PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Valli is actually older than Elvis Presley, but his look and his voice possess a classic quality that seems to exist outside of any particular era.
CathiefromCanada (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
What do Frankie Valli, ABBA, Chuck Berry, Orleans, John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne and Mike Myers all have in common? They don't like it when John McCain tries to steal their stuff .
West End Whingers (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
... proved - if not exactly irresistible - then mildly intriguing. Phil was never really partial to Frankie Valli ’s falsetto warblings and one of their hits “Bye Bye Baby” brought back unpleasant memories of the Bay City Rollers 1975 cover version. Andrew - who likes a good bargain as his Oxfam wardrobe testifies - took some persuading even at these knock-down prices. It takes a lot...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Jersey Boys may give new life to the Bob Gaudio songs that Frankie Valli's Four Seasons made click.
This is Bath (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For the first time the choirs sung two songs with the Bath men performing Frankie Valli and Andy Wiliams hit, Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World.They were met with a mixed reaction from the show's judges after their second performance, with conductor Suzi Digby saying the singing was flat and the arrangement was poor. The group failed to win an automatic...
f/k/a . . . (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
... “They used a John Mellencamp song until he made them stop and he used an ABBA song and a Frankie Valli song — it’s ridiculous and it’s setting a terrible example,” Iser said. “It’s shocking that they don’t even attempt to get permission. There’s no copyright difference between using a song to sell cars or by people running for president. The music industry continues to suffer due...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
... "They used a John Mellencamp song until he made them stop, and he used an Abba song and a Frankie Valli song - it's ridiculous and it's setting a terrible example," he said.In the commercial in question, Obama is mocked for suggesting that the country conserve petrol through proper tyre inflation on vehicles.- (LA Times-Washington Post service)
Lowering the Bar (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
... used a John Mellencamp song ["Pink Houses"] until he made them stop and he used an ABBA song and a Frankie Valli song -- it's ridiculous and it's setting a terrible example." I have to agree with that. Frankie Valli? These kinds of battles are not new, of course -- in 1984, Bruce Springsteen, also a not-Republican, stopped the Reagan campaign from using his song, " Born...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... Wayne’s World characters. – Last month, the McCain campaign had to pull and re-cut a web ad after Frankie Valli’s record label, the Warner Music Group asserted its copyright claims over the use of the song “ Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You .” – Earlier this year, the copyright owners for the “Rocky” theme song “telephoned the McCain campaign to politely complain it was being used without...
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
The Knox Concert Series is back for its 63rd year, keeping up the tradition of presenting classical events for all Annistonians to enjoy. The season kicks off in September with pop music icon Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons.
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... . He’s already incurred the wrath of, appropriately, Warner by improperly using the company’s Frankie Valli hit, Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, in a campaign ad. Now Jackson Browne is suing McCain for using Browne’s 1978 ‘Running on Empty’ in an anti Barak Barack Obama TV ad. Says the Washington Post , quoting the Los Angeles Times »»» Yesterday, Browne, 59, filed a copyright infringement...
VH1 (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... used a John Mellencamp song until he made them stop, and he used an ABBA song and a Frankie Valli song — it's ridiculous and it's setting a terrible example," Iser said. "It's shocking that they don't even attempt to get permission. There's no copyright difference between using a song to sell cars or by people running for president. The music industry continues to suffer due to lack...
MTV News (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
... "They used a John Mellencamp song until he made them stop, and he used an ABBA song and a Frankie Valli song — it's ridiculous and it's setting a terrible example," Iser said. "It's shocking that they don't even attempt to get permission. There's no copyright difference between using a song to sell cars or by people running for president. The music industry continues to suffer due...
