Frankie Valli
Frankie Valli
Frankie Valliis an American popular singer, known as the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful falsetto voice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 May 1934
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
handle hundred million records sell
I was always friends with Nick. You sell a hundred million records and see how you handle it!
bigs
I'm going to be as big as Sinatra.
romantic eye long
At long last love has arrived, and I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you.
summer morning sleep
I spent many a summer early morning with the radio very low, half sleeping and half listening.
successful appreciate doe
Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. Its good that its that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.
golf play tennis
I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.
sight way speak
Pardon the way that I stare, there's nothing else to compare. The sight of you leaves me weak, there are no words left to speak.
first-love firsts jazz
Jazz was my first love.
four people rolling trying
When we were trying to get 'Jersey Boys' off the ground, I'd get, 'The Four Seasons? Who's going to care? There's the Beatles, there's the Rolling Stones.' But people know those stories. Here was a story no one knew.
life somebody
When somebody is making a movie about your life, that's different. A show is a live performance. Things are going to go wrong. You are going to get away with things. A movie is indelible. A movie is through a microscope.
business came creativity fact great grown influenced listened lyrics magical music rock songs time
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and melodies. I think that really influenced everybody.
audience believe forgot hits people reaction top
I have to believe that most people know that 'Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You' is my song. But the reaction we get from the audience at 'Jersey Boys' is that they didn't remember how many hits we had. A lot of 'Oh yeah, I forgot they did that song.' We had 20 Top 10 hits in the U.S... people forget.
felt happened instance learned life people sang sing
I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance - you felt that everything he sang had happened in his life.
apartment cold corner harmony lake lobby mom near paid park rent singing standing starting
Starting in my teens, I was always standing on the corner near our apartment singing harmony with friends. We'd also go to the park and sing under the bridge near the lake for the echo. When it was cold out, we'd stand in the little heated lobby in the project's administration building, where my mom paid the rent each month.