Silver Star (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Silver Star


Artist = The Four Seasons
from Album = Who Loves You
B-side = Mystic Mr. Sam
Released = May 1976
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1975
Genre = Rock-disco
Length = 3:48
Label = Warner/Curb Records
Writer = Bob Gaudio-Judy Parker
Producer = Bob Gaudio
Certification =
Chart position =
* #36 (US)
* #3 (UK)
Last single = December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
(1975)
This single = Silver Star
(1976)
Next single = Down the Hall
(1977)

"Silver Star" is a song on the The Four Seasons album "Who Loves You". As was the case of all the songs on the LP, it was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker, and produced by Gaudio. [Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" (5th edition), Billboard Books 1992 ISBN 0-8230-8280-6] [Fred Bronson, "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" (3rd edition), Billboard Books 1992 ISBN 0-8230-8298-0] When it became the third single released from the album, "Silver Star" became the first Four Seasons A-side that did not feature the lead vocals of group founder Frankie Valli: the person taking the lead here was Gerry Polci as Valli's contribution was limited to harmony vocals at the end of the recording (he was gradually losing his hearing in the 1970s due to otosclerosis. An operation restored most of it in the 1980s) [Fred Bronson, "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" (3rd edition), Billboard Books 1992 ISBN 0-8230-8298-0] .

Released on the heels of the #3 (US) hit "Who Loves You" and the #1 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", the single was an edited version of a six minute, nine second, song that married lyrics of love and Western movies with a disco beat that was the signature of "Who Loves You". The single reached only #38 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, but in the United Kingdom, acceptance was much more widespread as "Silver Star" reached #3 on the UK singles chart. [Jay Warner, "American Singing Groups: A History From 1940 to Today" (Hal Leonard Books 2006) ISBN 0-634-09978-7]

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