Download Instrumental   Where were you in December, 1963? Not alive yet? Too bad, cause you missed the best era of music ever.  This song came out right smack dab in the middle of the “disco craze”, but was never actually considered a disco tune.  But I remember being in plenty of discos in the 70’s and dancing to this one nearly every night.  And, over the years, I’ve played this song a million times.  It always gets the crowd out on the dance floor.  So, if you’re having trouble getting your audience to pay attention, trot this baby out there.  Guaranteed to get ’em dancing.  That’s your job, after all.

The Four Seasons recorded this in 1975 and it was their last number one hit.  The official title is “December, 1963”, but everyone knows it as “Oh, What a Night”.  Kinda silly, really.  The first line is “Oh, what a night – late December back in ’63” – and that’s the only time December is mentioned.  But “Oh, what a night” is repeated over and over and over again.  Go figure.  Artists, right?

What’s worse – Frankie Valli didn’t sing the lead.  I mean, you hear “Four Seasons” and you think Frankie Valli – who else?  But, oh no.  For some reason, they let the drummer, Gerry Polci, do the honors and reduced Frankie to backup vocals.  How dare they take my favorite Italian out of the spotlight (his real name is Francesco Stephen Castelluccio – kinda rolls nicely off the tongue, doesn’t it?).   I think Frankie could have done it even better, but that’s just me.

Makes no difference, I guess, who sang it.  Now it’s your turn.  Take these backup tracks and have some fun with it …