Sherry/Big Girls Don’t Cry/Walk Like A Man/Ain’t That A Shame/Marlena/Candy Girl/Connie-O/Starmaker/Soon (I’ll Be Home Again)/Silver Wings/I’ve Cried Again/Peanuts
A change of label for the Four Seasons prompted Vee-Jay to release this somewhat premature greatest hits collection. Golden Hits contains the three US chart toppers Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry and Walk Like A Man, plus the No. 3 hit Candy Girl, together with minor hits and B sides. (US:15)
"Given the tendency to throw albums together with a hit or two plus filler, this far more consistent compilation was the best of The Four Seasons' early LPs."
"The arrival of Bob Gaudio changed everything. He penned Sherry, their breakthrough hit, and was writer or co-writer of most of the subsequent hits."
"The Four Seasons were, perhaps, one of the most successful groups of the 60s and their legacy will live on in the annals of popular music. Distinctive, harmonic, falsetto filled, they were, and remain, an icon of popular music."
"There's no current music that comes close to the sound of The Four Seasons. Its real sing-a-long music."
"Sherry opens proceedings with an early rocking tune that has a doo wop twist. It was very popular when first released and even all these years later its not hard to understand why. They sing this to perfection and the beat is excellent. What a great song about young love."
"Big Girls Don't Cry is a very good number that rocks well and you can easily hear Frankie's voice just above the others. They all sing very well, of course, make no mistake about it."
"I really like Walk Like A Man about a youth who must be strong after his girlfriend dumps him. They harmonize so well, too."
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