Bob Gaudio - wikipedia Bob Gaudio For the American football player, see Bob Gaudio ( American football ). Bob Gaudio ( 1942 - 11 - 17 ) November 17, 1942 ( age 74 ) The Bronx, New York, US Origin Bergenfield, New Jersey Genres Rock, pop Occupation ( s ) Record producer, songwriter, musician Instruments Piano Associated acts The Four Seasons Royal Teens Robert John `` Bob '' Gaudio ( born November 17, 1942 ) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist / backing vocalist for The Four Seasons. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 The Four Seasons 1.3 Other activity 2 References 3 External links Biography Early career Born in the Bronx, New York, he was raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bergenfield High School. His mother worked for the publishing house Prentice Hall and his father in a paper factory. He showed an interest in music and studied piano with Sal Mosca. Gaudio grew up in more comfortable middle class surroundings than the other members of the Four Seasons, which caused some tension and differences early on. He was a cerebral person, interested in reading and learning. He stayed out of trouble and kept a mild manner about him, which proved useful during negotiations throughout his career. He rose to musical fame at the age of 15 as a member of the Royal Teens when he co-wrote the hit `` Short Shorts ''. In 1958, while he and the group were promoting the single, they met Frankie Valli and his group the Four Lovers as they prepared to perform on a local television program. Shortly afterwards, he left the Royal Teens as he was getting tired of touring ; the group dissolved shortly afterwards. One year after he ceased touring, Gaudio joined the Four Lovers. While commercial success was elusive, the group was kept busy with steady session work ( with Bob Crewe as the producer ) and a string of performances at night clubs and lounges. The Four Seasons In 1960, after a failed audition at a bowling establishment in Union Township, songwriter / keyboardist Gaudio shook hands with lead singer Valli and formed the Four Seasons Partnership, and Gaudio, Valli, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi became The Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote the Seasons ' first # 1 hit, `` Sherry '', 15 minutes before a group rehearsal in 1962. With producer Bob Crewe often assisting with lyrics, Gaudio wrote a string of subsequent hits for the Seasons, including `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '', `` Walk Like a Man '', `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '', `` Ronnie '', `` Rag Doll '', `` Save It for Me '', `` Big Man in Town '', `` Bye Bye Baby '', `` Girl Come Running '', `` Beggin ' '', and `` Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You '' ( the first big success under Valli 's name as a solo performer ). Crewe / Gaudio compositions also became major hits for other artists, including the Tremeloes ( `` Silence Is Golden '', originally the B - side of the Four Seasons ' `` Rag Doll '' ), The Osmonds ( `` The Proud One '', originally recorded as a Valli solo single ) and the Walker Brothers ( `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine Anymore '', another Valli single ). `` Rag Doll '' is regarded by some as the greatest achievement of the Four Seasons. Gaudio was on the way to a recording session and his car was stopped at a long traffic light in Hell 's Kitchen. Often kids would wash the car windows during the long waits and ask for some change. In Gaudio 's case, a scruffy little girl washed his window. When Gaudio went to give her change, all he had was a $10 bill. After a moment 's hesitation, he gave her the bill because he had to give her something. The astonished look on her face stayed with him and inspired the subsequent song. After the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band album was released in June 1967, Gaudio saw the pop music market changing, and sought to position the Four Seasons into the trend of socially conscious music. One evening he went to the Bitter End in Greenwich Village and saw Jake Holmes performing. Gaudio was taken with Holmes ' song, `` Genuine Imitation Life '', and decided to base a Four Seasons album upon it. With Holmes as his new lyricist, The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette album was released in January 1969. The album was a commercial failure and symbolized the end of the Four Seasons ' first period of success. The appreciation of The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette has grown over the years, and it was re-released on CD ( minus the newspaper cover ) in the 1990s by Rhino in the U.S. and Ace in the UK. Gaudio and Holmes also wrote and produced Frank Sinatra 's 1969 album Watertown. In 1975 Gaudio wrote `` Who Loves You '' and `` December 1963 ( Oh, What A Night ) '' with his future wife Judy Parker. The songs became big hits for a reconstituted Four Seasons group ( only Valli was left of the original lineup ; Gaudio stopped touring with them in 1971 to concentrate on writing and producing ). Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli and Nick Massi -- the original members of The Four Seasons -- were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Other activity In addition to 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, and Roberta Flack. In particular, he produced six complete albums for Neil Diamond, and the movie soundtrack albums for Diamond 's The Jazz Singer and Little Shop of Horrors. Gaudio also produced the hit `` You Do n't Bring Me Flowers '' for Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, a duet that reached the top of Billboard charts in 1978, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination. In the 1990s Gaudio moved to Nashville and produced recordings for Canadian country artist George Fox, among others. He lured Neil Diamond to Nashville to record the album Tennessee Moon. In recent years Gaudio has focused on musical theater, writing the music for the 2001 London West End production of Peggy Sue Got Married. Gaudio was instrumental in mounting Jersey Boys, a musical play based on the lives of the Four Seasons, which ran at the La Jolla Playhouse through January 2, 2005 and then opened on Broadway on Nov. 6, 2005 to mostly positive reviews. In 2006, the play won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In 2007, it won a Grammy in the Best Musical Show Album category. Gaudio is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On February 3, 2009, Gaudio received his high school diploma, 50 years after dropping out of Bergenfield High School. On May 12, 2012, Gaudio received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his commitment to many humanitarian causes. On June 20, 2014, Warner Bros. released the film version of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood in which Gaudio was portrayed by Erich Bergen. In Jersey Boys, credit is given to a then - teenaged Joe Pesci for introducing Gaudio to Tommy DeVito. On July 1, 2014, Rhino Entertainment released Audio With a G, the first compilation of the music composed by Bob Gaudio as performed by the Four Seasons, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Cher, Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson and others. References Jump up ^ Park, Eunnie. `` An original ' Jersey Boy ' returns to Bergenfield '', The Record ( Bergen County ), March 31, 2007. Accessed October 9, 2007. `` Before `` Jersey Boys '' and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Gaudio was a 15 - year - old musical whiz from Bergenfield who had to decide between staying in school and touring with Chuck Berry. '' ^ Jump up to : Rotella, Mark. `` Straight Out of Newark '', The New York Times, October 2, 2005. Accessed October 9, 2007. `` Originally from the Bronx, Mr. Gaudio had, at age 15, written the hit `` Who Wears Short Shorts, '' which he made up while driving with friends along the main drag in Bergenfield. '' Jump up ^ Ruhlmann, William. `` Bob Gaudio ''. AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 22. Jump up ^ Bob Gaudio interviewed on the Pop Chronicles ( 1969 ) Jump up ^ `` CBS - FM 's Top 1,001 Countdown ''. Wcbsfm.cbslocal.com. CBS Radio Inc. 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012. Jump up ^ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry for `` The Four Seasons ''. Jump up ^ Vocal Group Hall of Fame entry Archived 2007 - 10 - 24 at the Wayback Machine. for `` The Four Seasons ''. Jump up ^ `` 2012 Ellis Island Medal of Honor Recipients ''. National Ethnic Coalition. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012. ^ Jump up to : Marchese, Joe ( 11 June 2014 ). `` Who Loves You : Rhino Celebrate ' Jersey Boys ' with Box Sets for Frankie Valli and Four Seasons, First Bob Gaudio Anthology ''. The Second Disc. Jump up ^ `` Jersey Boys ( 2014 ) ''. History vs Hollywood. CTF Media. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015. External links Bob Gaudio on IMDb Bob Gaudio at the Internet Broadway Database Bob Gaudio at the Songwriters ' Hall Of Fame Watertownology -- a site to study the Watertown album The Four Seasons Frankie Valli Tommy DeVito Bob Gaudio Nick Massi Charles Calello Joe Long Gerry Polci Albums Sherry & 11 Others ( 1962 ) The 4 Seasons Greetings ( 1962 ) Big Girls Do n't Cry and Twelve Others ( 1963 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Ai n't That a Shame and 11 Others ( 1963 ) Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons ( 1963 ) Dawn ( 1964 ) Rag Doll ( 1964 ) Born to Wonder ( 1964 ) Stay and Other Great Hits ( 1964 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan ( 1965 ) 4 Seasons Entertain You ( 1965 ) Lets Hang On ( 1965 ) Working My Way Back to You ( 1965 ) On Stage with The Four Seasons ( 1965 ) New Gold Hits ( 1967 ) Edizione D'Oro ( Gold Edition ) ( 1968 ) The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette ( 1969 ) Half and Half ( 1970 ) Chameleon ( 1972 ) Who Loves You ( 1975 ) Helicon ( 1977 ) The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ( 2002 ) Singles `` Bermuda '' `` Sherry '' `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '' `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' `` Walk Like a Man '' `` Ai n't That a Shame '' `` Candy Girl '' `` New Mexican Rose '' `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '' `` Stay '' `` Ronnie '' `` Rag Doll '' `` Alone ( Why Must I Be Alone ) '' `` Save It for Me '' `` Sincerely '' `` Big Man in Town '' `` I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus '' `` Bye, Bye, Baby ( Baby Goodbye ) '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Girl Come Running '' `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine ( Anymore ) '' `` Let 's Hang On ! '' `` Do n't Think Twice '' `` Working My Way Back to You '' `` Opus 17 ( Do n't You Worry ' bout Me ) '' `` On the Good Ship Lollipop '' `` I 've Got You Under My Skin '' `` The Proud One '' `` Tell It to the Rain '' `` Beggin ' '' `` Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You '' `` C'mon Marianne '' `` Lonesome Road '' `` Watch the Flowers Grow '' `` Will You Love Me Tomorrow '' `` My Eyes Adored You '' `` Our Day Will Come '' `` Who Loves You '' `` December, 1963 ( Oh, What a Night ) '' `` Silver Star '' `` Grease '' Related topics Discography Members Albums Songs The Four Lovers The Wonder Who ? Bob Crewe `` Ces soirées - là '' Jersey Boys : Original Broadway Cast Recording Jersey Boys ( musical ) Jersey Boys ( film ) Book : The Four Seasons VIAF : 35667557 LCCN : n96014430 ISNI : 0000 0000 8114 767X GND : 134216253 SUDOC : 156956683 BNF : cb148306758 ( data ) BIBSYS : 46010 MusicBrainz : 25e7bc9a - 317a - 44ab - 87ac - dc5617110d54 BNE : XX1552712 IATH : w6q82c80 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Gaudio&oldid=799706473 '' Categories : 1942 births Living people American male singers American record producers American rock pianists Songwriters from New York ( state ) American people of Italian descent Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Singers from New Jersey Jersey Shore musicians The Four Seasons ( band ) members Grammy Award winners People from Bergenfield, New Jersey American keyboardists Bergenfield High School alumni Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Songwriters from New Jersey Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from November 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Deutsch فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 9 September 2017, at 10 : 26. 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Question: who wrote the songs for the four seasons
Answer: Robert John "Bob" Gaudio