The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others...

"Big Girls Don't Cry" had already appeared on the Four Seasons' previous Sherry album, but when it became their second number one hit, they didn't hesitate to build a new album around it. As with Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others is filled out largely with cover songs, including a version of the Rays' and The Diamonds' 1957 hit "Silhouettes" (co-written by the Four Seasons producer Bob Crewe), Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers' "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," and the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You." Those songs looked back at the Four Seasons' antecedents, but songs like "My Sugar" and their next number one, "Walk Like a Man," written by Crewe and Bob Gaudio, looked forward. (After the Four Seasons left Vee Jay Records, the label would release their covers of the Shepherd Sisters' "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)" and the McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" from this album as singles and score chart hits with them in 1964.) ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bob Crewe Producer, Orchestra, Cover Design Charles Calello Orchestration, Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements Frankie Valli Vocals Gordon Clark Engineer Nick Massi Vocal Arrangement Otto Fenn Cover Photo, Photography