The Four Seasons Story is a two-record compilation of The Four Seasons's biggest hit singles from 1962 to 1969. It was released in 1976 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.
Track listing (Length/Production Year/Chart Position) Side 1 "Sherry" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:30 (1962 / #1) "Big Girls Don’t Cry" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:25 (1962 / #1) "Walk Like a Man" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:21 (1963 / #1) "Stay" (Maurice Williams) – 1:58 (1963 / #16) "Marlena" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:32 (1963 / #36) "Don’t Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) – 2:59 (1966 / #12) "Candy Girl" (Larry Santos) – 2:40 (1963 / #3)
Side 2 "Dawn" (Bob Gaudio/Sandy Linzer) – 2:11 (1964 / #3) "C'mon Marianne" (L. Russell Brown/Raymond Bloodworth) - 2:23 (1967 / #9) "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'bout Me)" (Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 2:33 (1966 / #13) "Workin’ My Way Back to You" (Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 2:51 (1965 / #9) "Let's Hang On" [Bob Crewe/Denny Randell/Sandy Linzer) – 3:09 (1965 / #3) "Ronnie" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:25 (1964 / #6) "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:32 (1964 / #12)
Side 3 "Rag Doll" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 3:00 (1964 / #1) "Beggin'" (Bob Gaudio/Peggy Farina) - 3:48 (1967 / #16) "Silence Is Golden" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 3:03 (1964) "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:37 (1966 / #9) "Save It for Me" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:37 (1964 / #10) "Big Man in Town" (Bob Gaudio) – 2:47 (1965 / #20) "Will You Still Love Me (Tomorrow)" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – 2:32 (1968 / #24)
Side 4 "And That Reminds Me" (Al Stillman/Camillo Bargoni) – 3:31 (1969 / #45) "Electric Stories" (Mike Petrillo/Sandy Linzer) – 3:05 (1968 / #61) "Watch the Flowers Grow" (L. Russell Brown/Raymond Bloodworth) – 3:33 (1967 / #30) "Tell It to the Rain" (Mike Petrillo/Chubby Cifelli) – 2:30 (1966 / #10) "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew) – 2:37 (1963 / #22) "Toy Soldier" (Bob Crewe/Bob Gaudio) – 2:37 (1965 / #64) "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 Arrangements and adaptions: Charles Callelo, Nick Massi, Denny Randell and Bob Gaudio Producer: Bob Crewe Album photography: Dean Cade Album design and illustration: Vigon, Nahas, Vigon
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