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Golden Hits of the Four Seasons
Greatest hits album by
the Four Seasons
Released1963
Length29:52
Label Vee-Jay
Producer Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons chronology
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others
(1963) 		Golden Hits of the Four Seasons
(1963) 		Folk-Nanny
(1964)

Golden Hits of the Four Seasons is an LP album by the Four Seasons, released by Vee-Jay Records under catalog number LP-1065 as a monophonic recording in 1963, and later in stereo under catalog number SR-1065 the same year. It reached number 15 on the Billboard 200. The album features seven tracks that charted on the US pop chart, six of which within the top 40 and three number-one singles. In 1964, the album was repackaged as The Beatles vs the Four Seasons in a double-LP set with Vee-Jay's Introducing... the Beatles. [1]: 18  This version charted at number 142. [1]: 37 

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1." Sherry" Bob Gaudio Sherry & 11 Others2:21
2."I've Cried Before"Gaudio 2:21
3."Marlena"GaudioThe 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others2:32
4."Soon (I'll Be Home Again)"
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others2:26
5." Ain't That a Shame"
The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others2:33
6." Walk Like a Man"
  • Crewe
  • Gaudio
Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others...2:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Connie-O"
  • Crewe
  • Gaudio
 2:29
2."" Big Girls Don't Cry""
  • Crewe
  • Gaudio
Sherry & 11 Others2:25
3."Starmaker"Crewe 2:40
4." Candy Girl" Larry SantosThe 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others2:40
5."Silver Wings"Crewe 2:35
6."Peanuts" J. Lawrence CookSherry & 11 Others2:30

Personnel

  • Nick Massi – vocal arrangements
  • Charlie Calello, Sid Bass – orchestral arrangements
  • Charlie Calello – conductor
  • Gordon Clark – engineer

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1962 "Sherry" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1962 "Big Girls Don't Cry" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1963 "Walk Like a Man" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1963 "Ain't That a Shame" The Billboard Hot 100 22
1963 "Soon (I'll Be Home Again)" The Billboard Hot 100 77
1963 "Candy Girl" The Billboard Hot 100 3
1963 "Marlena" The Billboard Hot 100 36

References

  1. ^ a b Schaffner, Nicholas (1977). The Beatles Forever. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Cameron House. ISBN  0811702251.
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