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- "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.
- It was recorded as a single by Frankie Valli.
- The song was one of his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week.
- Gaudio was a bandmate of Valli's in the Four Seasons.
- It was Valli's biggest solo hit until he reached number one in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You."
- Bob Gaudio, an original member of the Four Seasons, refers to "Eyes" as "...the one that almost got away" until Windsor, Ontario radio station CKLW (a station also serving the Detroit metro area on the U.S. side of the border) stepped in.
- In 1967, the record's producers urged Paul Drew, the legendary station's program director, to consider running the tune.
- For much of the 1960s and 1970s, CKLW was credited with releasing hit records on its strong signal, which covered the Great Lakes region.
- Drew wasn't too keen on the song at first, but he accepted an invitation to hear it live at the Roostertail, where Frankie Valli was playing for a week with the Four Seasons.