Hey-I checked a bit myself and found the answers to a couple of our questions--Pesci was the one in the Royal Teens--this from Philadephia's Jerry Blavat, the Geator with the heater, July 14, 2004 newspaper column, Ask the Geator--he's has has been playing doowop on the radio forever--

Geator -

Read that Frankie Valli sang "Happy Birthday" to you at your party at Memories. I love the Four Seasons. How far back do you go with Frankie and the rest of the guys?

A.J. Adami

Dear A.J.,

I knew Frankie even before the Four Seasons, when he was singing with the Four Lovers. And I knew Bob Gaudio, who wrote and performed with the Seasons, when he was with the Royal Teens - you might remember they had a couple of hits, "Short Shorts" and "Believe Me." (Also in the Royal Teens was actor Joe Pesci.) The Four Lovers and the Royal Teens both appeared on the old Clay Cole TV show in New York, and that's where the marriage began that created the Four Seasons -- Tommy DeVito, Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, and Nick Massi, then Charlie Calello. Bob Crewe, who produced the Seasons' first record, "Sherry," was also an old friend. Along with Frank Slay he had written and produced the hit "Silhouettes" for the Rays. Bob played me the demo of "Sherry" and told me he was having trouble placing it. When I heard the sound of the group, I flipped and called my friend Abner at Vee Jay Records, who signed them immediately. That was their first label, where they had hit after hit after hit. In fact, they were Vee Jay's first white act. Frankie and I have remained friends through all these years, and recently I've gotten him involved in hosting those wonderful shows we do with T.J. Lubinsky and Henry DeLuca for PBS.