Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Big Girls Don t Cry 1962

[@bettysmits9471]

1962. My brother John was killed by a drunk driver when he was 18. This song was playing on the ride home after I was informed of his death. When things got really bad - I would sing to myself - big girls don't cry. I have never forgotten this song. And I've never forgotten John.

[@coco_b]

Aw Babe🥺💔I am so sorry. Crazy how one song can take you right back to that moment. Coldplay “Talk” is that song for me. I was driving and found my best friends car in a parking lot when I was listening to it. She had committed suicide in her car and I found her. Sending hugs🫶

[@minetopete9518]

I send you a big hug, sorry for your lost. Sorry my english is not so good

[@The_chosen_001]

Damn, that’s so terrible

[@junioroso3003]

God bless you ❤

[@andersosterman6361]

❤❤

[@StanleyDavis-rw2tv]

Greatest Falsetto in rock and roll history.......Love you Mr Valli !

[@Lupolino]

That's it ! I guess they all had got professional education / training in singing and you hear the difference in quality if you compare it with many of today's singers of pop music !!!

[@allinthemind2006]

Debatable 😂 don’t forget mr. Wilson

[@Judahmhughes]

@@allinthemind2006Mr. Brian?

[@gstylez0107]

And these badasses are still touring! Frankie is 88 years old, still touring acrossed three countries doing 23 live shows this year.. Fucking epic

[@user-xu4ow3bu6f]

I join your sense of Celebration here but just to be clear it's only Frankie from the four of them. Two have passed away and Bob does not tour with the group.

[@user-xu4ow3bu6f]

@Thomas Venam as of this moment in time he lives still

[@Uncle_Mark2600]

My wife and I saw them in Baltimore a couple years ago and my God, he can still sing and hit those notes! What a great show!

[@gstylez0107]

@@user-xu4ow3bu6f lol.🤦‍♂️..doh! Thanks for the clarification. We'll still celebrate it. 👍😂

[@carolynholmes6269]

Saw him a few years ago - he was about 80-odd. Can still sing and belt one out

[@ronmckee9019]

How many amazing different voices can one man sing? Freaking Awesome.

[@Kingslayer_au]

I don't think I've ever heard a voice like Frankies before, especially that falsetto. He truly is one of a kind talent.

[@DRUM2Xs]

Frankie Lymon

[@Fashn4LaDieS]

Except for Barry Gibb, & Lou Christie. Check out Lou Christie's "Lightening Striking Again." I thought it was Frankie Valli singing it, but it's not.

[@Mr_Wiley]

The oldies are timeless. No crazy production methods covering up weakness. Just vulnerable raw talent and mastery of craft

[@Me-fr7yj]

Most aggressive falsetto you’ll ever hear

[@MT-ie4ve]

Actually there is a musician that goes by the name King Diamond that is much more aggressive than Franki

[@rogerfournier3284]

Absolutely, Frankie Valli one great singer!

[@wearesolarset]

Here's the crazy thing. That's not falsetto. That's full voice. Our singer uses a similar technique. Check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2HPh4VmnaZ6r80

[@gregorclegane3674]

@@MT-ie4ve facts on king diamond! Mercyful Fate!

[@draleigh8881]

@@wearesolarset awesome song guys whens the next song coming out?

[@Neckromorph]

1:23 The way Frankie Valli sings and carries that "Maybe, I was cru-u-u-uel..." Oh man that gets me.

[@hayal8526]

Ha

[@moosetraxgaming8479]

And the cry yi yi

[@WorldwideShinyHunter]

Just like the record! Wait a minute, that is the record!

[@lanedaboi]

@@WorldwideShinyHunter what

[@JPB888]

Gets me too 😮

[@pastelskies8466]

Frankie Valli pretty much paved the way for falsetto singers. The Four Seasons had incredible harmony.

[@RayPointerChannel]

Not really. There were falsettos before him, many of them Black singers. The Ink Spots are just one example. He adapted it and made it his own.

[@rodrigo445678]

Frankie Valli was the first to popularize it but many black singers did it first. And let's not forget that the best falsetto in history is obviously Barry Gibb's. (and more influential).

[@thexdude]

@@rodrigo445678 Lou Christie was pretty great

[@bosstabees2863]

@@rodrigo445678 brian wilson probably the best

[@cirrus1964]

well, I still have my Dick!

[@darwindirks578]

These songs are among what made me a music fan at 12 years old in 1962.

[@johndavis3921]

R.I.P. Tommy Devito, Sept. 21, 2020, Age 92

[@CindyM372]

Soo sad I I just hope he is remembered as the one who invited Frankie to join the Four Seasons!

[@madeinbloxwich5566]

bet they said it was covid.

[@bbqboi182]

Just watched jersey boys for the first time and didn’t know about them. I know some songs but now I get to appreciate them since I know the story for the most part

[@lannalisa2925]

CandyInAVan me too !!!

[@aerolchristopherinfante]

I've only heard the bad news now.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

When you can sing like that at a young age and still have it at almost 90 years old, well, that folks, is amazing talent.

[@johnnywirtz4905]

he uses a backing track nowadays

[@mbeale5256]

my dad used to sing this to me when I cried lmao

[@cringyguy1302]

It’s like this song was made for that

[@patriciat1514]

Mbeal that's cute.

[@natalieangelo54]

Omg my dad did too ,he had it set on our victrola this 45

[@willyhaubec1446]

At that time,when you think back,you really had no reason you cry for. Stay

[@user-qt5eh9wb7g]

lol, my buddy Jamie growin up used to get 'Jamie's Cryin' from Van Halen from his dad when he cried.

[@tilmanluther1887]

I'm a young millennial and was glad to have grown up to hearing this on the radio. And to own this song on the original album is so cool

[@beckysuemacdonald280]

🎶big girls... open their thigh yay yay yays🎶

[@christianheichel]

Do you have a record player to play it on? lol also if you like him you might like Louis Armstrong

[@earldelsanto]

Back then the neighborhood listened to AM radio. Young and old diggin good stuff.

[@MCO18]

I’m a millennial and I like it too. My parents were toddlers when this song came out!

[@nevaehlheaven]

I'm 19 and heard it on Dirty Dancing

[@crdude806]

never a voice like his again..they couldnt even use auto-tone to match this man's voice now days

[@daniellevine7315]

Auto tune will never ever sound as good as this

[@mrsraven4139]

Auto tune can't compare to Realness four men in the 60s had better machines than now, their voices :)

[@Chief-0929]

auto tune sucks- in every instance of it

[@ajonionegg]

This music is so good, I really admire Frankie Valli and the rest of the crew. I used to listen to The Four Seasons constantly. Thankfully these fellas helped me through a really tough time in my life, but sadly whenever I listen to these beautiful works of art, it reminds me of the horrible feelings and all those feelings come rushing back. Thanks to The Four Seasons, much appreciated.

[@iammissiemarie4302]

This song always reminds me of my mom. She used to sing Frankie Valli's falsetto to make me laugh. She was good at it. lol

[@Mikayla_Y_1998]

I can’t stop giggling at this because I’m picturing your mom doing it 🤣🤣! Thank you!

[@truthseeker9249]

Let's hope my future daughter says the same thing cause I love this song.

[@stevebates7434]

frankies voice is epic, I love the four seasons reminds me of my childhood as mother use to play it loud !!

[@melodysanger103]

Happy 86th Birthday Francesco Castelluccio "Frankie Valli" (May 3, 2020)

[@garemyourmom5145]

My birthday is the same

[@QueenFan12]

@@garemyourmom5145 your 86?

[@garemyourmom5145]

@@QueenFan12 86?

[@QueenFan12]

@@garemyourmom5145 you said that you had the same b-day as him, and he was born in 1934 making him and you 86.

[@darrenkastl7493]

@@garemyourmom5145lol! So..... are ya 86? Just need'lin! Lol!

[@ATouchOfKlass]

Frankie’s falsetto is so clear and concise

[@gwynethpound3841]

Frankie Valli’s voice wow love him gives me goosebumps.

[@trevorjennings72-o5w]

Hello Gwyneth, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@larryvermeer6170]

Good morning my friend I was only 7 yrs old when this song came out but I remember it just like yesterday to This song is great to still listening to this music in July of 2024

[@jeffwheeler5529]

These guys and The Beach Boys’ surfer girl LP were pretty much my whole summer in 1962

[@jeffclark7888]

Excellent.

[@stevenbell5587]

what an absolute voice this man has on him. 20 year old boy listening to my grandads favourites.

[@incog99skd11]

In 1962, someone always played the radio on the bus from school. Without exception, this song came on on the way home.

[@WheelsRCool]

Such an element of class and dignity in the old music that doesn't seem to exist today.

[@jakeharadon9153]

Fr tho

[@Ri57490]

@Martin Luther nobody said that. How can a society be civilised and good when that society forces a group of people to sit at the back of the bus because of their race?

[@fifty6648]

Well said

[@nickcarrera4096]

​@@Ri57490 oh go shit in your hat

[@domingoruiz561]

ohhh my gosh wonderful song!

[@mbazell]

Such memories. Why can't music be like this today?

[@mando8222]

The adults and kids of today are a different breed☹

[@KingpinTBM]

@@mando8222 Boomers clearly didn't raise their children correctly and thus our society went on a downward spiral. Maybe the so called "strict" parents of the 40's and 50's knew what they were doing. Too bad you all rebelled against their teachings and thus created the world you now all bitch about 🤣

[@Bullet44]

The elites controlling the entertainment industry are slowly but surely trying to condition the masses to be more perverted & ungodly. They're preparing for the antichrist kingdom & they need people to be immoral & lost if they're going to have any chance at deceiving many.

[@edmiliband2806]

It is like this today, if you know where to look

[@frankiefo0ter]

Got my parents tickets 2 years ago and they absolutely loved it..I love the oldies such a great music generation

[@Paladin.Krieger2287]

I never expected him to be a dude, yet alone one you'd lose in a second in a crowd. Dudes got a voice

[@robreeto]

Insane that this man is still touring

[@definitelynotwalter]

He's alive??

[@robreeto]

​@@definitelynotwalter he sure is!

[@KarinBernhardt]

Imho he shouldn't. But hey!

[@grantmaxwell5361]

Rusty Millio when he was still hustling. A gifted singer AND actor, my word.

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

“The Mayor of Munchkinland!”

[@souliersnoirs]

First heard this song when I was five (one of my older siblings bought the single). I enjoyed it then -- and 60 years later -- still am!

[@Intendeduse1]

Unrecognized forefathers of punk. That caveman-stomp beat is what got us the Ramones.

[@remustookthejoints6667]

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR YEARSSS- 😭💀

[@Lillyxxxo]

You couldn't tell my ex Anthony he wasnt Frankie valli and he was full Italian too. I miss him trying to sing this to me Love you always Tony

[@CaptQtip]

I was about 3 years ago when I first heard this song, I laughed at his funny voice so hard. I’m 16 now and I’ve loved it ever since and it takes me back to a better world.

[@OGMagg]

Same here i remember i used to think his voice was so weird but i like it now

[@StahsayAli]

My 3 and 5 year old are laughing at his voice... especially on cry I I I

[@grahamjones7328]

I was 10 years old when I first heard this! I’m 69 now and still love the song. Was living in New Jersey at the time. They were the Jersey Boys!

[@thatlyingwitchinyourwardro3893]

Not 1962 being the better world 😂 jk you are totally right, this song is everything.

[@charliegabs]

the same thing happened to me at your age jajaja

[@LPJack02]

RIP the two members of The Four Seasons Nick Massi (September 19, 1927 - December 24, 2000), aged 73 Tommy DeVito (June 19, 1928 - September 21, 2020), aged 92 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@hectorarriaga6397]

R.I.P Nick Massi 1927-2000 and R.I.P Tommy Devito 1928-2020

[@lurretta]

Am crying as I can never get tired of listening to the four seasons.Rip to members who died.

[@trevorjennings72-o5w]

Hello Yvonne, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@wilsoniothegreat6162]

0:16 the sherry part is so good makes me wanna replay it all day

[@MyrriahPowell]

2024, and my 3 year old can sing this song 🤗

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Although I say "Jersey Boys" on Broadway, I regret never having seen the boys in actuality. Great group of singers.

[@FrankieValligmailcom]

💕Thanks for the endless love and support you have constantly showed me. I'm forever grateful. I really appreciate your unconditional love towards me, where are you watching from.🌹. You can send me a M. A. I. L’’

[@gwynnielsen5081]

Quintessentially sixties. I can remember hearing this on WABC AM out of New York when I was just a wee one.

[@gwynnielsen5081]

@FrankieValli-r5p Well, if you just happen to be the real McCoy, thank you. Check out my music on KZbin if you get a chance and leave me a comment. Thanks and take care.

[@LaPetite510]

R.I.P. Tommy. Covid-19 may have taken him from us but his legacy lives on

[@neilchristopher7520]

Best falsetto and chest singer and what a great band.

[@ustdad1]

meet them back in the 70's at the camalot inn live on stage it was great living in new york back then

[@desert-walker]

I grew up in New Jersey, live in Tucson now, but my brother‘s friends mother dated Frankie Valli for a time I guess and she got a hold of him and got an autographed picture for my brother. This was back when I was a young boy probably 12 back in the 60s. Boy, where has the time gone?

[@SteveMitchell-l3j]

Thinking Of you from our family in Australia ❤

[@earldelsanto]

Live performance. F ing fantastic.

[@TriGuy51]

Voices sound live to me.

[@turnipztv4134]

Considering nothing is plugged in and and theres no mic and wireless wasnt invented yet . I would say its lip syncing . Most shows did lip and instrument syncing to recorded tracks back then cuz the quality for live recording was expensive and not as reliable as far as sound quality while taping.

[@Archetype77]

@@samuraigeorge71 That makes no sense at all, it's clearly lip synched. Bands would record a "live" version to be used for the performance. If you think that low vocal at 0:51 is from a boom mic in 1962 during a choreographed TV performance, then I have a bridge to sell you.

[@Archetype77]

@@samuraigeorge71 compare the low vocal at 0:51 to the same vocal being performed live in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/havTiaiIeKeaqa8 at about 30 seconds in. See how much he has to lean in to the mic and how much effort he has to put into that low line? Huge difference.

[@markmcade]

@@Archetype77 its live

[@hayal8526]

Ha

[@blackheartbev3098]

The falsetto and bass voices compliment each other well

[@bluefoxpatton]

Wow ...Frankie Valley killed it! What an awesome group!!!

[@Borella309]

WOW! Wireless electric guitars in 1962! True pioneers!!!

[@rickschermerhorn2315]

Lip sinc

[@alexfletcher5192]

I've been listening to this on an off most of my life and how the fuck does he do that?

[@alexsdb9712]

Such special footage, very early and important in their great career! Always brillant the legends Four Seasons!

[@keithsgarage5831]

Great music...Amazing they had bluetooth guitars back then! Lol.

[@Kinkle_Z]

Frankie Valli was our Frankie Sinatra! 4 Seasons were so damn good!!

[@hotwax9376]

I appreciate how Bob Gaudio plays the first few notes of "Sherry" as the intro. Also appreciate that they actually performed the song instead of lip syncing. I think this was on The Ed Sullivan Show; am I right?

[@johnnybelinda8539]

Of course they are lip synching. lol No cords on the guitars, no microphones, no drummer anywhere in sight, etc. Everybody did back then. Still great group tho.

[@davespringer777]

@@johnnybelinda8539 ya, its not even up to the performers. These shows were big money and they wouldn't take any chances on the performers messing up. Even if the talent disagreed, they were nothing compared to the power of the studio heads.

[@cathymatthews8517]

HotWax93 h

[@laurah6845]

This is a definitely a live performance. Sounds nothing like the studio recorded version.

[@hotwax9376]

@@laurah6845 I knew that, but I was trying to confirm what I heard about this being on The Ed Sullivan Show.

[@TheBehm08]

*THEY DONT CRY-AYE-AYE!*

[@AustinDickerson2001Tiger]

My girl said GOODBYE YI YI!

[@hayal8526]

Ha

[@briancannon3987]

How could they sing that like. Yea we got it! Put it on wax!

[@aziababy5732]

Lmaooo

[@VeeTwoPointOh]

Always makes me laugh

[@Tyler_Mills26]

I absolutely love 60's songs and this is one of my favourites xxx

[@denabergman5847]

R.I.P. Tommy. Thank you for so many great songs.

[@mckennuhhhhhhhhh]

goddamn the drums are on point for this performance

[@consciousobserver629]

The irony of Frankie sounding like a big girl crying is too much! I can't get enough!

[@GoreMetal]

Sad how everything has changed so much since then. Shows the amount of control and evil of those running things have inside them. Those who can't be named

[@hi-nq4qh]

Love it, still rockin to the four seasons 2022!!

[@melgrant7404]

Frankie said if he hadnt gone in to music he would have gone down the wrong path in life .

[@fordpickup40]

One of the few American groups that can compete with the British Beatle invasion of 1964.

[@fordpickup40]

@luxx_interior 1954

[@fordpickup40]

Excuse me 1964

[@C-Aye-Toldyaso]

I’ve always thought they were better than the Beatles, hands down!

[@pmb4840]

I remember roller skating to all their songs. 😍🤩🛼 What a vocal range! It's outrageous. Brilliant writers. Loved 'em then, love 'em today. You'll never hear this music again. Today's music doesn't hold a candle to this. Classy era. My parents would get all dressed up on a Saturday night and go to the supper club to see bands like this. Dad will be 95 and still loves FV and the 4Seasons. 🥹🎙🎶🎵🎹🎸

[@masterklaw4527]

Before there was King Diamond, there was this absolute legend.

[@ღღღღ-ნ6ხ]

Yes. The golden years were in the USA in those years))) Greetings from Russia from 2021

[@theshawnmurphyjournal2946]

Frankie could hit notes higher than Maurice Gibb of the BeeGees and that is something I thought I would never say

[@sherifalk4757]

Lou Christie has them all beat.

[@Ri57490]

Mitch Grassi can hit higher notes- the guy is a countertenor.

[@danielandlucycartoonsmadne5885]

0:16 I love that you can hear a little hidden instrumental of the song, Sherry

[@akmd114379]

Italian singers dominated the 50s and 60s.

[@dmadgrass]

Has the best "dont give a fuck look" lol. Legend

[@Staroth999]

The Jersey Boys movie brought me here. Good stuff!

[@davespringer777]

The kid who played Frankie tried. But he didn't come close. I appreciated the movie, and I know Frankie had a part in its creation, but I wish they would have just dubbed his voice for the songs.

[@noreenbisceglia700]

No limit to Frankie 's talents unbelievable voice he was given. Love this Old talented guy,his voice never gives up ...can't wait to see him@ Mohegan Sun ❤

[@igrdcjjn]

Lembro de meu saudoso cunhado Fábio cantando e dançando essa música em um almoço de domingo dos distantes anos 90, saudades dele e de minha mãe que já se foram! Cássio.

[@BuggoRoberson60]

Frankie is the best but he was at his peak when he was with the Four Seasons.

[@jamesmoore6935]

I was young, my older sister had to watch me at night. Her girlfriends would be over. This song sticks hard in my memory like it was yesterday.

[@rixxy9204]

I love the bow at the end, it's just so humble.

[@melgrant7404]

The four seasons defined the 60s.

[@wendellwatson5998]

We would hear this song at the grand island NY nike missile base. 1962. The fun days

[@trevorjennings72-o5w]

Hello Wendel, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@wendellwatson5998]

@@trevorjennings72-o5w thank Trevor, well i am doing great, Ihope your doing great

[@RitzDlgd]

I've been obsessed with this song for a month ❤

[@richardvilseck]

This was the song that just happened to be playing on the radio when I got my first Army haircut in Fort Jackson.

[@lisagray4414]

Wow this song come out the year I was born..cool..I grew up hearing this song and they played all of their music at the roller rink we went to

[@emilyandrews6349]

Now this is real singing ❤

[@joyceyolandastorch8964]

This song really demonstrates the good quality of Frankies falsetto. I know exactly which guy is which of the three now , from watching the videos alot. From the time the group broke through with " Sherry " i never paid much attention to anyone in the group , except Frankie. I was always familiar with Gaudio , though. What he looked like and about his successful songwriting ability. Alot of years have gone by and i was so busy with my family and my own career, i didnt pay much attention to these kind of details. But one thing was for sure, i was always very attracted to Frankie Valli. And of course, his wonderful songs. ❤💕🎤🎵💿💿💿💿💕

[@trevorjennings72-o5w]

Hello Joyce, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

[@carmenvazquez2574]

Esta canción la publiqué para mi nieto. El falsete que hace el Frankie Valli es igual al llanto de mi querido nieto❤️😋😍

[@torrencehood2233]

That was an actual gift he had. There are maybe 1 in 1000000 people that have that trait. He was born with it. Never practiced it

[@zaionyhj9876]

Love this song never gets old 🌹

[@abesstew3420]

Frankie's the final season, i just noticed they have all but passed away.

[@user-xu4ow3bu6f]

As of this writing Bob gaudio is still alive.

[@pauleypavillion6088]

Next year this song and video will be 60 years old.

[@tombreen932]

Back when music was worth listening to so wonderful

[@skykirby2216]

Hey im 28 n loved this music from a childhood. I love ur comment 💯👌🏽 I love ppl made beautiful melodies back then.

[@tombreen932]

@@skykirby2216 If you liked this go to google and search for Glenn Miller his time was back in the 40;s and 50,s it was known as the Big band sound I think you will like it.

[@james1000]

I mean, I get nostalgia, but Big Girls Don't Cry is when music was listening to??

[@MrAgbxl]

Oh please.

[@walmartbrandrapunzel3957]

boomer

[@manuelr.hernandez8010]

Aaah this one Big Girls Don't Cry is not the original not the one I'm always listening too

[@patortega990]

The Best Music his Music will Never Be Forgotten. God Bless Him For Still Touring at 88,👍

[@conundrumstages]

That " Sherry" underlying...

[@erinnfitzgerald6257]

Wow, I didn't knoe that Lurch plays the keyboards for the Four Seasons 😃

[@66avis93]

When I was 8 or 7 I would listen to this everyday

[@lyssconde1319]

I remember loving this song growing up with my grandma