"The musical ""Jersey Boys"" tells the story of which rock 'n roll group?"
"Jersey Boys (film) Jersey Boys is a 2014 American musical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, based on the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical of the same name. The film tells the story of the musical group The Four Seasons. Original band members Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio (who also composed the film's music) serve as executive producers. ""Jersey Boys"" was released in the United States on June 20, 2014. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the musical numbers but criticized the narrative and runtime, and grossed $67 million worldwide. In Belleville, New Jersey in 1951, Tommy"
"You"", ""Working My Way Back to You"" and ""Rag Doll"", among others. The title refers to the fact that the members of The Four Seasons are from New Jersey and are male. The musical ran on Broadway from 2005 to 2017, and since its debut it has been on two North American national tours and two national tours of The UK and Ireland. There have been productions of the show in London's West End, Las Vegas, Chicago, Toronto, Melbourne and other Australian cities, Singapore, South Africa, The Netherlands, Japan, Dubai, and China. ""Jersey Boys"" won four 2006 Tony Awards including"
"on the Hot 100 are listed. <br>Frankie Valli ""solo"" singles are also not listed but can be found here. ""Jersey Boys"", a musical play based on the lives of the Four Seasons and directed by Des McAnuff (""The Who's Tommy"", ""700 Sundays)"", premiered at his La Jolla Playhouse and opened on November 6, 2005 to generally positive reviews. It subsequently won multiple Tony Awards after its move to Broadway. The original cast included John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Daniel Reichard as Bob Gaudio, Christian Hoff as Tommy DeVito, and J. Robert Spencer as Nick Massi. The play portrays the"
"Liberties Union since 1995. He is a practictioner and student of Chinese Chan Buddhism. John Lloyd Young John Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's ""Jersey Boys"". He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy-award winning ""Jersey Boys"" cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry"
"include Andy Karl and Richard H. Blake as Tommy DeVito, Sebastian Arcelus as Bob Gaudio and Ryan Molloy, who originated the role in the West End production, as Frankie Valli. The Broadway production closed on January 15, 2017 after 4,642 performances, with Mark Ballas as the final Frankie Valli. The first national U.S. tour of the musical began on December 10, 2006, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco and went on to play in 38 cities. ""Jersey Boys"" played at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, where it broke the box office record eight times before moving on to a"
"2014, the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the US. Jersey Boys won four 2006 Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Actor (John Lloyd Young), Best Featured Actor (Christian Hoff) and Best Lighting (Howell Binkley). Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the Grammy-winning cast album for the Broadway musical ""Jersey Boys"", the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The album was produced by original Four Season, Bob Gaudio. Principal vocals include Christian Hoff as ""Tommy DeVito,"" Daniel Reichard as ""Bob Gaudio,"" J. Robert Spencer as ""Nick Massi"" and John Lloyd Young"
"Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording Jersey Boys: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the Grammy-winning cast album for the Broadway musical ""Jersey Boys"", the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The album was produced by original Four Season, Bob Gaudio. Principal vocals include Christian Hoff as ""Tommy DeVito,"" Daniel Reichard as ""Bob Gaudio,"" J. Robert Spencer as ""Nick Massi"" and John Lloyd Young as lead-singer ""Frankie Valli."" It was released November 1, 2005 by Rhino Entertainment and reached number eighty-five on the ""Billboard"" 200. In February 2008, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA. As of December"
"""Pal Joey"", represented by Stockard Channing singing a few lines from ""Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"" during the opening segment; ""Rock of Ages"", with Constantine Maroulis and fellow cast members singing ""Don't Stop Believin'""; ""Shrek the Musical"", with the company performing ""What's Up, Duloc"" and ""Freak Flag""; ""West Side Story""; and ""9 to 5"", with Dolly Parton joining the cast to sing the title tune. Cast members from national touring companies of three musicals also appeared: The lead character from four ""Jersey Boys"" casts (Joseph Leo Bwarie (Toronto), Rick Faugno (Las Vegas), Courter Simmons (national tour) and Dominic Scaglione, Jr. (Chicago))"
"John Lloyd Young John Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's ""Jersey Boys"". He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut. Young sang lead vocals on the Grammy-award winning ""Jersey Boys"" cast album, certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Young reprised his role as Frankie Valli in Warner Brothers' film"
"Rome, London, and Vienna. As many as five bands were on tour during the 1920s. The band ceased to exist in the 1980s. William ""Cat"" Anderson, Jabbo Smith and Freddie Green are but a few of the alumni from the Jenkins Orphanage band who became professional musicians in some of the best bands of the day. The Jenkins Orphanage Band also played on Broadway for the play ""Porgy"" by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, a stage version of the novel by Dubose Heyward of the same title. The story was based in Charleston, South Carolina and featured the Gullah Community. The"
"Jeff Leibow as Nick Massi. The majority of this cast became the original Las Vegas cast, which debuted at The Palazzo Hotel on Sunday, May 3, 2008, in the newly built Jersey Boys Theatre. The show temporarily closed on January 1, 2012, and reopened on March 6, 2012, at Paris Las Vegas. On June 7, 2016, it was announced that ""Jersey Boys"" would be ending its Las Vegas show on September 18, 2016. The musical made its West End debut at London's Prince Edward Theatre in February 2008. The creative team were the same as for the Broadway production. Principal"
"that have already been hits. Following the earlier success of ""Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story"", these have included ""Movin' Out"" (2002, based on the tunes of Billy Joel), ""Jersey Boys"" (2006, The Four Seasons), ""Rock of Ages"" (2009, featuring classic rock of the 1980s) and many others. This style is often referred to as the ""jukebox musical"". Similar but more plot-driven musicals have been built around the canon of a particular pop group including ""Mamma Mia!"" (1999, based on the songs of ABBA), ""Our House"" (2002, based on the songs of Madness) and ""We Will Rock You"" (2002, based"
"in 1999. DeVito rejoined Valli and Gaudio (Massi had died in 2000) on stage at the 2005 Broadway opening of the documentary-style musical ""Jersey Boys"", a Tony Award winning hit chronicling the story of the group's early days. Also, some have noted that Joe Pesci's character in ""Goodfellas"" is named Tommy DeVito; however, although the name is the same, the character in that film is based on reputed mobster Tommy DeSimone. Tommy DeVito (musician) Tommy DeVito (born June 19, 1928) is an American musician and singer, best known as a founding member, baritone vocalist, and lead guitarist of the rock"
"take the story to the stage. However, Gaudio and Valli still had final say on whether to end the show if they didn't like it. ""Jersey Boys"" premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse at University of California, San Diego, in an out-of-town tryout on October 5, 2004, and ran through January 16, 2005 Christian Hoff, David Norona, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer played The Four Seasons. At the end of the tryout, Norona, who originated the role of Frankie Valli, was replaced by John Lloyd Young, who originally had auditioned for the role of Tommy DeVito. The musical began"
"Opera"", as well as to more nostalgic fare. However, the rock musical achieved a renaissance in the 1990s, due in no small part to the popularity of Jonathan Larson's rock musical ""Rent"" (1996). This was followed by Off-Broadway rock musicals like """" (1997) and ""Hedwig and the Angry Inch"" (1998), John Cameron Mitchell's Off-Broadway show about a transgender rocker. The end of the 1980s saw the beginning of a new form, jukebox musicals, such as ""Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story"", ""Mamma Mia!"" and ""Jersey Boys"", which feature the songs of a popular band, performer or genre. The rock musical"
"month of October 2010, $1 was donated to the ""VH1 Save the Music Foundation"". ""Jersey Boys"" aimed to raise funds to restore one full music education program in a New York City school. The show eventually raised $43,521, enough to restore the instrumental music education program at PS 85 in the Bronx. Plans were made to donate additional funds raised to a second ""VH1 Save The Music Foundation"" grant recipient school. Four actors of the original Broadway production, Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer, launched a concert tour titled ""The Boys in Concert"" in 2010. Frankie"
"Broadway musical ""Jersey Boys"" and the film of the same name. ""Other entertainers include Ding, Dong and Dell, harmony trio; Harvey Mearns, Swiss bell ringer; Dick King, Imitator; Neva Ames, xylophone wonder; Duane Sister, acrobatic dancer, Adolph Robinson, song and danceman and Gae Allen, toe tapper on drums."" Ted Mack, who joined the Bowes operation in 1935, was ""first assistant in the talent selection, production and direction"" for Bowes, became the host of the radio show and a few months later moved it to the fledgling medium of television. It was intermittently broadcast on the DuMont Television Network during 1947"
"Jimmy and the Boys in 1976 as a shock rock group with Jones on lead vocals, Hairmouth on keyboards and vocals, Tom Falkinham on bass guitar, Scott Johnston on drums, Jason Morphett on saxophone and Andrew de Teliga on guitar. On stage Jones was also a contortionist and Hairmouth was ""the kitchiest of transvestites"". Other than mainstays, Jones and Hairmouth, the line-up was regularly changed. In 1978 Hairmouth and Jones were joined by Danny Damjanovic on saxophone and flute, Steven Hall on guitar and vocals, Barry Lytten (ex-Rabbit) on drums and Michael Parks on bass guitar and vocals. In October"
"Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964 when seven school friends decided to perform together as an instrumental jazz and soul group named the Jazziacs. Among them were Robert ""Kool"" Bell on bass, his brother Ronald Bell on keyboards, Robert Mickens on trumpet, Dennis ""D.T."" Thomas on saxophone, Ricky West on keyboards, George Brown on drums, and Charles Smith guitar. All of them, except Smith, attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City. Robert Bell had given himself the nickname ""Kool"" as a way of adapting to the street gangs in his neighborhood after moving from Ohio, and took the name of"
"Lighting Design. There are currently three U.S. productions of ""Jersey Boys"" running outside New York and other productions overseas including productions in Toronto, London, Australia, South Africa and The Netherlands. The movie adaptation, directed by Clint Eastwood, starred John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito, Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi and Erich Bergen as Bob Gaudio. This film was released on June 20, 2014. The Four Seasons (band) The Four Seasons are an American rock and pop band that became internationally successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1970, they have also been known at times"
"Rock Film at IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078335/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Sorcery (band) The U.S. rock band Sorcery were from Hollywood and Los Angeles, California circa 1976 to 1987. Sorcery was a musical theatrical group from Los Angeles CA. formed in 1976. Known for their music, and elaborate stage show consisting of a hard rock band and two master magicians who incorporated the use of magic illusions in the on-stage battle where Merlin takes on Satan. Band members were Los Angeles based musicians, Richard (Smokey) Taylor guitarist, bass player Richie King, Greg MaGie Lead Vocals and L.A. studio drummer, Perry Morris. Magicians Paul Haynes played the"
"The BusBoys The BusBoys are an American musical group known for playing rock and roll with a flavoring of soul, funk, and rhythm and blues. Formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the original lineup featured brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin O'Neal (bass, vocals), Gus Louderman (vocals), Mike Jones (keyboards, vocals), Vic Johnson (guitar), and Steve Felix (drums). All of the original band's members were African-American except Felix, who is of Hispanic heritage. The group is best known for their appearance in the 1982 film ""48 Hrs."", in which they performed their songs ""New Shoes"" and ""The"
"Angels, joined occasionally by Barbara Allbut. In 2005, the Angels were inducted in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Depicted by actresses, the Angels are shown singing ""My Boyfriend's Back"" in the 2014 film ""Jersey Boys"", based on the Broadway hit musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Both groups originated in New Jersey. On October 5, 2018, former member Bernadette Carroll died at the age of 74. The Starlets The Angels The Angels (American group) The Angels are an American girl group that originated from New Jersey, best known for their 1963 No. 1 hit single, ""My Boyfriend's"
"Jimmy and the Boys Jimmy and the Boys were an Australian shock rock and new wave band, active from 1976 to 1982. They pioneered the use of shock theatrics in Australia with an act that revolved around vocalist and contortionist Ignatius Jones and keyboard player Joylene Thornbird Hairmouth. The group recorded two studio albums, ""Not Like Everybody Else"" (November 1979) and ""Teddy Boys Picnic"" (July 1981). In May 1981 they scored their only Australian top 10 single with ""They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk to Me"". In 1982, shortly after issuing their live album ""In Hell with Your Mother"", they"
"Award winning Disney songwriter and composer of Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book etc. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330112654/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189379-Footage-from-Clint-Eastwoods-Jersey-Boys-Film-Presented-at-Las-Vegas-CinemaCon Johnny Cannizzaro Johnny Cannizzaro (born February 3) is an American stage, film and television actor and writer. He had a role in Clint Eastwood's ""Jersey Boys"". Cannizzaro was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He is of Italian descent on both his mother and father's sides. He is one of three children including a twin brother. when the family relocated to suburban New Jersey at the age of five, he spent the majority of his adolescent years taking lessons in piano and performing in local community theatre. After"
"Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers were an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey in 2005, where they wrote their first record that made its Hollywood release. In the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie ""Camp Rock"" and its sequel, """". They also starred as Kevin, Joe, and Nick Lucas, the band Lucas in their own Disney"
"pioneering contribution to the genre by all three of the original members of the Rock and Roll Trio has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page remarked: The Rock and Roll Trio The Rock and Roll Trio were an American rockabilly group formed in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1950s. They were also known as ""Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio"" and the ""Johnny Burnette Trio"". The members of the Trio were Dorsey Burnette, his younger brother Johnny, and a friend Paul Burlison. Dorsey and Johnny"
"The Youngbloods The Youngbloods were an American rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (vocals, bass), Jerry Corbitt (guitar), Lowell Levinger, nicknamed ""Banana"" (guitar and electric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums). Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity. Their only U.S. Top 40 entry was ""Get Together"". Jesse Colin Young (born Perry Miller, November 22, 1941, Queens, New York City) was a moderately successful folk singer with two LPs under his belt – ""Soul of a City Boy"" (1964) and ""Youngblood"" (1965) – when he met fellow folk singer and former bluegrass musician from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jerry Corbitt"
"as an artist, having designed a number of album covers as well as having had highly successful one-man gallery showings of his paintings at the Earl McGrath Gallery, Thomas Soloman's Garage, and the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles. Since 2005 Crewe has been featured as a supporting character (played originally by Peter Gregus) in ""Jersey Boys"", the long-running, multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Although the 2014 film version (with Mike Doyle as Crewe) was only a modest success, the play has gone on to become an international hit,"
"in Jolly Boys history. Although its core group has remained fairly stable over the past sixty years, a full list of the Jolly Boys members would include a large number of official but transient members. Today, the ""original"" group consists of Albert Minott (lead vocals), Derrick ""Johnny"" Henry (rumba box), Allan Swymmer (percussion), and Egbert Watson (banjo). The current touring band mixes three of the original members (Minott, Bennett and Henry) with three younger members (Dale Dizzle Virgo on drums & percussions; Lenford ""Brutus"" Richards on banjo; and Harold Dawkins ""Jah T"" on guitar). Long time member Joseph ""Powda"" Bennett"
"same level of success they had with the Grand Ole Opry. In 1941, their song ""When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing"" made the ""Billboard"" ""Hillbilly"" top three. Their ""Freight Train Boogie"" (recorded for the King label in 1946) is regarded by some as the first rock and roll record. Their best-known song, ""Blues Stay Away From Me"" (also on King, 1949), was covered by Johnny Burnette and The Rock and Roll Trio, Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, The Louvin Brothers, The Browns, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Doc Watson, The Notting Hillbillies and The Everly Brothers. Over"
"a year later when a friend brought a guitar round and they began playing Chuck Berry songs. By the mid-1980s the two decided to form a rock and roll band, the name chosen for the group was originally ""The Choirboys"" taken from the 1977 movie of the same name, but they soon changed it to the Queerboys. Gray and Bailey were joined by bassist Nigel Mogg (nephew of UFO's Phil Mogg), Chris Johnstone on piano and Paul Hornby, who had previously played drums with The Dogs D'Amour and with Pete Burns in the Liverpool group Nightmares in Wax. The Queerboys"
"The Rock and Roll Trio The Rock and Roll Trio were an American rockabilly group formed in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1950s. They were also known as ""Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio"" and the ""Johnny Burnette Trio"". The members of the Trio were Dorsey Burnette, his younger brother Johnny, and a friend Paul Burlison. Dorsey and Johnny Burnette were both natives of Memphis, having been born there in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Paul Burlison was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, in 1929, but moved to Memphis with his family in 1937. The Burnette brothers were keen amateur boxers"