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The Four Seasons

One of the most enduringly popular hit bands of the 1960s, The Four Seasons - and particularly the arresting falsetto vocals of Frankie Valli - scored 29 Top 40 hits and were the biggest band of the pre-Beatles era. Yet they adapted their style to retain their appeal in subsequent decades until their story was immortalised in the hit show Jersey Boys. The son of a hairdresser from an Italian family in New Jersey, Frankie Valli was initially inspired to sing after seeing Frank Sinatra at the age of seven and was mentored by the female hillbilly singer Texas Jean Valli, from whom h...