Growing up in difficult circumstances in his native New Jersey, Mr. DeVito had moved to Las Vegas decades ago after leaving the Four Seasons in 1970. Valli said the cause was the novel coronavirus. He was 92.įrankie Valli and Bob Gaudio, the two surviving original members of the group, announced his death. Tommy DeVito, an original member of the Four Seasons, the close-harmony quartet that rocketed to fame in the early 1960s with “Sherry” and other hits and earned new generations of fans when the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” told a semi-factual version of the group’s story, died on Monday in Henderson, Nev. Valli and The Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and immortalized in the Tony-winning 2005 Broadway musical Jersey Boys.This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.1 hits, as The Four Seasons topped the Hot 100 with 1975’s “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)” and Valli reached the summit with 1974’s “My Eyes Adored You” and 1978’s “Grease.” The 1967 Valli solo smash “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” has been played on TV and radio more than 10 million times. Despite the British Invasion, The Four Seasons remained popular throughout the mid-’60s.1 US hits: “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” and “Walk Like a Man.” The Four Seasons caught fire in 1962 after linking with producer Bob Crewe, a frequent songwriting partner for Gaudio.That band became The Four Lovers and ultimately The Four Seasons, featuring songwriter and keyboardist Bob Gaudio.
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