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Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: The Night
This wonderfully dramatic single failed to make an impact here in 1972 and wasn't released as a single at all in the US.
But by 1975 it had become a Northern Soul classic and made 7 in the UK singles chart when it was re-released.
The Night was sensationally popular in Napoleons in Manchester in 1975. I do remember the very driving beat let to excesses on the dance floor such as leap-froggng. Did you catch the 2023 BBC Proms rehash? I was also at that at the back oif the Arena. Somehow the live concert effect is not fully caotured in the YouTube clip. The original recording studio "tight" mix is impossible to reproduce in the Albert Hall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqmqxTxXn8
The Night was sensationally popular in Napoleons in Manchester in 1975. I do remember the very driving beat let to excesses on the dance floor such as leap-froggng.
ReplyDeleteDid you catch the 2023 BBC Proms rehash? I was also at that at the back oif the Arena. Somehow the live concert effect is not fully caotured in the YouTube clip. The original recording studio "tight" mix is impossible to reproduce in the Albert Hall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqmqxTxXn8