Bob Crewe, Songwriter for Frankie Valli and Four Seasons, Dies at 83

[Fansome]

Bob Crewe, Songwriter for Frankie Valli and Four Seasons, Dies at 83

By WILLIAM YARDLEYSEPT. 12, 2014

Bob Crewe, who helped create a parade of indelible hits, most notably for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, including “Sherry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll” and Mr. Valli’s soaring anthem of adoration “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” died on Thursday in Scarborough, Me. He was 83.

His brother, Dan Crewe, confirmed his death. He said his brother had been in declining health after a fall several years ago while visiting him in Maine...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/arts/music/bob-crewe-songwriter-for-frankie-valli-and-four-seasons-dies-at-83.html

[Pigmeat]

Wasn't he tried for crimes against humanity for collaborating with that pack of castrati?

[Fansome]

I prefer to think that maybe their underwear was just a bit too tight.

[Pigmeat]

Tight underwear doesn't cause caterwauling like that. Vise grips, maybe, tight underwear, no way.

I used to castrate cattle when I was younger. I wonder what method they used on Frankie and the lads? Must have been the traditional pull and cut. Opposable thumbs on the boys would rule out the more modern rubber band and wait to cut method.

I think I'll go look through my old knife drawer. Lots of heifers into herfers memories in there. Nothin' like a sharp hawksbill for doing the deed.

[Skipmuck]

Bob Crewe either wrote, cowrote, or produced the following hit songs....some I like, some I don't


US peak chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart follows the song title. Only singles that reached a position of #30 or higher on the Hot 100 are listed here.

1957: "Silhouettes", #3.
1957: "Daddy Cool", #10.
1958: "La Dee Dah", #9.
1959: "Lucky Ladybug", #14.
1962: "Sherry", #1
1962: "Big Girls Don't Cry", #1
1963: "Walk Like a Man, #1
1964: "Dawn (Go Away)", #3
1964: "Ronnie", #6
1964: "Navy Blue", #6
1964: "Rag Doll, #1
1964: "Save It For Me", #10
1964: "Big Man in Town", #20
1965: "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)", #12 ("Bye Bye Baby" on initial release)
1965: "Let's Hang On!", #3
1965: "A Lover's Concerto," #2
1965: "Silhouettes," #5 [Herman's Hermits cover]
1965: "Girl Come Running," #30
1965: "Jenny Take A Ride," #10
1966: "Devil With A Blue Dress On," #4
1966: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine," #13
1967: "Sock It To Me, Baby," #6
1967: "Music To Watch Girls By," #15
1967: "Silence Is Golden," #11 [Tremeloes cover]
1967: "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You," #2
1967: "I Make a Fool of Myself," #18
1967: "To Give (The Reason I Live)," #29
1969: "Jean," #2
1969: "Good Morning, Starshine," #6
1974: "Lady Marmalade", #1
1974: "Get Dancin'," #10
1975: "Swearin' To God", #6
1975: "My Eyes Adored You," #1
1975: "I Wanna Dance Wit' Choo," #23
1975: "The Proud One," #22 [The Osmonds cover]
2001: "Lady Marmalade", #1 [Christina Aguilera cover]

[Fansome]

This might explain why the op on WBNY has such a high voice.

"Fries" were really popular on the California central coast when I lived there. Turkey and calf were the two most common types; the Gilroy Garlic Festival and F. McLintock's in Shell beach both had offerings. They were pretty good.

Tight underwear doesn't cause caterwauling like that. Vise grips, maybe, tight underwear, no way.

I used to castrate cattle when I was younger. I wonder what method they used on Frankie and the lads? Must have been the traditional pull and cut. Opposable thumbs on the boys would rule out the more modern rubber band and wait to cut method.

I think I'll go look through my old knife drawer. Lots of heifers into herfers memories in there. Nothin' like a sharp hawksbill for doing the deed.