THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER
284-The Four Seasons-Big Girls Don’t Cry.
1962-Number 13 single.
Best Bit-At 2.05.In the interest of gender equality 10cc whispered loudly that ‘Big boys also don’t cry.’
The Four Seasons were formed in 1960,the original line-up was Frankie Valli,Bob Gaudio,Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi,it is estimated they have sold somewhere between 100 million to 200 million records.
Like many of their other hits this song was written by the late Bob Crewe and Bod Gaudio(see also best songs 914- 863- 739- 499- 393.) It was inspired by a line in the 1955 Western Movie ‘Tennessee’s Partner,’starring Ronald Reagan.John Payne and Rhonda Fleming.When Payne’s character slaps the blonde played by Fleming,he asks her what she thinks about being slapped, she gets up,composes herself and replies ‘Big girls don’t cry.’Crewe who was half asleep at the time jotted down the line,fell asleep and wrote the song the next day.
‘Told my girl we had to break up,hoped that she would call my bluff,when she said to my surprise,big girls don’t cry.’
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