Jerseybeat - The Four Seasons Story

Wednesdays 2303 - 2330
27 Feb - 19 Mar 2007

They recorded at least a dozen singles that are woven into the fabric of pop.

They were one of the very few American groups to withstand the Beatles-led British Invasion, and they’d sold 175 million records worldwide before they were 30.

But the story of the Four Seasons is as much a 21st Century phenomenon as it is a 1960s sensation.

That's thanks to the incredible success of the musical Jersey Boys, which won four Tony Awards on Broadway, and is now a smash hit not just there but in several other US cities.

Paul Sexton’s new, four-part profile of the group that inspired the stage show takes its bow on Radio 2 the night before the London production of Jersey Boys has its first preview at the Prince Edward Theatre. 

Jerseybeat tells the story of how an underachieving bunch of singers from the mean streets of New Jersey rose from several years in obscurity to international stardom.