Tommy DeVito, a founding member of the Four Seasons whose bad boy image was immortalized in the hit “Jersey Boys,” died in Las Vegas yesterday. He was 92.
whose bad boy image was immortalized in the hit “Jersey Boys,” died in Las Vegas on Monday, Sept. 21.“It is with great sadness that we report that Tommy DeVito, a founding member of The Four Seasons, has passed,” said Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio of the Four Seasons in a statement obtained by the, part of the USA TODAY Network. “We send our love to his family during this most difficult time. He will be missed by all who loved him.
The group's doo-wop harmonies and rock ‘n’ roll beats framed Valli's distinctive falsetto voice on hits like “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don't Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll,” “Dawn” and “Let's Hang On.” The story of the group's founding, and the rougher elements band members associated with, was told in the 2005 Broadway musical “Jersey Boys.” It was later made into a feature film directed by Clint Eastwood.
“They had a little ditty here and there, not that that I would complain about it,” said DeVito previously to the USA Today Network of his portrayal in the stage version of “Jersey Boys.”“No. 1, I give credit to Gaudio because he came up with good songs, you know what I mean,” DeVito said. “Everybody had their little parts in it and that made it strong and I was probably a strong character in the group, so everybody had a little piece in it.
“Convention , we used to fill that thing — good times in there,” DeVito said. “We played in Long Branch years and years before that in a place called Jazz City. The guy who owned the place was a good friend of mine. We enjoyed working there because it was an easy job and easy to get along with the guys.”
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