The Four Seasons (band) in October 1975, relaunching their career there. The Four Seasons opened 1976 atop the Billboard chart with their fifth #1 single, "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)", co-written by Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker. The single also hit number one in the United Kingdom. "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" had Polci singing lead on the verses, Ciccone featured on specific sections, and Valli doing lead vocals only on the two bridge sections and backup vocals on the chorus. Although the band also scored minor chart placements with "Silver Star" (with Valli on harmony vocals) (#38 in
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