My Eyes Adored You – Frankie Valli | Top 40 Chart Performance, Story and Song Meaning
Chart Performance: Pop (#1); 1975
Story Behind The Song By Ed Osborne
After Sherry got the ball rolling, holding on to the #1 spot for 5 weeks in 1962, there was no stopping the 4 Seasons hit juggernaut. Lead singer Frankie Valli even stepped out on his own and logged a #2 solo single – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – in 1967.
1970 found the Jersey group at Detroit’s famous Motown records, however, no hits materialized. When the Seasons left Motown, they took just one track for which they paid four thousand dollars; a solo Frankie recording entitled My Eye Adored You.
Writers Bob Crewe and Kenny “I Like Dreamin’ ” Nolan had originally called the song Blue Eyes In Georgia, then altered it when Frankie got involved. Believing in Eyes‘ hit potential, they shopped it to various labels until new-company-on-theblock, Private Stock, picked it up.
Eyes slowly climbed to the top, where it stayed for one week, before being bumped by another Crewe/Nolan composition, Lady Marmalade.
This content and all Song Meaning articles were created and written by Top 40 Contributing Editor Ed Osborne. © 2024 Ed Osborne. All Rights Reserved. In addition to these song meaning articles, Ed has written our “Year in Music 1960s-1990s” articles.
Produced by:
- Bob Crewe
Lyrics Written by:
- Bob Crewe
- Kenny Nolan
Ed Osborne
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