Reply With QuoteMy friends in Vegas said the Frankie Valli version was the West Coast hit.
They'd never heard the original version by Odyssey, until it started showing-up on Disco Classic compilations.
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NATIVE NEW YORKER
performed by Odyssey
but also Frankie Valli :
Both came out in 1977.
Both arranged by Charlie Calello
Both share several of the same musicians ....
Has anybody heard Frankie's 5:18 version ? Or have a comment??
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found a piece of it at Amazon:
Frankie Valli 's NATIVE NEW YORKER
Amazon.com : Music Sampler
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Last edited by remicks; May 14th, 2009 at 02:36 AM.
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My friends in Vegas said the Frankie Valli version was the West Coast hit.
They'd never heard the original version by Odyssey, until it started showing-up on Disco Classic compilations.
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While I'm glad to learn he too cut that great tune, I'm more concerned by the LP cover photo
Is that Frankie Valli going glam ???
I almost thought it was Tim Curry for a sec
(and as an aside, I had read in the book "The Top Ten" that the gold medallion around his neck is inscribed My Eyes Adored You to commemorate his 1974-75 comeback hit following his '60s heyday).
The bullshit you recall, huh !
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Huh. I may have to get that cd for his Disco take on "Walk Away Renee". :icon_eek:
And also this one:
Amazon.com: Close-Up/Valli: Frankie Valli: Music
for the ten-minute version :icon_exclaim: of "Swearin' To God", which I love.
Maybe I'm just a straight, suburban, white boy, but I love the Frankie Valli disco songs. :icon_lol: I recently picked up a cheap Valli/Four Seasons compilation cd because it has "Our Day Will Come" on it, unlike the previous compilation I have. I absolutely LOVE that song!! I put on the headphones, hit the 'Repeat' button, and must have listened to it fifteen or twenty times in a row one night. :icon_redface: :icon_lol:
Brian
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I like his version of this song, one of my all time favs. Esther Phillips also did a version of "Native New Yorker", yet she changed the lyrics to the 1st person. I didn't like Esther's version.
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Can speak from my experience with the song in San Francisco at the time --- it was all Odyssey ....Originally Written by STEPHEN L FREEMAN
never even knew of this version personally ... but here it is now on youtube for all to savor :
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Last edited by remicks; December 5th, 2010 at 11:03 PM.
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high up where the stallion
meets the sun
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He's done a very good version but for my money the Odyssey version is still the definitive version.
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The arrangement is very similar to Odyssey's but his voice can't compete with Lillian Lopez's.
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