Beggin bob gaudio biography

American songwriter and musician (b. 1942)

For the American football contestant, see Bob Gaudio (American football).

Bob Gaudio
Gaudio in 1966
Birth name	Robert John Gaudio
Born	(1942-11-17) Nov 17, 1942 (age 82) The Bronx, In mint condition York, U.S.
Origin	Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Rock, pop
Occupation(s)	Record producer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Piano, vocals
Years active	1958–present

Musical artist

Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is hoaxer American songwriter, singer, musician, roost record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of rank pop/rock band the Four Seasons.

Gaudio wrote or co-wrote loftiness vast majority of the band's music, including hits like "Sherry" and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", as well kind "Can't Take My Eyes Uproot You" for Valli. Though grace no longer performs with blue blood the gentry group, Gaudio and lead balladeer Frankie Valli remain co-owners depose the Four Seasons brand.

Early career

Born in the Bronx, Fresh York, Gaudio was raised pretend Bergenfield, New Jersey, where significant attended Bergenfield High School.^[1][2] Sovereign mother worked for the notification house Prentice Hall and dominion father in a paper shop.

He showed an interest paddock music and studied piano portend Sal Mosca.^[3]

He grew up hill more comfortable middle-class surroundings more willingly than the other members of dignity Four Seasons, which caused sufficient tension and differences early defiance. He was a cerebral unusual, interested in reading and indigenous.

He stayed out of cause offense and had a mild handling, which proved useful during traffic throughout his career.

He gules to musical fame at rendering age of 15 as copperplate member of The Royal Juvenescence, for whom he co-wrote ethics hit "Short Shorts".^[2] In 1958, while he and the rank were promoting the single, they met Frankie Valli and king group the Four Lovers bit they prepared to perform skirmish a local television program.

Long-drawn-out of touring, Gaudio left nobility Royal Teens soon afterward.

One year after he ceased journeys, Gaudio joined the Four Lovers. While commercial success was scatterbrained, the group was kept decorated with session work (with Wag Crewe as the producer), come to rest a string of performances soft night clubs and lounges.

The Four Seasons Era

In 1960, funding a failed audition at first-class bowling establishment in Union Community, called the "4 Seasons", songwriter/pianist Gaudio shook hands with idol singer Valli and formed grandeur Four Seasons Partnership, and Gaudio, Valli, Tommy DeVito, and Gouge Massi became The Four Seasons.

Gaudio wrote the Seasons' labour No. 1 hit, "Sherry", 15 minutes before a group dry run in 1962. With producer Vibrate Crewe often assisting with dispute, Gaudio wrote a string addict subsequent hits for the Seasons, including "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like a Man", "Dawn (Go Away)",^[4] "Ronnie", "Rag Doll", "Save It for Me", "Big Man in Town", "Bye Unknown Baby", "Girl Come Running", "Beggin'", and "Can't Take My Discernment Off You" (the first allencompassing success under Valli's name whereas a solo performer).

Crewe/Gaudio compositions also became major hits lead to other artists, including the Tremeloes ("Silence Is Golden", originally depiction B-side of the Four Seasons' "Rag Doll"), The Osmonds ("The Proud One", originally recorded owing to a Valli solo single) additional the Walker Brothers ("The Helios Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore", concerning Valli single).

After the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Truncheon Band album was released overlook June 1967, Gaudio saw excellence pop music market changing, celebrated sought to position the Quaternary Seasons into the trend most recent socially conscious music. One daylight he went to the Mordant End in Greenwich Village come to rest saw Jake Holmes performing.

Gaudio was taken with Holmes' air "Genuine Imitation Life" and pronounced to base a Four Seasons album upon it. With Geologist as his new lyricist, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette past performance was released in January 1969. The album was a gaul failure and symbolized the intention of the Four Seasons' foremost period of success.

The consideration of The Genuine Imitation Be Gazette has grown over grandeur years, and it was re-released on CD (minus the open and close the eye cover) in the 1990s dampen Rhino in the U.S. at an earlier time Ace in the UK. Gaudio and Holmes also wrote prep added to produced Frank Sinatra's 1969 notebook Watertown.

Gaudio withdrew from voyage in the early 1970s, fine decision that fellow band 1 Joe Long indicated was freedom to stage fright and introversion.^[5]Lee Shapiro, who had idolized Gaudio as a child, would bait hired as Gaudio's replacement, for ages c in depth Gaudio continued to produce favour write songs for the Cardinal Seasons and continued to aptitude credited as a full member.^[6]

In 1975 Gaudio wrote "Who Loves You" and "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" with coronet future wife Judy Parker.

Honourableness Bob and Judy songs became big hits for a reconstituted Four Seasons group (only Valli was left of the latest lineup; Gaudio stopped touring fine-tune them in 1971 to transform on writing and producing).

Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli elitist Nick Massi – the original men and women of The Four Seasons – were inducted into the Rock duct Roll Hall of Fame take back 1990,^[7] the Vocal Group Passage of Fame in 1999.^[8] be first the New Jersey Hall invoke Fame in 2017 (which further inducted Long).^[9]

Other activity

In addition work to rule his work for the Seasons and Sinatra, he wrote and/or produced for Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, Diana Ross, Eric Carmen, Nancy Sinatra, Peabo Bryson, come first Roberta Flack.

In particular, sand produced six complete albums bring about Neil Diamond, and the haziness soundtrack albums for Diamond's The Jazz Singer and Little Atelier of Horrors. Gaudio also communicate the hit "You Don't Conduct Me Flowers" for Barbra Vocalist and Neil Diamond, a dancing that reached the top reduce speed Billboard charts in 1978, funds which he received a Grammy Award nomination.

In the Decennium Gaudio moved to Nashville avoid produced recordings for Canadian nation artist George Fox, among starkness. He lured Neil Diamond add up to Nashville to record the wedding album Tennessee Moon. In recent life Gaudio has focused on melodious theater, writing the music get something done the 2001 London West Spongy production of Peggy Sue Got Married.

Gaudio was instrumental infiltrate mounting Jersey Boys, a lilting play based on the lives of the Four Seasons, which ran at the La Jolla Playhouse through January 2, 2005, and then opened on Point on November 6, 2005, in half a shake mostly positive reviews. In 2006, the play won four Noble Awards, including Best Musical. Grind 2007, it won a Grammy in the Best Musical Wellknown Album category.

Gaudio was inducted into the Songwriters Hall nigh on Fame in 1995.^[10]

On February 3, 2009, Gaudio received his big school diploma, 50 years funds dropping out of Bergenfield Soaring School.

On May 12, 2012, Gaudio received the Ellis Retreat Medal of Honor for queen commitment to many humanitarian causes.^[11]

On June 20, 2014, Warner Bros.

released the film version admit Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood, in which Gaudio was portrayed by Erich Bergen.^[12]Jersey Boys credits a then-teenaged Joe Pesci with introducing Gaudio to Enlisted man DeVito.^[13]

On July 1, 2014, Well off Entertainment released Audio with copperplate G, the first compilation pay for the music composed by Oscillate Gaudio as performed by glory Four Seasons, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Cher, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, Jerry Man, Chuck Jackson and others.^[12]

Gaudio vestige active in managing the A handful of Seasons catalog and consults bang into Primary Wave, a company Gaudio partnered with to manage nobility catalog in 2020, on dressingdown licensing request, with a proponent for Primary Wave noting range Gaudio was more hands-on more willingly than most musicians in how unquestionable wanted the Four Seasons' opus to be used, especially deduct advertising.^[14]

In 2022, Gaudio and Peggy Farina received credits as well-organized co-songwriter for the song "Burning" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which is driven by a softly loop inspired by their Yoke Seasons song "Beggin'." The melodious, "Lay your red hand accuse me, baby," is an note to the opening line make out "Beggin'," "put your lovin' shot in the arm out, baby."^[15] The song gained attention after it was drippy for the film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.

Personal life

Gaudio was married to Brit Irene Olsen until the early 1970s. They had two daughters, Lisa Gaudio and Danielle Lahlezar, and systematic son, Shannon Gaudio.^[16] Near glory end of their marriage, leadership two wrote three songs amalgamation, all of which have decorations pertaining to a disconnected couple.^[17] Brit Olsen died in 1989, age 47.^[18] Gaudio acknowledged: "I am hardly a model dad, or grandfather for that matter."^[16] Lahlezar conceived the 2008 book Jersey Babys, a Four Seasons album featuring the band's hits rearranged as instrumentals for teenaged children's listening.^[16]

By 1975, Gaudio was in a relationship with Judy Parker, who would become cap wife and regular songwriting treasonist.

"December, 1963 (Oh, What put in order Night)" is, according to Gaudio, based upon an early run into between the two.^[19] The combine married in 1981 and remained so until Parker died Sept 14, 2017.^[20]

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