Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

The Vinyl Word: Oh What a Night!

Bay of Plenty Times
5 Sep, 2018 05:00 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

(Oh What A Night!) The ultimate celebration of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Photo/File

(Oh What A Night!) The ultimate celebration of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Photo/File

Next month another stage show, Oh What A Night, is going to be touring New Zealand.

The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons as stage show Jersey Boys premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse in New Jersey on November 6, 2005.

It went on to become a massive success on Broadway and around the world, winning multiple Tony Awards.

There are three US productions of Jersey Boys running outside New York and other productions playing overseas including London.

The stage show played at Auckland's Civic theatre a few years ago and was a huge success.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Clint Eastwood loved the show and the story that much that he directed a big screen version of their story that was released in 2014.

Next month another stage show, Oh What A Night, is going to be touring New Zealand.

This is an exciting musical review by Motown producer George Solomon.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

It takes you on a two-hour journey of the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

The Four Seasons were one of only two American bands to enjoy major chart success before, during, and after the British Invasion, (the other being The Beach Boys). The Four Seasons have sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide.

If you're lucky enough to have seen the stage show or movie you will know the story of how a young lad from New Jersey, Frankie Valli, released his first record in 1953 called My Mother's Eyes and the following year he teamed up with another Jersey Boy, guitarist Tommy DeVito, and formed The Variatones.

Between 1954 and 1960 the group recorded under a variety of names like The Four Lovers, The Travellers, Frankie Valli and the Romans, The Village Voices and The Topics, to name just a few.

Discover more

Entertainment

The Vinyl Word: classic albums turning 40 this year

30 Jan 03:00 PM

In fact, they had 18 stage names before they changed it, yet again, in 1961, to The Four Seasons. They chose that name after a bowling alley in Union County, New Jersey.
In 1962, the band released their first album, featuring the song Sherry. That song became their first charting hit which eventually would hit No 1.

Under the guidance the legendary Bob Crewe, who would go on to produce and write many of the band's hits, they followed Sherry with another two hits to reach No 1, Big Girls Don't Cry, and Walk Like a Man.

Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio formed a partnership and would go on to write and produce many of the band's hits. To this day Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli remain the band's constant, with each owning a 50 per cent share of the act and its assets. Gaudio no longer performs.

Frankie is the only original member of the famed group who still tours and every now and again pops up at a Jersey Boys show.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Bay of Plenty Times

Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes

Bay of Plenty Times
|Updated

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 


Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought
Bay of Plenty Times

Baywide rugby: Whaka look to break 19-year drought

Whakarewarewa beat Greerton Marist 25-17 to reach the Baywide final.

14 Jul 05:17 AM
Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes
Bay of Plenty Times

Netball: Magic narrowly lose to Pulse after scores still tied in final minutes

14 Jul 04:28 AM
Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 
Bay of Plenty Times
|Updated

Revealed: ‘Major milestone’ for education system announced by Government 

14 Jul 04:00 AM


Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
Sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

06 Jul 09:47 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP