Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer,

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, and record producer. Crewe co-wrote and produced a string of Top 10 singles with

Bob Gaudio Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the ban ...

for the Four Seasons. As a songwriter, his most successful songs include "

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" (co-written with

Frank Slay Frank Conley Slay Jr. (July 8, 1930 – September 30, 2017) was an American songwriter, A&R director, record producer, and record label owner. He wrote with Bob Crewe in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the partnership's most successful songs, incl ...

); " Big Girls Don't Cry", " Walk Like a Man", "

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", " Silence Is Golden", "

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was originally released as a single credited to Frankie Valli as a solo artist in 1965 on the Smash label, but was more successful when recorded by the Walk ...

", "

Can't Take My Eyes Off You "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, and first recorded and released as a single by Gaudio's Four Seasons bandmate Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and rea ...

" and " Bye, Bye, Baby" (all co-written with Gaudio); "

Let's Hang On! "Let's Hang On!" is a song composed by Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, and Denny Randell that was popularized by The Four Seasons (band), the Four Seasons in 1965. The Four Seasons version The Four Seasons' recording reached No. 3 in the Billboard Hot ...

" (written with

Sandy Linzer Sanford Roy Linzer (born 1941) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer, who is best known for his songwriting collaborations with Denny Randell and Bob Crewe in the 1960s and 1970s. He co-wrote hits including " A Lover's Concert ...

and

Denny Randell Dennis Joel Rafkin (born 1941), known professionally as Denny Randell, is an American songwriter and record producer, who is best known for his songwriting collaborations with Sandy Linzer and Bob Crewe in the 1960s and 1970s. He co-wrote hits i ...

); and "

My Eyes Adored You "My Eyes Adored You" is a 1974 song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. It was originally recorded by The Four Seasons (band), The Four Seasons in early 1974. After the Motown label balked at the idea of releasing it, the recording was sold to l ...

" and "

Lady Marmalade "Lady Marmalade" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan that is famous for the French refrain of "''Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir''?", which is a sexual proposition that translates into English as: "''Do you want to sleep with m ...

" (both co-written with

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). He also had hit recordings with

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, and his own Bob Crewe Generation.

Early life

Born in Newark in 1930 and raised in

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, Crewe demonstrated an early and apparent gift for both art and music. Although lacking in formal musical training, he gravitated to learning from many of the great 19th- and 20th-century classical romantic composers as well as giants of jazz and swing, including

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, and

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. He studied for almost a year at

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in New York City with the intention of eventually pursuing a career in architecture.

Career

The 1950s

In 1953, Crewe met and partnered professionally with Frank Slay Jr., a young pianist from Texas. Their collaboration created several hit songs (as well as a small record label, XYZ), for which Crewe performed as the demo singer. Crewe and Slay's 1957 recording session with

for XYZ (picked up nationally by

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) produced two major hit songs. "

", produced by Crewe, became a

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anthem of the era. Climbing to No. 3 on the

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in 1957, "Silhouettes" displayed the flair for story-driven lyrics, innovative musical hooks, and final lyrical twists that were to become known as Crewe trademarks. In 1965, with a slightly faster tempo, "Silhouettes" again became a hit, this time for the British group

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, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bob Dylan recorded "Silhouettes" during his legendary '' Basement Tapes'' sessions of the late 1960s, although his version was not released until 2014. " Daddy Cool" was the B-side of the Rays' "Silhouettes" single. Written and produced by Crewe and Slay at the same 1957 session, it achieved considerable note. Both "Daddy Cool" and "Silhouettes" were covered the same year by the Canadian group

the Diamonds The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with 16 ''Billboard'' hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Phil Levitt (baritone), and Bill Reed (ba ...

, whose version of "Daddy Cool" reached No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' charts. In 1961, Guy "Daddy Cool" Darrell released another single version on the Warwick label, and in 1977, the UK band

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made the song their first-ever studio recording, scoring a No. 6 hit. Crewe and Slay built on their success by signing a deal with new, Philadelphia-based

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. Sessions with Billy and Lillie (singers Billy Ford and Lillie Bryant) produced the 1958 hit "Lah Dee Dah", which reached the No. 9 position on the

; the following year, Billy and Lillie's recording of "Lucky Ladybug" hit No. 14. Crewe and Slay also wrote two Top 10 hits - "

Tallahassee Lassie "Tallahassee Lassie" is a song written by Bob Crewe, Frank Slay, and Frederick Picariello and performed by Freddy Cannon (Picariello's stage name). The song was featured on his 1960 album '' The Explosive! Freddy Cannon''. The song was produced ...

" and "Okefenokee" - for Swan's rising star

. Crewe also began to score his own hits, "Sweetie Pie" (US No. 111, 1959) and "

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" (No. 96, 1960).

The early 1960s

As a solo singer, Crewe recorded a pair of albums in 1961, one of which included a Ralph Burns-produced swing version of Yale University's signature "

". The record became a major hit in New York and led to Crewe's receiving "teen heartthrob" coverage in such popular teen magazines as ''

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'', and to guest appearances with

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and

Connie Francis Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero ( ; born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is a retired American Pop music, pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more th ...

on such TV variety shows as '' The Revlon Revue''. In the early 1960s, Crewe began writing with

, who had risen to fame at age 15 as a member of

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, for whom he'd co-written the hit "

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". The first Crewe-Gaudio collaboration, "

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", was written by Gaudio and produced by Crewe. In 1962 it became a No. 1 single for Gaudio's new band, the Four Seasons, (fronted by

Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer and occasional actor, best known as the frontman (lead singer) of The Four Seasons (band), the Four Seasons. He is known for ...

). The pair wrote many other songs for the group, including the No. 1 hits " Big Girls Don't Cry", "

", and " Walk Like a Man", as well as "Ronnie", " Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)", and " Connie-O". Crewe collaborated with

and

on the Four Seasons hit "

". The Four Seasons were also the first to record the Crewe-Gaudio composition "

", later covered virtually note-for-note by the American singing group

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, who recorded their No. 1 selling version in England; their version made the American Top 10 as well. The Crewe-Gaudio collaborations capitalized on the extraordinary and distinctive voice of Frankie Valli, who could effortlessly soar to a piercing, emotionally expressive falsetto that became one of the emblematic and widely imitated sounds of the era. Record sales racked up by the Four Seasons are estimated as being between anywhere from 100 million to 199 million. As the "Four Seasons sound" became more and more defined, other signature touches emerged, including dense but pristine-sounding percussion, such as the military-sounding march cadences and drum-stomps of "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", and "Walk Like a Man". The sophisticated harmonic patterns of the Four Seasons punctuated by the distinctive falsetto of Frankie Valli were at once classic and innovative, as was Crewe's use of melancholy harmonica on "

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", the space-age organ of "

Save It for Me "Save It for Me" is a song written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe. A song recorded in 1964 by The Four Seasons (group), The Four Seasons for their ''Rag Doll'' album, it was released as the follow-up record to the album's Rag Doll (Four Seasons song) ...

", and the otherworldly glissandos of " Candy Girl". In addition to his work with the Four Seasons, Crewe produced recording sessions by such artists as

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, Ben E. King, and The Highwaymen (''On a New Road''). With Bud Rehak and

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he co-wrote "

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" for singer

, and also produced it. Renay's recording made the Top 10 on the US pop chart in early 1964, and number one on the

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chart.

The mid to late 1960s

In 1965, Crewe formed his own record label,

DynoVoice Records DynoVoice Records was an American record label, founded in 1965 by songwriter/producer Bob Crewe. The label started as Dyno-Vox, but was changed when the 5th single was issued. DynoVoice, along with its NewVoice Records subsidiary, was originally ...

. With the release of the 1965 hit "

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" by

, DynoVoice launched a run of twenty-one Top 100 hits. The label found early success with the R&B trio

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, best known for their single "

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", a No. 2 hit single, and "Attack". The Toys were produced by

and

for executive producer Crewe. Another DynoVoice powerhouse of the mid-1960s emerged when Crewe discovered a band called Billy Lee & The Rivieras. The group had limited success until he renamed them Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. Under his direction, they scored eleven Top 100 hits, most notably Crewe's powerful and muscular arrangements of "

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", the group's highest-charting single at No. 4, as well as " Sock It to Me, Baby!", a No. 6 hit in 1967, and " Jenny Take a Ride", which reached No. 10 in 1965. Another often-recorded song from the 1965 Linzer-Randell album by the Toys is "

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". The number, co-written by

and

, was also recorded by the Bay City, Michigan, rock group ? and the Mysterians, best known for their 1966 hit "

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". "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" has enjoyed subsequent reinterpretations by

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and

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, among many others. Crewe's record label scored another hit with

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's off-beat, folksy " Walkin' My Cat Named Dog". Crewe also helped bring success to the

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group

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with their hit cover of " Silence Is Golden", a song originally written for and recorded by the Four Seasons. Bob Crewe himself (recording as The Bob Crewe Generation) released a version of Sid Ramin's 1967 instrumental "

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" (originally composed as a

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commercial jingle) on DynoVoice. The song became a Top 20 hit. and spawned another successful instrumental version by

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and a vocal hit by

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. In 1967, Bob Crewe produced and wrote seven of the songs sung by

on her last commercially successful album, ''California Nights'', including producing the

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. The Bob Crewe Generation also recorded the original soundtrack (composed by Crewe and Charles Fox) for the 1968

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motion picture '' Barbarella'', starring

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and directed by

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. The soundtrack for the cult favorite features vocals by Crewe and the group the Glitterhouse. In 1967, Crewe and Gaudio scored one of their greatest successes with "

", recorded by Frankie Valli with the Four Seasons. The song reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earned a gold record. "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" has since been recorded by a wide variety of vocalists and bands, in several different languages. A 1968 version by singer

climbed to No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. Also achieving chart status over the decades were English-language versions by

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and

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. The song has been heard in numerous motion pictures, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1969, Crewe collaborated with the singer

, producing his pop hit "

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", a song written by poet

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which served as theme to the

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-winning film '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', starring

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. Crewe also produced a hit single of Oliver performing the optimistic " Good Morning Starshine" from the rock musical ''

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''. The song reached No. 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening singles surveys. The Crewe record label released a series of well-received recordings such as

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's '' Cole Porter Revisited'' and '' Rodgers and Hart Revisited'' featuring vocal performances by such artists as

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, and

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. Crewe sang "

" and was interviewed on ''The Jack Spector Show'' and appeared on Dick Clark's ABC-TV programs ''American Bandstand'' and ''Where the Action Is''. He was interviewed by Dick Clark and some of his current 1960's songs were played for the dancers and crowds.

The 1970s

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collectors. It was also their only quadraphonic release. The Bob Crewe Generation briefly reappeared as a chart act in the mid-1970s, recording material for the

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era. The 1976 LP ''Street Talk'' on Elektra was in this vein. In 1975, Crewe wrote and produced disco material for the Eleventh Hour, who had dance club success with at least three releases on

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: "Hollywood Hot" (45 rpm single, number: TC-2215), "Bumper to Bumper", and "Sock It To Me/It's Your Thing". In the mid-1970s, Crewe and Sir Monti Rock III formed the disco club favorites

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, best known for their 1975 successes "

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" and "

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". The group is referenced by

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in his song "Invasion Hit Parade" and by

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in their song "Electricity". In 1977, at the insistence of producer

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, who had been an early mentor of his, Crewe recorded a solo album in Memphis, with

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co-producing. The album, titled ''

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'', was a showcase for his singing voice. Although the album did not achieve chart success, it included the ballad "Marriage Made In Heaven", a collaboration between Crewe and

which later became popular with

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bands. The album also produced the song "It Took a Long Time (For The First Time In My Life)", also recorded by

. Crewe and Nolan had previously written two other songs - "

" and "

" - which became back-to-back No. 1 records in 1975. "My Eyes Adored You" was produced by Crewe and performed by Frankie Valli with the Four Seasons. When the record label, Mowest, balked at releasing it, Crewe, certain of its quality and hit potential, bought back the rights for $4,000 and it was issued on Private Stock Records. Despite widespread rejections from music industry pundits, the song became a smash solo hit for Valli, and was the fifth biggest song of the year. "

", recorded by

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, became notorious for its sexually provocative, New Orleans-inflected chorus, "" Produced by Allen Toussaint, the song became a radio and dance club sensation. When it reached No. 1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it displaced "My Eyes Adored You". Both songs spent one week at No. 1. "Lady Marmalade" has since been used in numerous motion pictures, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

The 1980s and beyond

In 1984, a collaboration by Crewe and writers

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and

produced another

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success with the romantic duet "You're Looking Like Love To Me", sung by

and

. Another Crewe-Corbetta project united them with singer-songwriter-producer

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, for whom they produced the original cast album of Greenwich's

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''. The album was a

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nominee and the show itself was nominated for a

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. In 1985, Crewe was inducted into the

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. "Lady Marmalade" was re-recorded by

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, and

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for the soundtrack of the 2001 film ''

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'', and their version stayed at No. 1 in the U.S. for five weeks. It achieved the same chart position in the United Kingdom and Australia. ''

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'' ranked "Lady Marmalade" as the 479th greatest song of all time. In 1999, when the US performing rights and royalties organization BMI (

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) announced its Top 100 Songs of the Century, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" landed in the Top 10 with six million airplays. BMI calculates one million continuous performances of a song of the average length (3 minutes) as representing 5.7 years of continuous airplay. In addition to his numerous benchmarks and accolades in music, Crewe also achieved recognition as an artist; he designed a number of album covers and had highly successful one-man gallery showings of his paintings at the Earl McGrath Gallery, Thomas Soloman's Garage, and the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles. Since 2005, Crewe was featured as a supporting character (played originally by Peter Gregus) in ''

'', the long-running, multiple

-winning Broadway musical based on the story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Although the 2014

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version (with Mike Doyle as Crewe) was only a modest success, the play has gone on to become an international hit, with Crewe credited as the show's lyricist. He used his proceeds from the show to start a foundation supporting gay rights, people with AIDS, and bringing music and art to children in deprived communities.

Personal life

While Crewe was portrayed as openly gay in the ''

'' stage musical and film, his brother Dan Crewe told an interviewer that his brother was discreet about his sexuality, particularly during the time he was working with the Four Seasons. "Whenever he met someone, he would go into what I always called his

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mode, this extreme machoism," Dan Crewe told ''The New York Times''. From April 2014 until his death, Crewe resided in a Scarborough, Maine, nursing home. His charity, the Bob Crewe Foundation, donated $3 million to the

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in April 2014. Crewe died in the nursing home on September 11, 2014, at the age of 83. He had been in declining health for several years following a fall.

Selected U.S. singles (written and/or produced by)

US peak chart position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart follows the song title. Only singles that reached a position of No. 30 or higher on the Hot 100 are listed here. *1957: "Silhouettes", The Rays, No. 3 *1957: "Silhouettes", The Diamonds, No. 10 *1958: "La Dee Dah", Billy & Lillie, No. 9 *1958: "Sweet Talk", sung by Crewe *1959: "Lucky Ladybug", Billy & Lillie, No. 14 *1962: "Sherry", The Four Seasons, No. 1 *1962: "Big Girls Don't Cry", The Four Seasons, No. 1 *1963: "Walk Like a Man", The Four Seasons, No. 1 *1964: "Dawn (Go Away)", The Four Seasons, No. 3 *1964: "Ronnie", The Four Seasons, No. 6 *1964: "Navy Blue", Diane Renay, No. 6 *1964: "Rag Doll", The Four Seasons, No. 1 *1964: "Save It For Me", The Four Seasons, No. 10 *1964: "Big Man in Town", The Four Seasons, No. 20 *1965: "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye)", The Four Seasons, No. 12 ("Bye Bye Baby" on initial release) *1965: "Let's Hang On!", The Four Seasons, No. 3 *1965: "A Lover's Concerto", The Toys, No. 2 *1965: "Silhouettes", Herman's Hermits, No. 5 *1965: "Girl Come Running", The Four Seasons, No. 30 *1965: "Jenny Take A Ride", Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, No. 10 *1966: "Devil With A Blue Dress On", Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, No. 4 *1966: "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine", The Walker Bros., No. 13 *1967: "Sock It To Me, Baby", Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, No. 6 *1967: "Music To Watch Girls By", The Bob Crewe Generation, No. 15 *1967: "Silence Is Golden", The Tremeloes, No. 11 *1967: "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You", Frankie Valli, No. 2 *1967: "I Make a Fool of Myself", Frankie Valli, No. 18 *1967: "To Give (The Reason I Live)", Frankie Valli, No. 29 *1969: "Jean", Oliver, No. 2 *1974: "Lady Marmalade", LaBelle, No. 1 *1974: "

", Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes, No. 10 *1975: "My Eyes Adored You", Frankie Valli, No. 1 *1975: "Swearin' To God", Frankie Valli, No. 6 *1975: "

", Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes, No. 23 *1975: "The Proud One", The Osmonds, No. 22 *2001: "Lady Marmalade", Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink, No. 1

Recording discography

*''Kicks'', Warwick W-2009 (1960, out of print) *''Crazy In The Heart'', Warwick W-2034 (1961, out of print) *''All The Song Hits of the Four Seasons'', Philips 600150 (1964, out of print) *''Bob Crewe Plays the Four Seasons' hits'', Philips 600238 (1967, out of print) *''Music To Watch Girls By'', DynoVoice 9003 (1967, out of print) *''Music To Watch Birds By'', DynoVoice 1902 .K.(1967, out of print) *''Barbarella (Original Soundtrack Recording)'', originally published by Famous Music Corporation (1968, out of print), re-released by Soundtrack Classics SCL 1411 (2004) *''Let Me Touch You'', CGC 1000 (1969, out of print) *''Street Talk'',

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7E-1083 (1976, out of print) *''Motivation'', Elektra Records 7E-1103 (1977, out of print) *''The Best of The Bob Crewe Generation'', Varèse Vintage 302 066 703 2 (Feb 2006)

References

External links

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"Bob Crewe: The Master And The Music" - a four-part radio tribute hosted by Ronnie Allen and starring 38 music business professionals: singers, songwriters, producers, arrangers, musicians and deejays

2008 Bob Crewe radio interview show from 2008 with Ronnie Allen (researcher for Casey Kasem)
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