{"id":3540,"date":"2013-02-05T15:23:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2013-04-14T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T15:50:45","slug":"frankie-valli-youre-gonna-hurt-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3540","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Valli – (You’re Gonna) Hurt Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Franki Valli being held aloft by the Four Seasons (and himself, oddly enough<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you were surprised when you showed up at Funky16Corners and saw Frankie Valli\u2019s<\/strong> mug staring back at you, you really oughtn\u2019t to have, since he popped up here with the Four Seasons<\/strong> and the mighty \u2018Beggin\u2019<\/a> a few years back.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is for a variety of reasons a big favorite of mine, but mainly because it was hiding in my crates for years before I discovered it.<\/p>\n

Way, waayyy<\/em> back, many a year ago, I picked up the 45 containing this gem because I had been informed that it had an organ instrumental on it called \u2018Night Hawk\u2019, credited to the Valli Boys.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As organ\u00a0instrumentals\u00a0go, it was kind of uninspiring (groovy, but light years outside of the \u2018hammond burner\u2019 belt), which is why it went into the crates and gathered dust for a few years.<\/p>\n

So, as I entered one of those stretches where outside record digging is precluded due to lack of funds or free time, I pulled out a bunch of record boxes and started doing a little bit of internal re-digging, i.e. looking for things\u00a0unjustly\u00a0ignored the first time around, a method by which many, many interesting records have made their way onto the blog.<\/p>\n

I pulled out a stack of 45s, went through them, and managed to harvest a grip of excellent stuff, including some instrumentals, ballads, and a couple of stellar examples of Northern Soul, of which today\u2019s selection was one.<\/p>\n

\u2018(You\u2019re Gonna) Hurt Yourself\u2019 was released in 1966, and eventually included on the LP \u201cThe Four Seasons Present Frankie Valli Solo\u201d which compiled many of his previous solo 45s (including the original version of \u2018The Sun Ain\u2019t Gonna Shine Anymore\u2019) as well as new material like the huge hit \u2018Can\u2019t Take My Eyes Off Of You\u2019.<\/p>\n

Ironically, \u2018(You\u2019re Gonna) Hurt Yourself\u2019 isn\u2019t even considered the big Northern Soul cut off of that album, that honor being reserved for \u2018You\u2019re Ready Now\u2019 which is at #96 in Kev Roberts\u2019<\/strong> \u2018Northern Soul Top 500\u2019 and actually charted in the UK in 1970 due to its popularity on the dance floors over there.<\/p>\n

It is my humble opinion that \u2018(You\u2019re Gonna) Hurt Yourself\u2019 is the superior record.<\/p>\n

Written by Bob Crewe<\/strong> and Charlie Calello<\/strong>, \u2018(You\u2019re Gonna) Hurt Yourself\u2019 features plenty of hooks, a stylish arrangement (listen closely for the electric piano bubbling under everything) and a great beat for the dance floor.<\/p>\n

Valli\u2019s vocal is excellent, staying away from his famous falsetto and settling into a style no doubt engineered to separate his solo work from the Four Season\u2019s records.<\/p>\n

I whipped this one on the folks at Subway Soul<\/strong> a few years back, and it was met with great pleasure by the dancers there.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a great record and as our friends on the other side of the Atlantic say, ought to be cheap as chips.<\/em><\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll be back on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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