The breakthrough hit for the Four Seasons from the fall of 1962. As documented in the "Jersey Boys" musical and movie, it only took them 10 years to achieve overnight success. The song was first titled "Jackie Baby" as a nod to then-First Lady Jackie Kennedy, but was changed to mimic the first name of NYC DJ Jack Spector's daughter, Cheri. Up until then on a rock record, you'd hear a falsetto mainly in the harmony parts; these guys put Frankie Valli's falsetto very prominently out front. This sent the Four Seasons on the way to selling over 100 million records.
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