Big Man in Town
| "Big Man in Town" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SinglebyThe Four Seasons | ||||
| from the albumThe Four Seasons Entertain You | ||||
| B-side | "Little Angel (from the same album)" | |||
| Released | October 1964[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop[2] | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bob Gaudio | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Crewe | |||
| The Four Seasonssingles chronology | ||||
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"Big Man in Town"is a song popularized byThe Four Seasonsand written by Four Seasons memberBob Gaudio.The single was released byPhilips Recordsin October 1964 and reached the #20 position on theBillboardHot 100chart.[3]
"Big Man in Town" was released at a time in which Four Seasons material was being issued on an almost-weekly basis, between releases onPhilips Recordsunder their group name and reissues on the group's former labelVee-Jay.The rate of releases would be soon to increase as — with the blessing of Philips Records executives — lead singerFrankie Valliwould be rekindling a long-dormant "solo" career with the rest of the group as backing musicians. The song is also featured in the Tony Award-winning musicalJersey Boys.
This is one of the few Four Seasons songs that does not end on a fade.
Billboarddescribed the song as having a "good teen lyric with big sound."[4]Cash Boxdescribed it as having "a haunting 'Rag Doll'-like opener "and said that it" moves along in ultra commercial stomper cha cha fashion. "[5]
References
[edit]- ^Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons (1991-11-19),Greatest Hits, Volume 1,Internet Archive, Warner Special Products,retrieved2023-01-30
{{citation}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Unterberger, Richie."The Four Seasons Biography".AllMusic.Retrieved2022-08-23.
- ^Whitburn, Joel(2004).The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition.Record Research. p. 238.
- ^"Singles Reviews"(PDF).Billboard.October 31, 1964. p. 16.Retrieved2021-04-02.
- ^"CashBox Record Reviews"(PDF).Cash Box.October 31, 1964. p. 8.Retrieved2022-01-12.
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