Valli was not happy with his vocals on the various takes of " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" when he decided to record the song with a "joke" falsetto vocal to reduce the tension in the studio. On the heels of recording a live album of Broadway tunes (to complete the settlement of the group's lawsuit with Vee-Jay), Valli, Crewe, and Gaudio had planned on recording an album consisting entirely of songs written by Bob Dylan, but as recording progressed, the concept was modified to include songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. In 19, Four Seasons records and Frankie Valli singles were listed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with both names appearing simultaneously in the chart in several issues of the magazine. With the blessing of Philips officials, Valli rekindled his "solo" career in the latter part of 1965, releasing records that were credited to him and having the group as backing musicians. While Vee-Jay started recycling Four Seasons product in 1964, Phillips started releasing new Four Seasons records with increasing frequency as the British invasion began. In the midst of a royalty dispute with Vee-Jay Records in late 1963, the Four Seasons left the label for Philips. From 1962 to 1966, it has been estimated that The Four Seasons had sold about 50 million records, more than any recording act except The Beatles. While the first single failed to sell, the second one, " Sherry", started a string of successes for The Four Seasons. The session work (and recording under various names) continued, but now with Valli, Gaudio, and Crewe trying to sell both Gaudio compositions and Four Seasons recordings, the group finally achieved national distribution under its own name for the first time in four years. In 1960, The Four Lovers became The 4 Seasons (named after the bowling lane). Since the beginning of The Four Lovers, the group performed in clubs and lounges in New Jersey and offered songs in a variety of styles, from country and western to pop to doo wop to rockabilly to Broadway tunes, with a sprinkling of Italian love songs thrown in. In 1958, The Four Lovers obtained a three-year artist contract with producer Bob Crewe, which gave the group a steady stream of session work (Valli can be heard singing in the background of " Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay" by Danny and the Juniors) in addition to recording for Crewe's Peri Records. Īside from the first Four Lovers single, " You're the Apple of My Eye" in 1956, the group's (and Valli's) records failed to chart. Songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist Bob Gaudio did the same (as Turner Disentri and as Alex Alda) after he joined the Four Lovers in 1959. Lead singer Valli had himself recorded under several pseudonyms as well, including Frankie Tyler and Frankie Valley. The Four Seasons evolved from The Four Lovers, which recorded under a variety of names between 19.
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