NEW 📀 Don't Think Twice - The 4 Seasons (The Wonder Who?) {Stereo} 1965

11965......#12 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #10 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 Canada
Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound.
The Wonder Who? was a nom de disque of The Four Seasons for four single records released from 1965 to 1967. It was one of a handful of names used by the group at that time, including Frankie Valli (as a "solo" artist even though the Four Seasons were present on the record) and The Valli Boys. Wonder Who? recordings generally feature the falsetto singing by Valli, but with a softer falsetto than on "typical" Four Seasons recordings.
Philips 40324, released October 1965. "Don't Think Twice" was originally recorded by composer Bob Dylan (as "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right") on his 1963 album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Peter, Paul, and Mary released the most commercially successful version of the song in September 1963. It reached No. 9 on the Hot 100 singles chart. The Wonder Who? version peaked at No. 12 in December 1965.
On the heels of recording a live album of Broadway tunes (to complete the settlement of the group's lawsuit with Vee-Jay), Valli, Crewe, and Gaudio had planned on recording an album consisting entirely of songs written by Bob Dylan, but as recording progressed, the concept was modified to include songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Valli was not happy with his vocals on the various takes of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" when he recorded the song with a "joke" falsetto vocal (an impression of jazz musician Rose Murphy) to reduce the tension in the studio.
An executive of Philips Records heard the recording with a "joke" vocal and wanted it to be released as a single - two years earlier, Peter, Paul, and Mary had reached the #9 position on the Hot 100 with their version of the song - but the recording by Valli and the band could not be released as either a Valli solo single or a Four Seasons single. Sold in a picture sleeve with a connect the dots puzzle, the record with the truncated name ("Don't Think Twice") was released as by "The Wonder Who?" in November 1965. It reached No. 12 on the Hot 100, and as it was sliding down the chart in January 1966, a Frankie Valli solo single ("(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself") and a Four Seasons single ("Working My Way Back to You") were also in the upper half of the chart, giving three simultaneous hit records by the group under different guises.
In the wake of "Don't Think Twice", Vee-Jay reissued a Four Seasons recording, "Peanuts" (originally a 1957 hit by Little Joe and the Thrillers), as by The Wonder Who (without the question mark). As was the case with previous Four Seasons releases of the song, the Wonder Who single didn't sell and didn't chart.
Two more Wonder Who? singles were released by Philips. Three of the four sides made it onto the lower reaches of the Hot 100.
"Don't Think Twice" and the other charting Wonder Who? recordings were included on Four Seasons albums, which, in their original releases, made no mention of the name that was created for single release.
While "Lonesome Road" became the last Wonder Who? single, the group continued to release both Four Seasons and Frankie Valli solo singles until 1975, when Valli had recorded "Swearin' to God" without any participation from the group (his previous hit, "My Eyes Adored You", was recorded as a Four Seasons recording, but was released as a solo record).

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[@tomcat3360]

Love the Four Seasons. And this is my fave Dylan song. But Frankie, “you just kind of wasted my precious time.”

[@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337]

Thank you for the explanation of the different names the group used. I have a 45 by The Wonder Who that I bought years ago, and wondered who they were. I like this version of Don't think twice, very unusual.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Yes it is. The 4 Seasons made a gamble on this one.

[@jacob6657]

Great syncing of stereo to the HQ video Sammy.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks again Jacob.

[@jaewok5G]

craziness

[@n.r.kowalsky3794]

So what? It's music history!

[@jaewok5G]

@@n.r.kowalsky3794 -_- i meant in regards to the story of the release and frankie's cranked up falsetto. i think eric's cover at bob's 30th anniversary is the best version

[@wolfmantiptip6218]

I don't give a shit What anybody says , I like this version and it was a Big Hit in '65 , as was On The Ship Lollipop a year later .............

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Me too. They're still Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons. 'Nuff said.

[@Hitsfrom1960s]

Video from ed sullivan show

[@DominickGiammarinoAZ]

1:25 if you could isolate the vocal track in the background you'll hear some of the original vocal where he wasn't singing so high, maybe that was just a run-through? Seems that maybe the tape head didn't erase that track fully.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks for the tip. I did hear that.

[@yikabanks524]

What The Fuck!!!!!!!!!!😆😅😂🤣

[@marksturgess2040]

This sounds like a duck singing!

[@tillybinkieking7258]

I think it is obviously not recorded by Frankie Valli... the words are not even the same as that which is sung. (lip-reading).

[@josefrolon4703]

Silly voice and song nothing like rag doll 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@SPak-rt2gb]

This is why Frank went solo. He was sick of singing like this.