Motown Treasures

We know that the guys took some tapes with them when they left Motown - one of the songs being My Eyes Adored You, which became a massive hit for a solo Frankie Valli on the Private Stock label. It was his first solo chart-topper in the US pop charts.

I used to have a list of all the post-Motown Frankie Valli and Four Seasons tracks that were Jobete published but, alas, I can't remember what those songs were.

Can anyone help me out?

SWI

Their #1 UK Hit "December '63" was a Jobete song, as was the "B" side "Slip Away" …. label scans at 45Cat ….

https://www.45cat.com/record/k16688

Roger

This is the original version of the song:-



Not a lot of people know that.

SWI

Wow... Iknow didn't that..
Was it released at the time..prior to Oddyesy?

According to Wikipedia:-

"Native New Yorker" is a disco song written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell. It was first recorded in 1977 by Frankie Valli and released on his album Lady Put the Light Out. Later in 1977 the song became a hit single for the soul dance band Odyssey, which reached No. 3 on the U.S. disco chart. Odyssey's "Native New Yorker" also went to No. 6 on the soul chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also recorded by Esther Phillips in 1978.

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So, it was just an album track for Frankie. This highlights the quality of the songs and production on his first solo albums post-Motown. I managed to collect them all on CD a while ago and was pleasantly surprised by how good they were. Well worth exploring!

SWI