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Selected Solo Works
Selected Solo Works

Selected Solo Works in Bloomington, MN

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Frankie Valli
was the voice of
the Four Seasons
, possessing an astounding high tenor voice that could ascend effortlessly into falsetto range at the beat of a heart, a Jersey boy who knew how to sing pop inside and out, from street-corner doo wop to uptown Vegas crooning. The bulk of his legacy will always be based on his work as part of
, who placed some 50 classic singles in
Billboard
's Top 100 charts before all was said and done.
Valli
enjoyed a moderately successful solo career as well, and since the songwriter and arranger behind most of
' hits,
Bob Gaudio
, continued to work closely with
during the solo years, his recordings make an easy transitional sidebar to
the Seasons
' material. This set collects eight of
's ten solo albums in facsimile fashion, missing only 1975's
Inside You
, which was released and is still controlled by
Motown Records
, and
's most recent album, 2007's
Romancing the '60s
. The end result is a lot of
in one place, which will probably be too much for the casual fan, but as an addendum to his work fronting
, this set is a valuable archival release, in part because
's soaring falsetto was simply one of the most amazing and distinctive voices in all of 20th century pop music. ~ Steve Leggett
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