December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" is a song by the Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's album, "Who Loves You" (1975). The song features drummer Gerry Polci on lead vocals, with the usual lead Frankie Valli singing the bridge sections and backing vocals, and bass player Don Ciccone (former lead singer of The Critters) singing the falsetto part ("And I felt a rush like a rolling ball of thunder / Spinning my head around
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