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The Four Lovers - The Four Lovers  (BCD 15424)


The Four Seasons are justifiably among the most fondly remembered pop/rock vocal groups of the early to mid-'60s. Their soaring harmonies, coupled with Frankie Valli's exquisite falsetto lead on romantic, teenage-oriented songs, were as central to the early-'60s music scene as the work of the Beach Boys, Del Shannon, or any other top rock & roll names one cares to invoke from that period. But before Valli and company emerged with their first hit in the summer of 1962, they spent eight years working in music, first as the Variatones and, more permanently, as the Four Lovers. They never charted a record higher than number 62 (their only chart entry), but did record more than two dozen songs, including a complete LP for a major label. And their music roots were closer to Frank Sinatra than to Elvis Presley.

the Four Lovers started out in the early '50s, but the individual members' musical backgrounds went back to the 1930s. Their whole story started with the DeVito family of Belleville, a working-class town in northern New Jersey just outside of Newark, part of the same locale that produced Frank Sinatra, Connie Francis, and Lou Costello, among other performing legends during the 1930s. The whole family was musical and, beginning with eldest son Danny, took up singing and an instrument from their father. Tommy DeVito (born June 19, 1928) emerged in music at the age of ten, appearing on Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour. Two years later, he was singing and playing guitar with Nickie & the Starliters, an octet modeled after the professional pop (or "sweet," as they were called) bands of the era, led by his older brother Nickie DeVito (born September 12, 1924), who also played bass. They made a decent part-time living, picking up extra cash playing dances, weddings, and parties until World War II and the draft broke up their membership. After World War II, the two DeVito brothers tried keeping their hands in music and hooked up with Nick Macioci (born September 19, 1927, and better-known in later years as Nick Massi) to form what became the Variety Trio. They played local clubs, all of them singing, with Tommy and Nickie DeVito on lead and rhythm guitar, respectively, and Massi playing the upright bass. After a couple of years of successful local gigs, they added a fourth, part-time member who began showing up at their performances, Frank Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934, and later known as Frankie Valli). He was 16, had a distinctive voice, and a repertory of two songs, "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" and "My Mother's Eyes."




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                       Tracklisting
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   1. Four Lovers, The - Girl In My Dreams, The               [02:37]
   2. Four Lovers, The - Diddilly Diddilly Babe               [02:17]
   3. Four Lovers, The - Shake A Hand                         [02:48]
   4. Four Lovers, The - Honey Love                           [02:31]
   5. Four Lovers, The - Please Don't Leave Me                [02:32]
   6. Four Lovers, The - You're The Apple Of My Eye           [02:11]
   7. Four Lovers, The - The Stranger                         [02:31]
   8. Four Lovers, The - White Christmas                      [02:01]
   9. Four Lovers, The - It's Too Soon To Know                [02:39]
  10. Four Lovers, The - San Antonio Rose                     [02:58]
  11. Four Lovers, The - Night Train                          [03:22]
  12. Four Lovers, The - Cimarron                             [02:00]
  13. Four Lovers, The - Lawdy Miss Clawdy                    [02:06]
  14. Four Lovers, The - What Is This Thing Called Love       [01:53]
  15. Four Lovers, The - Joyride                              [02:40]
  16. Four Lovers, The - Such A Night                         [01:42]
  17. Four Lovers, The - This Is My Story                     [03:07]
  18. Four Lovers, The - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons [02:16]
  19. Four Lovers, The - I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad[01:48]
  20. Four Lovers, The - Memories Of You                      [02:22]
  21. Four Lovers, The - Jambalaya                            [02:20]
  22. Four Lovers, The - Be Lovey Dovey                       [01:54]
  23. Four Lovers, The - Love Sweet Love                      [02:24]
  24. Four Lovers, The - Happy Am I                           [02:11]
  25. Four Lovers, The - Never Never                          [02:28]
  26. Four Lovers, The - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons [02:06]
  27. Four Lovers, The - White Christmas                      [02:01]
  28. Four Lovers, The - Girl In My Dreams, The               [02:44]
  29. Four Lovers, The - Diddilly Diddilly Babe               [02:18]
  30. Four Lovers, The - Such A Night                         [01:42]
  31. Four Lovers, The - Honey Love                           [02:31]

Playing Time.........: 01:13:16
Total Size...........: 167,89 MB



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