In the relentless sea of cover albums emerges Frankie Valli, singing 14 love songs for "Romancing The ‘60s," which Universal Motown will release Oct. 2.
Bob Gaudio, Valli's partner in the Four Seasons, has produced. Disc's arranger/conductors Charles Calello and Artie Schroeck are also veterans of Four Seasons/Valli sessions. Gaudio and Valli last collaborated on a 1992 Four Seasons album; Valli's last solo album was released in 1978.
The tracks and the original hitmakers: Bobby Vee’s “Take Good Care of My Baby”; Ben E. King’s “Spanish Harlem”; The Drifters’ “On Broadway” (with the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys); Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour”; Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”; The Temptations’ “My Girl”/the Rascals’ “Groovin’”; The Casinos’ “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”; Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny”; Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “Any Day Now” and “This Guy’s in Love With You”; Gilbert Becaud’s “Let it Be Me”; and Tony Hatch’s “Call Me.”