons – The Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: K-tel
  • Format: LP
4
  • BPI: Platinum[3]
25th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: May 1988
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
38
Hits
  • Released: December 1988
  • Label: MCA/Curb
  • Format: CD
Rarities Volume 1
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
Rarities Volume 2
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
The Very Best Of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Format: CD
7
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night): The Dance Album
  • Released: July 1993
  • Label: Curb
  • Format: CD
Oh, What a Night
  • Released: January 1995
  • Label: Curb
  • Format: CD
The Definitive Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
  • Released: October 2001
  • Label: WSM
  • Format: CD
26
The Very Best of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
RIAA: Gold[6]
Beggin' – The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: April 2006
  • Label: 679
  • Format: CD
82
...Jersey Beat... The Music of Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons (3-CD and 1-DVD boxed set)
  • Released: June 2007
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
53[B]
Jersey's Best
  • Released: May 2008
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
25
Working My Way Back to You
  • Released: March 2011
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
12
  • BPI: Platinum[3]
Working Our Way Back to You: The Ultimate Collection (44-CD and 1-LP boxed set)
  • Released: June 2, 2023
  • Label: Rhino
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Note: Peak chart positions are from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The UK chart positions of three singles are noted ("You're Ready Now", "Sleeping Man" and "The Night") because of their uniqueness in The Four Seasons/Frankie Valli history. Their chart positions come from the book Guinness British Hit Singles by Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice and Jo Rice (sixth edition 1987).

The Four Lovers

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US Hot 100
[1]
1956 "You're the Apple of My Eye"
"The Girl in My Dreams"
64
"Honey Love"
"Please Don't Leave Me"

"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
"Be Lovey Dovey"

1957 "Never Never"
"Happy Am I"

"Shake a Hand"
"The Stranger"

"The Stranger"
"Night Train"

"My Life for your Love"
"Pucker Up"

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

The Romans

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Year Single Label Product number
1959 "Come Si Bella" / "Real (This Is Real)" Cindy C-3012

The Four Seasons

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1960s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US Cash Box
[7]
US Record World
[8]
US R&B
[1]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[9]
UK
[2]
1961 "Bermuda"
"Spanish Lace"







1962 "Sherry"
"I've Cried Before"
1
1
1
1
15
1
8
"Big Girls Don't Cry"
"Connie-O"
1
1
1
1
1
1
13
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
"Christmas Tears"
23
28
12




1963 "Walk Like a Man"
"Lucky Ladybug"
1
1
1
3
1
1
12
"Ain't That a Shame"
"Soon (I'll Be Home Again)"
22
77
20
70
20

65
20
46
38
"Candy Girl"
"Marlena"
3
36
4
35
5
44
13
55
2
49

"New Mexican Rose"
"That's the Only Way"
36
88
30
65
30


38

"Peanuts"
"Stay"
108






1964 "Dawn (Go Away)"
"No Surfin' Today"
3
3
3

13
3

"Stay"
"Goodnight My Love"
16
15
15

22
12

"Ronnie"
"Born to Wander"
6
6
6

26
18

"Alone"
"Long Lonely Nights"
28
102
24
74
29

39
8

"Rag Doll"
"Silence Is Golden"
1
1
1

3
1
2
"Sincerely"
"One Song"
75
87





"Save It for Me"
"Funny Face"
10
9
8

24
1

"Apple of My Eye"
"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"
106



95


"Big Man in Town"
"Little Angel"
20
14
14

69
5

"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
"Christmas Tears"







1965 "Connie-O"
"Never on Sunday"







"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)"
"Searching Wind"
12

6


1

"Since I Don't Have You"
"Tonite, Tonite"
105






"Toy Soldier"
"Betrayed"
64
62


99


"Girl Come Running"
"Cry Myself to Sleep"
30

23


33

"Let's Hang On!"
"On Broadway Tonight"
3
1


50
3
4
"Little Boy (in Grown Up Clothes)"
"Silver Wings"
60




3

"Don't Think Twice" (as The Wonder Who?)
"Sassy"
12






1966 "Peanuts" (as The Wonder Who?)
"My Sugar"







"Stay"
"My Mother's Eyes"







"Working My Way Back to You"
"Too Many Memories"
9



92
26
50
"Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)"
"Beggar's Parade"
13



32
33
20
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" (as The Wonder Who?)
"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
87
96






"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"Huggin' My Pillow"
9



63
9
12
"Tell It to the Rain"
"Show Girl"
10



48
6
37
1967 "Beggin'"
"Dody"
16




8
32[C]
"C'mon Marianne"
"Let's Ride Again"
9



66
8

"Lonesome Road" (as The Wonder Who?)
"Around and Around"
89






"Watch the Flowers Grow"
"Raven"
30




39

1968 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
"Around and Around"
24



93
15

"Saturday's Father"
"Good-Bye Girl"





55

"Electric Stories"
"Pity"
61




33

1969 "Idaho"
"Something's on Her Mind"
95
98




61

"The Girl I'll Never Know (Angels Never Fly This Low)"
"A Face Without a Name"
52






"And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me)"
"The Singles Game"
45




28

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1970s

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US Cash Box
[7]
US Record World
[8]
US AC
[1]
AUS
[5]
CAN
[9]
UK
[2]
1970 "Patch of Blue"
"She Gives Me Light"
94
53
56


56

"Lay Me Down (Wake Me Up)"
"Heartaches and Raindrops"







"Where Are My Dreams"
"Any Day Now - Oh Happy Day (Medley)"


112




1971 "Whatever You Say"
"Sleeping Man"







1972 "Walk On Don't Look Back"
"Sun Country"







1973 "How Come?"
"Life and Breath"







1974 "Hickory"
"Charisma"

90
99


85

1975 "The Night"
"When the Morning Comes"






7
"Touch the Rainchild"
"Poor Fool"







"Who Loves You"
"Who Loves You (Disco version)"
3
7
5
7
16
17
6
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
"Slip Away"
1
1
1
18
3
1
1
  • BPI: Platinum[3]
1976 "Silver Star"
"Mystic Mr. Sam"
38
68
95
24
84
45
3
"We Can Work It Out"
"Harmony, Perfect Harmony"






34
1977 "Rhapsody"
"Helicon"






37
"Down the Hall"
"I Believe in You"
65
77
77
40

69
34
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

1980s–1994

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Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US AC
[1]
1980 "Spend the Night in Love"
"Slip Away"
91

1981 "Heaven Must Have Sent You (Here in the Night)"
"Silver Star"


1984 "East Meets West" (with The Beach Boys)[10]
"Rhapsody"


1985 "Streetfighter"
"Deep Inside Your Love"


"Moonlight Memories"
"What About Tomorrow?"


1986 "Book of Love"
"What About Tomorrow?"


1994 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (Remix version) 14 22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Frankie Valli

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Singles released under other names

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Year Single Artist
1953 "My Mother's Eyes"
"The Laugh's on Me"
Frankie Valley
1954 "Somebody Else Took Her Home"
"Forgive and Forget"
Frankie Valley and the Travelers
1958 "I Go Ape"
"If You Care"
Frankie Tyler
1959 "Please Take a Chance"
"It May Be Wrong"
Frankie Vally

1965–present

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4]
US AC
[4]
US R&B
[4]
US Dance
[4]
UK
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1965 "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
"This Is Goodbye"





1966 "(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself"
"Night Hawk"
39




"You're Ready Now"
"Cry for Me"




11[D]
"The Proud One"
"Ivy"
68




1967 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
"The Trouble with Me"
2




"I Make a Fool of Myself"
"September Rain (Here Comes the Rain)"
18




"To Give (The Reason I Live)"
"Watch Where You Walk"
29




1970 "You've Got Your Troubles (I've Got Mine)"
"A Dream of Kings"





"Circles in the Sand"
"My Mother's Eyes"





1972 "Love Isn't Here (Like It Used to Be)"
"Poor Fool"





1973 "You've Got Your Troubles"
"Listen to Yesterday"





"The Scalawag Song (And I Will Love You)"
"Listen to Yesterday"





1974 "My Eyes Adored You"
"Watch Where You Walk"
1
2


5
1975 "Swearin' to God"
"Why"
6

31
4
31
"Boomerang"
"Can't Get You Off My Mind"





"Our Day Will Come"
"You Can Bet"
11
2

15

1976 "Fallen Angel"
"Carrie (I Would Marry You)"
36



11
"We're All Alone"
"You to Me Are Everything"
78




1977 "Easily"
"What Good Am I Without You"





"Second Thoughts"
"So She Says"





"I Need You"
"I'm Gonna Love You"





"Rainstorm"
"I Could Have Loved You"





1978 "Grease"
"Grease (Instrumental)"
1

40

3
"Save Me, Save Me"
"No Love at All"





1979 "Fancy Dancer"
"Needing You"
77




1980 "Where Did We Go Wrong"
"Doctor Dance"
90
4



1981 "Soul"
"If It Really Wasn't Love"



11

1982 "You Make It Beautiful" (duet with Cheryl Ladd)
"Can't Say No To You"





"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

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  1. ^ Chart position from 1971.[2]
  2. ^ Chart position from 2013.[2]
  3. ^ Chart position from 2007.[2]
  4. ^ Chart position from 1970.[11]

Other appearances

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Topix/Perri releases

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(Two independent labels owned by Bob Crewe and distributed by London. Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio, Nick Massi and Frankie Valli provided, together and separately, instrumental backing and background vocals for a variety of artists. Occasionally, they would be given performing credit under different names)

Year Single Artist Label Product number
1961 "Too Young to Start" / "Red Lips" Village Voices Topix 45-6000
"Ten Million Tears" / "Spanish Lace" Turner DeSentri (Bob Gaudio) Topix 45-6001-V
"Trance" / "I Am All Alone" Billy Dixon & The Topics Topix 45-6002
"An Angel Cried" / "Hope, Faith, and Dreams" Hal Miller & The Rays Topix 45-6003
"Betty Jean" / "More Lovin' Less Talkin'" Johnny Halo Topix 45-6004
"Lollypops Went out of Styles" / "Cry Myself to Sleep" Matthew Reid Topix 45-6006
"Little Pony" / {blank} Alex Alda (Nick Massi) Topix 45-6007
1962 "Trance" / "Lost Lullabye" Billy Dixon & The Topics Topix 45-6008
"Are You Happy Now?" / "Bright Brown Eyes" The Rays Perri 1004
"The Girl in My Dreams" / {blank} The Topics Perri 1007

Miss Frankie Nolan

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(background vocals by The 4 Seasons)

Year Single Label Product number
06/1961 "I Wish It Were Summer All Year Round" / "I Still Care" ABC-Paramount 10231
?/1961 "Say No More" / "A Week From Sunday" ABC-Paramount 151

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Four Seasons - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "FOUR SEASONS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "British certifications – Four Seasons". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 8, 2021. Type Four Seasons in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Frankie Valli - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Sources for Australian chart positions (Note: Album chart position details prior to 1970 are limited):
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "CASH BOX POP SINGLES The '70s Charts". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2021). The Comparison Book, 1954–1982. Ann Arbor, MI: Sheridan Books, Inc.
  9. ^ a b Compiled by CHUM Charts and RPM magazine. Copies are missing from the collectionscanada.gc.ca archive meaning some chart peaks could be inaccurate.
  10. ^ Doe, Andrew G.; et al. "The Beach Boys USA Discography: 1980s Singles". Bellagio10452.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Frankie Valli - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  13. ^ "Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Frankie Valli - Grease". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

Further reading

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  • Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (3rd ed.). Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  • Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders (expanded, 1st ed.). Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7622-9.
  • Leonard, Hal (2005). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today. ISBN 0-634-09978-7.
  • Neely, Tom (2005). Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records (5th ed.). KP Books. ISBN 0-87349-840-2.
  • Joe Sasfy, Liner notes to Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons: 1962-1967 (Warner Special Products, 1987: Time-Life Music The Rock 'N' Era 2RNR-15)
  • Whitburn, Joel (1994). Top Pop Singles 1955-1993. Billboard Books. ISBN 0-89820-105-5.
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