The Four Seasons Story

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The Four Seasons Story
Compilation album by
Released1975
Length1:18:17
LabelPrivate Stock Records
ProducerBob Crewe
The Four Seasons chronology
Who Loves You
(1975)
The Four Seasons Story
(1975)
Helicon
(1977)

The Four Seasons Story is a two-record compilation of The Four Seasons's biggest hit singles from 1962 to 1970. It was released in 1975 on the Private Stock label. It quickly became a gold record, selling over one million copies before the RIAA started awarding platinum records for million-selling albums (1976). It reached #31 in Canada, January 31, 1976.[1]

Track listing (Length/Production Year/Chart Position)[edit]

Side 1

  1. "Sherry" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:30 (1962 / #1)
  2. "Big Girls Don’t Cry" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:25 (1962 / #1)
  3. "Walk Like a Man" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:21 (1963 / #1)
  4. "Stay" (Maurice Williams) – 1:58 (1963 / #16)
  5. "Marlena" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:32 (1963 / #36)
  6. "Don’t Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) – 2:59 (1966 / #12)
  7. "Candy Girl" (Larry Santos) – 2:40 (1963 / #3)

Side 2

  1. "Dawn" (Bob Gaudio/Sandy Linzer) – 2:11 (1964 / #3)
  2. "C'mon Marianne" (L. Russell Brown/Raymond Bloodworth) - 2:23 (1967 / #9)
  3. "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" (Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 2:33 (1966 / #13)
  4. "Workin’ My Way Back to You" (Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 2:51 (1965 / #9)
  5. "Let's Hang On" [Bob Crewe/Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 3:09 (1965 / #3)
  6. "Ronnie" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:25 (1964 / #6)
  7. "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:32 (1964 / #12)

Side 3

  1. "Rag Doll" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 3:00 (1964 / #1)
  2. "Beggin'" (Bob Gaudio/Peggy Farina) - 3:48 (1967 / #16)
  3. "Silence Is Golden" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 3:03 (1964)
  4. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:37 (1966 / #9)
  5. "Save It for Me" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:37 (1964 / #10)
  6. "Big Man in Town" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:47 (1965 / #20)
  7. "Will You Still Love Me (Tomorrow)" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 2:32 (1968 / #24)

Side 4

  1. "And That Reminds Me" (Al Stillman/Camillo Bargoni) – 3:31 (1969 / #45)
  2. "Electric Stories" (Mike Petrillo/Sandy Linzer) – 3:05 (1968 / #61)
  3. "Watch the Flowers Grow" (L. Russell Brown/Raymond Bloodworth) – 3:33 (1967 / #30)
  4. "Tell It to the Rain" (Mike Petrillo/Chubby Cifelli) – 2:30 (1966 / #10)
  5. "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew) – 2:37 (1963 / #22)
  6. "Toy Soldier" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:37 (1965 / #64)
  7. "Alone" (Selma Craft/Morty Craft) – 2:32 (1964 / #28)
  • The production year for track 1 on side 4 was given as 1976 on the record label but was #45 in the charts in 1969.

Production[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] Gold 20,000^
South Africa (RISA)[2] Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - January 31, 1976".
  2. ^ a b "Four Seasons Go Gold" (PDF). Cash Box. February 5, 1974. p. 50. Retrieved November 15, 2021 – via World Radio History.