Silver Star (song) Silver Star (song) "Silver Star" is the lead song on the Four Seasons album "Who Loves You". As was the case of all the songs on the LP, it was written by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker and produced by Gaudio. Drummer Gerry Polci sang lead. Frankie Valli's contribution was limited to harmony vocals, since he was gradually losing his hearing in the 1970s due to otosclerosis. An operation restored most of Valli's hearing in the 1980s. Released on the heels of the #3 (US) hit "Who Loves You" and the #1 "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)", both of
Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? The song has been parodied several times, the best known of which is the American bawdy song "Seven Old Ladies", sung to the same tune but with different lyrics. Here are the chorus and the first two verses, of seven, as published in Ed Cray's "The Erotic Muse": <poem> Oh, dear, what can the matter be, Seven old ladies were locked in the lavat'ry, They were there from Monday till Saturday, And nobody knew they were there. The first old lady was 'Lizabeth Porter, She was the deacon of Dorchester's daughter, Went there to relieve a slight pressure of water,