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, What a Beautiful Mornin' who covered the song include Rosemary Clooney on several of her albums, Lisa Mitchell on her album "Wonder", Avila, Jan and Dean, Peggy Lee, Nelson Eddy, John Arpin and Joanie Bartels. Classical singers who have recorded it include Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Marilyn Horne and Samuel Ramey, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made a choral version. Ethan Mordden titled his book about the dawn of the "Golden Age" of musicals "Beautiful Mornin: The Broadway Musical in the 1940s" (1999). Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is the opening song from the musical "Oklahoma!", which premiered on