Frankie Valli, born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in
Newark, New Jersey.
Valli is the front man with the Four Seasons whose hits included
"Big Girls Don’t Cry" and "Sherry." He was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame with the Four Seasons. He has had twenty-
nine top forty hits. He worked as a barber until his singing career
was enough to support him.
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins was born in Seattle, Washington.
Folk singer Judy Collins has won Grammy Awards, as well as being
awarded a Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute.
She was inspired to pursue a career in music after hearing singers
Bob Seger and Woodie Guthrie.
"Jailhouse Rock" was released on September 24, 1957, to coincide with
the release of Presley’s motion picture, Jailhouse Rock.
The single is #67 on Rolling Stone‘s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs
that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2004, it finished at #21 on AFI’s 100 Years..
100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
“Wild Thing” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1966. It is ranked
#261 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time.
The Troggs today are from left: Chris Allen; Vocalist, Dave Maggs; Drums,
Peter Lucas; Bass, and Chris Britton; Guitar.
The single spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and nine
weeks atop the easy listening (now adult contemporary) chart, becoming
Frank’s second gold single as certified by the RIAA and Nancy’s third. It
was the first and only instance of a father-daughter number-one song in
America.
Frank and Nancy Sinatra recording ‘Somethin’ Stupid’.
