Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: A Life on Stage

[beep] BOB GAUDIO: There are times when you just know something good is gonna happen.

It isn't very often, and sometimes not at all.

In Frankie's life, it only happened once, but once was all he needed.

[cheering and applause] My partner forever, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

[cheering and applause] [clapping] Who loves you, pretty mama?

Who's always there to make it right?

[cheering and applause] Working my way back to you, babe With a burning love inside Working my way back to you, babe And the happiness that died I let it get away Been payin' every day Doo doo doo, doo doo doo When you were so in love with me I played around like I was free Thought I could have my cake and eat it, too But how I cried over losing you See me down and out For I ain't about to go ending my life without you For every day I made you cry I'll pay you, girl, till the day that I die Working my way back to you, babe With a burning love inside Working my way back to you, babe And a happiness that died I let it get away Been payin' every day Doo doo doo, doo doo doo I used to love to make you cry It made me feel like a man inside Baby, baby But if I'd been a man in reality You'd still be here, babe, loving me Now the nights are long and lonely And I ain't too strong, babe I just miss you so And you're too proud You won't give in When I think about all I could win Working my way back to you, babe With a burning love inside Working my way back to you, babe And the happiness that died I let it get away Doo doo doo, doo doo doo Today and every day Doo doo doo Yeah, yeah, yeah Working my way back to you, babe With a burning love inside Working my way back to you, babe With a happiness that died Working my way back to you, babe Hello there!

How we doing out there tonight?

[cheering and applause] Well, we'd like to welcome you here to Mohegan Sun.

And we've put this date off about four times, and finally we are here and thrilled to be here.

Yeah.

[cheering and applause] So we want you guys to sit back and have lots of fun, sing out loud whenever you feel like it, get up and dance, and just have a great time.

Is that OK?

[cheering] I said is that OK?

[cheering] Beggin' Ooh ooh ooh ooh Put your lovin' hand out, baby Yeah Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out, baby Ridin' high When I was king Played it hard and fast 'cause I had everything Walked away Wonderin' then Easy come and easy go and it would end Beggin' Ooh ooh ooh ooh Put your lovin' hand out, baby Yeah Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out, baby I need you to understand That I'm tryin' so hard to be a man The kind of man you'd want in the end Only then can I begin to live again An empty shell I used to be The shadow of my life is hangin' over me Broken man That I don't know Don't even stand a devil's chance with my soul Beggin' you Ooh ooh ooh ooh Put your lovin' hand out, baby Yeah Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out, baby I'm fightin' hard to hold my own No, I just can't make it all alone I'm holdin' on I can't hold back Now that big brass ring is a shade of black Beggin' Ooh ooh ooh ooh Put your lovin' hand out, baby Yeah Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out, baby Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out, baby Yeah Beggin' I'm beggin' you Put your lovin' hand out Yeah, there we go.

[applause and cheering] Let's see if you remember this... from 1964, yeah.

Dawn, go away, I'm no good for you Oh, Dawn Stay with him, he'll be good to you Hang on Hang on Hang on to him Think What a big man he'll be Think All the places you'll see Now think what the future would be With a poor boy like me Me Dawn, go away Please go away Although I know I want you to stay Dawn, go away Please go away Baby, don't cry It's better this way Ah ah ah Oh, Dawn Go away back where you belong Girl, we can't Change the places where we were born We were born Before you say You say That you want me I want you to think What your family would say Think What you're throwing away Now think what the future would be With a poor boy like me Me Dawn Go away, I'm no good for you [drumming] Dawn Go away, I'm no good for you [drumming] Dawn Go away [applause and cheering] Are you ready for this next song?

I said are you ready?

[cheering] Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Swearin' to God There's nowhere else on Earth I'd rather be Swearin' to God You made me see so I believed in me Oh, you've been fillin' my cup Till I'm runnin' over with joy from your heaven-sent love Hey, touch me again I'm king of all men And reigning from above Ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Swearin' to God Swearin' to God You're mistress of my world and all I am Don't tell the angels Swearin' to God Swearin' to God You're where I won and paradise began No one gets me up there like you can And, girl, you know I'm only human And I'm swearin' to God Swearin' to God So glad He's given me you You, you, you, you I was born for you, baby Ready to give my heart and soul to you, baby Baby, when we're together Tighter than all forever as long As we live Whoa, swearin' to God Swearin' to God I dedicate my life to loving you Don't tell the angels Swearin' to God Swearin' to God I cross my heart and hope to die I do Just call me a one-woman lover I can't even look at another And swearin' to God Swearin' to God So glad He's given me you [applause and cheering] [applause and cheering] Swearin' to God Swearin' to God I dedicate my life to loving you Don't tell the angels Swearin' to God Swearin' to God I cross my heart and hope to die I do Just call me a one-woman lover I can't even look at another And I'm swearin' to God Swearin' to God So glad I'm living I'm swearin' to God Swearin' to God For all He's given me Swearin' to God Swearin' to God So glad He's given me you So glad He's given me you Look what He's given me More than the world can see He's given me He's given me Look what He's given me Oh, He's given me He's given me you Shoo do do do do do do do Yeah!

[applause and cheering] Thank you so much.

My goodness, are you a good audience.

Thank you.

[audience whistles] This next tune we'd like to do for you, it's a song called "Silence is Golden," and we love doing this song... [cheering] ...for numerous reasons.

One of them is that we love doing it because we have an opportunity then to dedicate it to all those people out there in the witness protection program.

[laughter] How do you like it so far?

[cheering] Oh, don't it hurt deep inside To see someone do something to her Oh, don't it pain to see someone cry Oh, especially when someone is her Silence is golden But my eyes still see Silence is golden, golden But my eyes still see Talkin' is cheap People follow like sheep Even though there is nowhere to go How could she tell?

He deceived her so well Pity, she'll be the last one to know Silence is golden But my eyes still see Silence is golden But my eyes still see Robby Robinson, alright, yeah.

[cheering] How many times will she fall for his lies?

Should I tell her Or should I be cool?

And if I tried I know she'd say I lied Mind your business Don't hurt her, you fool Silence is golden But my eyes still see Silence is golden, golden But my eyes still see Silence is golden Oh, oh, oh Silence is golden [applause and cheering] Are we ready out there?

[cheering] I solve my problems and I see the light We got a lovin' thing We gotta feed it right There ain't no danger we can go too far We start believin' now That we can be who we are Grease is the word They think our love is just a growing pain Why don't they understand It's just a crying shame?

Their lips are lying, only real is real We stop the fight right now We got to be what we feel Grease is the word It's the word It's the word that you heard It's got a groove, it's got meaning Grease is the time Is the place, is the motion Grease is the way we are feeling We take the pressure and we throw away Conventionality belongs to yesterday There is a chance we can make it so far We start believing now That we can be who we are Grease is the word It's the word It's the word that you heard It's got a groove, it's got meaning Grease is the time Is the place, is the motion Grease is the way we are feeling This is a life of illusion Wrapped up in trouble Laced in confusion What are we doing here?

We take the pressure and we throw away Conventionality belongs to yesterday There is a chance That we can make it so far We start believing now That we can be who we are Grease is the word It's the word It's the word that you heard It's got a groove, it's got meaning Grease is the time Is the place, is the motion Grease is the way we are feeling Grease Are we all having fun out there?

[cheering] Grease, grease It's the word It's the word that you heard It's got a groove, it's got a meaning Ah, got a groove, got a meaning Grease is the time Is the place, is the motion Grease is the way The way we are feeling [applause and cheering] Yeah, alright!

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

This is a song that we recorded while we were with Motown Records.

And when we left Motown, we made a deal with Berry Gordy to buy back the track and brought it to another record company.

Let's see if you remember the song.

My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me You couldn't see how I adored you So close So close and yet so far Carried your books from school Playin' make believe you're married to me You were fifth grade, I was sixth When we came to be Walking home every day Over Bonnicut Bridge and Bay Till we grew into the me and you Who went our separate ways My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me You couldn't see how I adored you So close So close and yet so far Headed for city lights Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame Worked my fingers to the bone Made myself a name Funny, I seem to find That no matter how the years unwind Still I reminisce about the girl I miss And the love I left behind My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Like a million miles away from me You couldn't see how I adored you So close So close and yet so far My eyes adored you All my life I will remember How warm and tender we were way back then Whoa whoa whoa, baby Like a million miles away from me You couldn't see how I adored you Oh, the feelings, sad regrets So close I know I'll never forget you My childhood friend My eyes adored you Though I never laid a hand on you My eyes adored you Adored you Though I never laid a hand on you Never laid a hand on you So close So close and... Yet so far Thank you so much.

[applause and cheering] This is a very special song.

It was written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe, and it was a big hit for us in 1967.

Let's see if you remember this one.

You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you Pardon the way that I stare There's nothin' else to compare The sight of you leaves me weak There are no words left to speak But if you feel like I feel Please let me know that it's real You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you Alright, now, are we all ready to sing out there?

I said, are we ready out there?

[cheering] AUDIENCE: I love you, baby And if it's quite alright I need you, baby To warm the lonely night I love you, baby Trust in me when I say FRANKIE: Oh, pretty baby Don't bring me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby Now that I've found you, stay And let me love you, baby Let me love you You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you You'd be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you so much At long last, love has arrived And I thank God I'm alive You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes off of you Alright, now this time I want you to sing so loud, they can hear us in Hartford.

Are you ready out there?

[cheering] Come on!

AUDIENCE: I love you, baby And if it's quite alright I need you, baby To warm the lonely night I love you, baby Trust in me when I say FRANKIE: Oh, pretty baby Don't bring me down, I pray Oh, pretty baby Now that I've found you, stay Let me love you, baby Love, love you, baby Love you, baby Love you Yeah!

[applause and cheering] Are you ready out there?

[cheering] I said, are you ready out there?

[cheering] One more time, are you ready out there?

[cheering] [drumming] Yeah, alright, alright, alright.

I said alright.

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna help you through the night?

Everybody, sing.

Come on!

Who's always there to make it right?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna help you through the night?

Who loves you, pretty mama?

Who's always there to make it right?

Who loves you?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna love you, mama?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

When tears are in your eyes And you can't find the way Oh, oh, oh It's hard to make believe You're happy when you're gray Baby, when you're feeling like You'll never see the morning light Doo doo doo doo Come to me Baby, you'll see Who loves you, pretty baby... Come on, all you singers out there!

Let me hear you!

...help you through the night?

Who loves you, pretty mama?

Who's always there to make it right?

Who loves you?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna love you, mama?

Who loves you?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

And when you think the whole wide world Has passed you by Oh, oh, oh You keep on tryin', baby Though you don't know why Baby, when you need a smile To make the shadows drift away Doo doo doo doo Come to me Baby, you'll see Who loves you, pretty baby... Everybody, come on now!

Who's gonna help you through the night?

Who loves you, pretty mama?

A little bit louder!

Who's always there to make it right?

Who loves you?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna love you, mama?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Rock and roll!

Yeah!

Come on!

Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Do do, do do do Come on, now!

Baby Baby Do do do do Come to me Baby, you'll see Who loves you, pretty baby?

Everybody sing now!

Come on!

Who's gonna help you through the night?

Who loves you, pretty mama?

Who's always there to make it Who loves you?

Who loves you, pretty baby?

Who's gonna love you, mama?

Who loves you?

[applause and cheering] I said yeah!

Alright!

SINGER: Alright, if you're having a good time out there, let me hear you make some noise!

[cheering] Oh, what a night Late December back in '63 What a very special time for me As I remember, what a night Oh, what a night You know I didn't even know her name But I was never gonna be the same What a lady, what a night Oh, I I got a funny feeling When she walked in the room Oh, my As I recall it ended much too soon Oh, what a night Hypnotizin', mesmerizin' me She was everything I dreamed she'd be Sweet surrender, what a night Ah I felt a rush Like a rollin' ball of thunder Spinnin' my head around And takin' my body under Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, I I got a funny feeling When she walked in the room Oh, and my As I recall, it ended much too soon Oh, what a night Why'd it take so long to see the light?

Seemed so wrong But now it seems so right What a lady, what a night Ah I felt a rush Like a rollin' ball of thunder Spinnin' my head around And takin' my body under Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Do do do do... Come on, now, everybody.

Put your hands together here!

Do do do do do Do do do-do Now, let me hear you all sing "do do do do do."

Everybody!

Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Do do do-do Oh, what a night Do do do do do Ooh ooh Oh, what a night Yeah!

I said yeah!

Alright!

Alright!

[applause and cheering] Alright.

It's now time to go all the way back to the very beginning... when we were just four guys hanging out on the street corner... in Newark, New Jersey, singing songs like... Sherry Sherry baby Sherry Sherry baby Sherry baby Sherry baby Sherry, can you come out tonight?

Come, come, come out tonight Sherry baby Sherry baby Sherry, can you come out tonight?

Why don't you come out To my twist party Come out Where the bright moon shines Come out We'll dance the night away I'm gonna make you mi-i-i-ne Sherry baby Sherry baby Sherry, can you come out tonight?

Come, come, come out tonight Come, come Come out tonight You better ask your mama Sherry baby Tell her everything is alright Why don't you come out With your red dress on Come out Mmm, you look so fine Come out Hey, move it nice and easy Girl, you'll make me lose my mind Sherry baby Sherry baby Sherry, can you come out tonight?

Come, come, come out tonight Come, come, come out tonight Sherry Sherry baby Yeah!

[applause and cheering] [drumming] Big girls don't cry Big girls don't cry Alright, gang, this is your last chance, now.

Big girls Come on, now.

AUDIENCE: Don't cry-y-y They don't cry Big girls Don't cry Who said they don't cry?

My girl Come on now.

AUDIENCE: My oh my My, oh, my My girl Didn't cry I wonder why Silly boy Told my girl we had to break up Silly boy Thought that she would call my bluff Silly boy When she said to my surprise Big girls don't cry Big girls Come on, everybody!

AUDIENCE: Don't cry-y-y They don't cry Big girls Don't cry Who said they don't cry?

Baby I was cruel I was cruel Baby, I'm a fool I'm such a fool Silly girl Shame on you, your mama said Silly girl Shame on you, you cried in bed Silly girl Shame on you, you told a lie Big girls do cry Big girls One more time!

AUDIENCE: Don't cry-y-y They don't cry Big girls Don't cry That's just an alibi Big girls don't cry Big girls don't cry Big girls don't Cry [drumming] Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ah Walk, walk, walk, walk Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ah Walk like a man Oh, how you tried to cut me down to size Tellin' dirty lies to my friends Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah But my own father Said, "Give her up, don't bother" "The world isn't coming to an end" He said Walk like a man Talk like a man Walk like a man, my son No woman's worth crawling on the earth So walk like a man, my son Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ah Walk, walk, walk, walk Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Bye-ye, baby I don't-a mean maybe Gonna get along somehow Ooh ah ooh ah ooh ah Soon you'll be cryin' On account of all your lyin' Oh, yeah, just look who's laughin' now I'm gonna Walk like a man fast as I can Walk like a man from you I'll tell the world forget about it, girl And walk like a man from you Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ah Walk, walk, walk, walk Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Walk, walk, walk, walk Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Walk like a man Like a man [applause and cheering] Bye-bye baby Baby goodbye Bye baby, baby bye-bye Bye-bye baby Don't make me cry Bye baby, baby bye-bye Should have told you that I can't linger There's a wedding band on my finger She's got me and I'm not free So, bye-bye baby Baby goodbye Bye baby, baby bye-bye Bye-bye baby Don't make me cry Bye baby, baby bye-bye Bye-bye baby Baby goodbye Bye baby, baby bye-bye Bye-bye baby Don't make me cry Bye baby, baby bye-bye Bye baby Baby bye-bye [cheering] Bye [applause and cheering] Ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ah ah ah ah ah Rag doll Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Hand-me-down When she was just a kid Her clothes were hand-me-downs Hand-me-downs They always laughed at her When she came into town Called her... Everybody!

Rag doll Little Rag doll Such a pretty face Should be dressed in lace Ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Sad rag doll I'd change her sad rags Into glad rags if I could If I could My folks won't let me 'Cause they say that she's no good She's a Rag doll Such a Rag doll Though I love her so I can't let her go Ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ah Ah ah ah ah I love you just the way you are Oh, I love you Can't you see I love you?

I love you just the way you are [cheering and applause] [cheering and applause] Come on, now, everybody.

Sing "Let's Hang on."

Yeah!

Let's hang on To what we got Don't let go, girl, we got a lot Got a lot of love between us Hang on, hang on, hang on To what we got Do-do do-do do-do Say you're gonna go and call it quits Gonna chuck it all And break our love to bits Breakin' up I wish you'd never said it Breakin' up I know we'll both regret it That little chip of diamond on your hand Ain't a fortune, baby, but you know it stands For the love A love to tie and bind us Such a love We just can't leave behind us Baby Don't you go Baby Oh, no, no, no Think it over and stay Let's hang on To what we got Don't let go, girl We've got a lot Got a lot of love between us Hang on, hang on, hang on To what we got Do-do do-do do-do Ladies and gentlemen, you are a dynamite audience.

And we've loved every single minute of performing for you tonight.

How 'bout we give it up for the band?

Yeah!

[applause and cheering] And the singers!

[cheering and applause] There isn't anything I wouldn't do I'd pay any price to get in good with you Patch it up Give me a second turning Patch it up Don't cool off while I'm burning You've got me cryin' dyin' at your door Don't shut me out Let me in once more Open up Your arms I need to hold you Open up Your heart, oh, girl, I told you Baby Don't you go Baby Oh, no, no Think it over and stay Everybody, come on!

To what we got Don't let go, girl We got a lot Got a lot of love between us Hang on, hang on, hang on To what we got Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much.

[cheering] And may God bless you.

See you back here next year.

Alright!

Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Oh, baby, hang on [applause and cheering] [cheering and applause]