Golden Hits of the Four Seasons

Golden Hits of the Four Seasons
Golden Hits of the Four Seasons
Greatest hits album by the Four Seasons
Released	1963
Length	29:52
Label	Vee-Jay
Producer	Bob Crewe
The Four Seasons chronology

Golden Hits of the Four Seasons is an LP album by the Four Seasons, released by Vee-Jay Records under catalog number LP-1065 as a monophonic recording in 1963, and later in stereo under catalog number SR-1065 the same year. It reached number 15 on the Billboard 200. The album features seven tracks that charted on the US pop chart, six of which within the top 40 and three number-one singles. In 1964, the album was repackaged as The Beatles vs the Four Seasons in a double-LP set with Vee-Jay's Introducing... the Beatles.^[1]^: 18 This version charted at number 142.^[1]^: 37

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Sherry"	Bob Gaudio	Sherry & 11 Others	2:21
2.	"I've Cried Before"	Gaudio		2:21
3.	"Marlena"	Gaudio	The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others	2:32
4.	"Soon (I'll Be Home Again)"	Bob Crewe Gaudio	The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others	2:26
5.	"Ain't That a Shame"	Fats Domino Dave Bartholomew	The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others	2:33
6.	"Walk Like a Man"	Crewe Gaudio	Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others...	2:11

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Connie-O"	Crewe Gaudio		2:29
2.	""Big Girls Don't Cry""	Crewe Gaudio	Sherry & 11 Others	2:25
3.	"Starmaker"	Crewe		2:40
4.	"Candy Girl"	Larry Santos	The 4 Seasons Sing Ain't That a Shame and 11 Others	2:40
5.	"Silver Wings"	Crewe		2:35
6.	"Peanuts"	J. Lawrence Cook	Sherry & 11 Others	2:30

Personnel

Nick Massi – vocal arrangements
Charlie Calello, Sid Bass – orchestral arrangements
Charlie Calello – conductor
Gordon Clark – engineer

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1962	"Sherry"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1962	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1963	"Walk Like a Man"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1963	"Ain't That a Shame"	The Billboard Hot 100	22
1963	"Soon (I'll Be Home Again)"	The Billboard Hot 100	77
1963	"Candy Girl"	The Billboard Hot 100	3
1963	"Marlena"	The Billboard Hot 100	36

References

^ ^a ^b Schaffner, Nicholas (1977). The Beatles Forever. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Cameron House. ISBN 0811702251.

[Schaffner-1] Schaffner, Nicholas (1977). The Beatles Forever. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Cameron House. ISBN 0811702251.

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