The Four Seasons ~ December 1963 (Oh What A Night) 1976 Disco Purrfection Version

Dedicated to my favourite Detroit radio DJ Dick Purtan. You made my high school years easier. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons had a blazing trail of hits in the early to mid sixties with "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Walk Like A Man" but the hits had trailed off by 1974 when Frankie and the Seasons were signed to the Motown label. His #1 single "My Eyes Adored You" was not considered a hit after it was recorded and Motown declined to release it, so they parted ways, but it paved the road for the "Who Loves You" LP and their spectacular four week return to #1 with "Oh What A Night (December 1963). Frankie maintained his status by coming back to #1 with the title song from "Grease" in the summer of 1978. This is their most popular song ever. t was originally titled December 1933 and was about the repeal of prohibition. Writers Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker were not happy with the bizarre lyrics, so they locked themselved away for two days and successfully completed the song. "Who Loves You" was released in August of 1975 and signalled a new sound for the 60's has beens. Frankie Valli now armed with a coterie of four new Seasons, Gerry Polci on drums, Don Ciccone on bass, John Paiva on guitar and Lee Shapiro on keyboards. Bob Gaudio was a member and writer during their 60's heyday became their producer. The song hit big spending three weeks at the top of the pop heap in the spring of 1976. Despite their fame, they never had a British #1 until December 1963 was released. The song also hit in a remixed form in 1994 by Ben Liebrand, reentered the US survey and peaked at #14 gaining a total of 54 weeks for both chart runs and making it the single that spent the longest time on the chart until the phenomenon of "Macarena" in 1996 bested that by spending 60 weeks on the survey.