27 Facts About Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice.

Frankie Valli's recording of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" reached number two in 1967.

Frankie Valli is a 2010 inductee of the New Jersey Hall of Fame, with the Four Seasons inducted separately in 2017 and Frankie Valli speaking on Massi's behalf.

Frankie Valli was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2024, a joint star for both himself and the Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli appearing in person to accept the honor with his wife and two of his sons, and Gaudio sending a prerecorded acceptance speech.

In February 2025, Frankie Valli was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, this being his first and only Grammy.

Frankie Valli was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, on May 3,1934, to an Italian family in the First Ward of Newark, New Jersey; he is the eldest of three sons.

Frankie Valli's father, Antonio Castelluccio, who had immigrated to the US from Faiano, Salerno, Campania, was a barber and display designer for Lionel model trains; his mother, Mary Rinaldi, who was from Avellino, Campania, was a homemaker and beer company employee.

Frankie Valli was inspired to take up a singing career at age seven after his mother took him to see Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater in New York City.

Frankie Valli worked as a barber until he could support himself with music.

Frankie Valli never addressed the issue himself until a 2007 posting at the Official Frankie Valli Site, sponsored by his record label Universal Records.

Frankie Valli's debut solo album was a collection of single releases and a few new recordings.

Frankie Valli used the opportunity to transition away from the power falsetto that had made Valli and the Four Seasons famous, singing in a natural tenor voice.

Records was willing to sign the band, but greatly preferred if someone other than Frankie Valli sang lead vocals.

In 1978, with the Four Seasons temporarily broken up, Frankie Valli embarked on a solo tour and sang the theme song for the film version of the stage play Grease, a song by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, which became a number one hit.

Frankie Valli had two further chart successes over the next year: "Save Me, Save Me" in November 1978, which entered the Billboard Easy Listening chart, and "Fancy Dancer" in January 1979, which entered the pop charts.

Frankie Valli began suffering from otosclerosis in 1967, forcing him to "sing from memory" in the latter part of the 1970s.

The musical dramatizes several real-life incidents from Frankie Valli's life, including his estrangement from daughter Francine, who died in 1980.

In 2012, Frankie Valli made his Broadway debut with a week-long concert engagement at the Broadway Theatre in New York starting October 19.

In October 2016, Frankie Valli released his first solo album in nine years, Tis the Seasons, which features some of his favorite Christmas songs.

Frankie Valli did not rule out future performances after the tour ends but noted that the nature of touring, and a move from longer residencies to frequent one-night stops, was wearing on him, while the actual act of performing each night was not.

In June 2021, Frankie Valli released his 12th studio album, his first in five years, Touch of Jazz, which features a collection of jazz cover songs.

Frankie Valli has appeared as an actor in Miami Vice, Full House, the 1998 TV movie Witness to the Mob, The Sopranos, and the 2014 film And So It Goes.

In 2015, Frankie Valli was interviewed on the AMC television series The Making of the Mob: New York.

Frankie Valli married MaryAnn Hannagan in 1974, and the marriage lasted eight years.

Frankie Valli portrayed her grandmother Mary in a Jersey Boys production in 2019.

Frankie Valli married Jackie Jacobs on June 26,2023, in Las Vegas.

Frankie Valli has a restraining order against his son, Francesco Jr.