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A Day in the LifeFrankie Valli

Released: November 5, 1976

Songwriter: Paul McCartney John Lennon Lennon-McCartney

Producer: Lou Reizner

[Verse 1]
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on

[Bridge]
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

[Verse 2]
I read the news today, oh boy
4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on

Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, May 3, 1934) is an American singer and songwriter born in New Jersey, most known for being the frontman of the pop rock band The Four Seasons. The name Frankie Valli derives from his first name Francesco being shortened and taking the last name of one his biggest inspirations growing up, “Texas” Jean Valli.

Valli began his singing career in the early 1950s with the Variety Trio, consisting of members Valli, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Macioci. In the mid 1950s, Frankie and DeVito left the group and formed The Variatones with Frank Cattone, Billy Thompson and Hank Majewski. This group was later renamed to The Four Lovers. Once Bob Gaudio joined, the group renamed to “The Four Seasons”, after a cocktail lounge the group was at after auditioning in a big suburban bowling alley in 1960.

Frankie’s first single as Frankie Valli was released in 1953 titled “My Mother’s Eyes”. Valli’s debut solo album was a gathering of various single releases released prior and a few new recordings. Before the release of Valli’s second solo album, a single was released in July 1967 with the A-side “I Make a Fool of Myself”, a record that reached number 18. Timeless, Valli’s second solo album release was more coherent and Valli took more time in recording it. Timeless contains one Top 40 hit, “To Give (The Reason I Live)”. In 1975, Frankie Valli received his first number one hit on Billboard Hot 100 with “My Eyes Adored You”. In 1978, he sang the theme song for the film version of the stage play Grease, a song written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, which became a number one hit.

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